Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

In the columns under the winner of each award are the other nominees for best actress, which are listed from 1991 and forward.

For the first nineteen ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned two calendar years.

For example, the 2nd Guldbagge Awards presented on October 15, 1965, recognized films that were released between July, 1964 and June, 1965.

[1][2] Starting with the 20th Guldbagge Awards, held in 1985, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31.

[1] Due to a mediocre film year, no awards ceremony was held in 1971.

Ingrid Thulin won the first award in 1963/64 for her performance in The Silence .
Eva Dahlbeck won in 1964/65 for her performance in The Cats .
Christina Schollin won in 1965/66 for her performance in Ormen .
Bibi Andersson won in 1966/67 for her role in Persona .
Liv Ullmann won in 1968/69 for her performance in Shame .
Margaretha Krook won in 1975/76 for her performance in Release the Prisoners to Spring .
Gunn Wållgren won in 1988/81 for her performance in Sally and Freedom .
Pernilla August won in 1992 for her performance in The Best Intentions .
Ann Petrén won twice for her roles in 2003's Daybreak and 2011's Happy End .
Noomi Rapace won in 2009 for her performance in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo .
Alicia Vikander won in 2010 for her performance in Pure .
Saga Becker became the first transgender woman to win the award in 2014 for her performance in Something Must Break .