Karin Molander (born Katarina Margareta Elisabet Edwertz, 20 May 1889 – 3 September 1978)[1] was a Swedish stage and film actress whose career spanned over five decades.

In Stockholm, Sweden, Molander began taking classes from theater actress Julia Håkansson at a young age.

Molander made her film debut in 1913 in director Victor Sjöström's Halvblod.

Working with filmmaker Mauritz Stiller, Molander became a popular leading lady in silent films,[2] a symbol of the young, modern, and emancipated women of the 1910s.

[4] Molander died in Täby, at Höstsol, a foundation for retired actors founded by the Teaterförbundet (Swedish Union for Performing Arts and Film) in 1978, aged 89.