Stina Oscarson
Swedish writer (1975–2025)
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Stina Elisabet Oscarson (17 October 1975 – 18 April 2025) was a Swedish theater director, author and debater.
17 October 1975
- Theater director
- author
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| Born | Stina Elisabet Oscarson 17 October 1975 Skellefteå, Sweden |
| Died | 18 April 2025 (aged 49) Stockholm, Sweden |
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Life and career
Stina Elisabet Oscarson was born on 17 October 1975 in the town of Skellefteå.[1][2]
She grew up in 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.[18]
Oscarson died after suffering from anorexia nervosa on 18 April 2025, at the age of 49.[18]
