Stina Oscarson
Stina Oscarson | |
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 Oscarson in 2015 | |
| Born | Stina Elisabet Oscarson 17 October 1975 Skellefteå, Sweden |
| Died | 18 April 2025 (aged 49) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Occupation(s) | Theater director, author |
Stina Elisabet Oscarson (17 October 1975 – 18 April 2025)[1][2] was a Swedish theater director, author, and debater.
Biography
[edit]Oscarson grew up in the town of Skellefteå and worked with theater at Stockholm's stadsteater, along with Suzanne Osten and Etienne Glaser.[3] She also worked at Byteatern in Kalmar, Västerbottensteatern, and Den Konglige Teater in Copenhagen.[4]
In 1997, she founded the theater group Teater ML02 which has received attention with productions like Insekternas liv (The life of bugs) and Elvira Madigan.[5]
Between July 2004 and April 2011, she along with Lars Rudolfsson were theater leaders for the Orionteatern in Stockholm.[6] During her time there, she held seminars about civil obedience as well as seminars about her work and the overall work in the theater.[7] She also established an ”open stage” evening where singers and actors performed one Friday each month for a low admittance fee. [7]
From May 2011 to May 2014, she was the CEO of Radioteatern at Sveriges Radio.[5] She left the job in May 2014 after being critical of her working environment and experienced a lack of support from Sveriges Radio with her ambition to work to improve and innovate the radio theater section.[8][9]
Oscarson was a known social debater, amongst others in the culture debate with visions to do theater as a forum for political and democratic talks.[5] In 2010, she released the book Att vara eller vara en vara – visioner om en annan kulturpolitik (To be or to be a product – Visions of a different politics of culture).[10] Ahead of the 2014 Swedish general election, she wrote the book Handbok för en ny kulturminister (Handbook for a new Minister of Culture) at the request of the social service Katalys.[11]
In 2014, Oscarson worked as a leader of the ABF artist work called Socialistiskt forum, with the goal to re-instate culture more in the workers everyday life.[12] Since 2014, she wrote a chronicle for Dagens Nyheters culture pages.[13] She also had a podcast along with Lars Anders Johansson called "mellan Scylla och Charybdis".[14][15]
In 2018, Oscarson released Tror du att du kan förändra världen utan att anstränga dig? (Do you think you can change the world without effort?), a book that wants to discover ways to change the world without violence.[16][17]
In 2019, Oscarson became an honorary doctor at the Gävle University College.[1]
Death
[edit]Oscarson died on 18 April 2025, at the age of 49, after suffering from anorexia nervosa.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ abcTörnquist, Hanna (20 April 2025). "Dramatikern Stina Oscarson är död". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^"Stina Oscarson (49 år) Stockholm". Ratsit (in Swedish). 20 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^Sjöberg, Fredrik (20 August 2016). "Oscarson dissekerar hela godhetsindustrin". Svenska Dagbladet. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^Mark, Nathalie (18 October 2014). ""Jag är inte intresserad av att hänga ut någon"". Upsala Nya Tidning. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ abc"STINA OSCARSON". Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^Tror du att du kan förändra världen utan att anstränga dig? — Leopard förlag. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ abÅngström, Anna (23 September 2004). "Vikten av att ha en dröm". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^"Stina Oscarson lämnar Radioteatern". Sydsvenskan. TT News Agency. 13 May 2014. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^Aagård, Martin (12 May 2014). "Stina Oscarson lämnar Radioteatern". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^Oscarson, Stina (2010). Att vara eller vara en vara (in Swedish). Stockholm: Premiss i samarbete med Koalitionen för kulturdebatt. ISBN 978-91-85343-38-6.
- ^"Katalys No. 15 Handbok för en ny kulturminister – Katalys". Katalyg.org. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^Runevad Kjellmer, Jakob (11 June 2014). "Stina Oscarson tar över Socialistiskt forum". SVT Nyheter. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^"Artiklar av Stina Oscarson – DN.SE". Dagens Nyheter. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^Mellan scylla och charybdis – samtalArchived 28 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine folkochkultur.se Retrieved 27 September 2018
- ^– Mellan scylla och charybdis Poddtoppen. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^"Stina Oscarson: "Jag kände mig sviken av skolan"". skolvarlden.se. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^Oscarson, Stina (2018). Tror du att du kan förändra världen utan att anstränga dig? (in Swedish). Stockholm: Leopard förlag. ISBN 978-91-7343-755-4.
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