This chapter lists in chronological order bibliographical items that address Ingmar Bergman's life and work, except for items pertaining to Bergman's stagecraft and media productions, which are listed in the Theatre/Media Bibliography (Chapter VII), and interviews, which are found in Chapter VIII. Review articles and essays dealing with a single screenplay, film or theatre production are listed under the appropriate item in either the Filmography, Media or Theatre Chapters (IV, V and VI). Longer articles on individual films or produced plays, which are deemed of special importance are cross-listed and annotated here.

As in the Theatre/Media Bibliography (Chapter VII) selective entries addressing the same subject have been listed as ‘group entries’ and appear at the beginning of the year when the first item in the group was published.

FIAF's database on critical material dealing with Ingmar Bergman's filmmaking currently lists some 800 items, mostly reviews and articles in film journals. There is some overlapping with FIAF material here but care has been taken to focus on sources usually not listed or annotated in FIAF.

1938

949. UNTITLED NEWS ITEM. SvD, 24 May 1938, p. 14.

A press note and first official mention of Ingmar Bergman, referring to him as ‘Kandidat Bergman’ [kandidat was the common titular reference to a student qualified for university studies]. The occasion was Bergman's first (amateur) stage production, Sutton Vane's Outward Bound, at Mäster Olofsgården. See Theatre Chapter VI, (➣ 344).

1945

950. N.A. ‘Från Körkarl till Kejsare’ [From Coachman to Emperor]. Filmbilden XI, no. 1, 1945: 6-7.

The title refers to two important productions in Svensk Filmindustri's history: Körkarlen (The Phantom Carriage) from 1919 and Kejsaren av Portugallien (The Emperor of Portugallia) from 1944, both of them based on novels by Selma Lagerlöf. The article points out the importance of scripts of literary quality and suggests the timeliness of Bergman's debut as a filmmaker and scriptwriter. The item includes a statement by SF producer Carl Anders Dymling: ‘A nation gets the kind of film it deserves’. [En nation får den film den förtjänar].

1946

951. N.A. ‘England vill ha filmmanus av Ingmar Bergman’ [England wants film script by Bergman]. ST, 22 August 1946, p. 7.