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Ingmar (right) with brother Dag
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CHRONOLOGY: 1918-1939
1918
 Ernst Ingmar Bergman born 14 July in Uppsala, Sweden. Parents Erik (curate at Hedvig Eleonora Church, Stockholm) and Karin (née Åkerblom).
1920
Family moves to Villagatan 22, östermalm (Stockholm).
1922
Margareta (sister to Ingmar) born.
1924
Father appointed Chaplain to the Royal Hospital, Sophiahemmet.
1930
Bergman attends a real theatre for the first time. Saw Geigerstam's Stor Klas och Lill Klas at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, directed by Alf Sjöberg.
1934
Father appointed parish priest at Hedvig Eleonora Church, and family moves to Storgatan 7, Stockholm.
Bergman attends Palmgren's School, östermalm (basis for Torment).
Spends one month during summer in Thuringia (Germany), and visits Berlin on way home to Sweden.
1937
Takes his Student Examination (matriculation).
1938
Brief spell of compulsory military service in Strängnäs.
Enters Stockholm University.
Stages first plays at Mäster-Olofsgården, Stockholm (May): Outward Bound (Sutton Vane), Lucky Peter's Journey (August Strindberg), The Blue Bird (Maunce Maeterlinck), Master Olof (August Strindberg).
1939
Applies, unsuccessfully, for job at the Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm.
Obtains post as production assistant at the Royal Theatre (the Stockholm Opera).
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1918-39