"It's something that's going on," she says cryptically.
But first, a summer with the farce "The Hero from Öresund", in which Eva Rydberg plays Ester, the wife of a cheerful seed merchant (Claes Malmberg) who is suddenly getting married.
This closes the circle, Rydberg notes, because when she played opposite the legendary Nils Poppe at Fredriksdal in the summer of 1993, it was in the role of the landlady. The following year she took over from Poppe as theatre director and has been booked every summer since then.
I've gotten to do what I love. I love my job way too much. It's this thing about hearing people laugh. I don't care so much about applause, but laughter.
Financial security
For Eva Rydberg, summer theater has also meant financial security, which has meant that she hasn't had to take any assignment. But she hasn't become rich from it, she emphasizes. She is satisfied as long as she has enough to get by.
I always say that money is like energy: it comes and goes.
The baton has already been passed to Claes Malmberg, who has taken over the role of artistic director. He is keen not to change much - fundamentally, the audience should recognise themselves at Fredriksdal.
But how will things go without Eva Rydberg?
"It worked without Poppe, so... it works. Everything changes," says Claes Malmberg.
Eva Rydberg's best advice to her successor is to listen carefully to her employees.
I think you have to be humble and play what the audience wants. That's the most important thing.
Eva Rydberg has full confidence in her successor. She also hopes that her daughter Birgitta Rydberg will take a bigger place as "the fun girl on stage." She sees a lot of herself in her daughter.
Yes, I do, although sometimes I think she's even funnier.
Leaving dear colleagues at the end of the summer will be sad.
Of course it's sad, but at the same time I think it's going to be so nice. I just feel like it's good. That's enough now.
The comedy of confusion "The Hero from Öresund" will be Eva Rydberg's last performance at Fredriksdalsteatern in Helsingborg.
It was written in 1926 by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach and was originally called "Der kühne Schwimmer" ("The Daring Swimmer").
The music is newly composed and the plot is set in Helsingborg in 1966. Anders Aldgård directs and he also adapted the script with Niklas Holtne.
The ensemble includes Eva Rydberg, Claes Malmberg, Mathilde Simonsen Hebrand, Birgitta Rydberg, Robert Rydberg, Fredrik Dolk and others.
The performance will be given from June 12 to August 16.
