Stina Oscarson | |
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 Oscarson in 2015 | |
| Born | Stina Elisabet Oscarson (1975-10-17)17 October 1975 Skellefteå, Sweden |
| Died | 18 April 2025(2025-04-18) (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.
Oscarson grew up in the town ofSkellefteå and worked with theater atStockholm's stadsteater, along withSuzanne Osten andEtienne 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 likeInsekternas liv (The life of bugs) andElvira Madigan.[5]
Between July 2004 and April 2011, she along withLars Rudolfsson were theater leaders for the Orionteatern inStockholm.[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 atSveriges Radio.[5] She left the job in May 2014 after being critical of her working environment and experienced a lack of support fromSveriges 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 bookAtt 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 the2014 Swedish general election, she wrote the bookHandbok 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 forDagens Nyheters culture pages.[13] She also had a podcast along withLars Anders Johansson called "mellan Scylla och Charybdis".[14][15]
In 2018, Oscarson releasedTror 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 anhonorary doctor at theGävle University College.[1]
Oscarson died on 18 April 2025, at the age of 49, after suffering fromanorexia nervosa.[1]
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