Ebba Birgitta von Otter (born 7 January 1939) is a Swedish journalist, author and debater.

Early life

Von Otter was born during her parents' stay in

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, Hungary. She is the elder daughter of Göran von Otter, a Swedish diplomat in Berlin during

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. She is also the older sister of Casten von Otter, Mikael von Otter (1945–2018) and

Anne Sofie von Otter Anne Sofie von Otter (born 9 May 1955) is a Swedish mezzo-soprano. Her repertoire encompasses lieder, operas, oratorios and also rock and pop songs. Early life Von Otter was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her father was Göran von Otter, a Swedis ...

Career

Von Otter became a licensed physiotherapist in Stockholm in 1962. She was a journalist with Åhlén & Åkerlund from 1971 to 1976 and Aktuellt i Politiken from 1977 to 1979. She served as press secretary at

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's press service from 1979 to 1982 and information secretary for her husband

Kjell-Olof Feldt Kjell-Olof Feldt (born 18 August 1931) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician who was minister of finance between 1983 and 1990. Previously, Feldt was assistant minister of finance from 1975 to 1976 and minister of commerce and industry f ...

at the

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from 1982 to 1988 and political expert from 1989 to 1990. She moved to work as a writer and freelance writer in 1990.von Otter, E Birgitta, skriftställare, Nacka
i Vem är det / Svensk biografisk handbok / 1993 / s 863. Von Otter also had a leading role in the documentary "A Swedish Tiger" (first shown in 2018 in the United States and Germany) which is based on a meeting in 1942 between her father Göran von Otter and SS officer

Kurt Gerstein Kurt Gerstein (11 August 1905 – 25 July 1945) was a German SS officer and head of technical disinfection services of the ''Hygiene-Institut der Waffen-SS'' (Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS). After witnessing mass murders in the Belzec a ...

, and problematizes missing or delayed reporting on

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during World War II.

Personal life

From 1962 to 1970, von Otter was married to Gunnar Hörstadius and had three children, including Erik Hörstadius. In 1970, she married her second husband, politician Kjell-Olof Feldt (born 1931).

Bibliography

*1989 – ''Personligt meddelande'' (novel) *1991 – ''Navelsträngar och narrspeglar'' *1991 – ''Alla dessa dagar ''(with Kjell-Olof Feldt) *1994 – ''Glömskans flod'' (novel) *1996 – ''Kom igen! – tillbaka till arbetslivet'' *1996 – ''Följa med till slutet – om att vaka vid en dödsbädd, Birgitta von Otter, Maud Pihlblad *2000 – ''Snöängel'' (novel) *2003 – ''I cancerns skugga – ett år av förtvivlan och hopp'', Kjell-Olof Feldt & Birgitta von Otter *2010 – ''Kvarlevor'' (novel) *2013 – ''Barnläkarfallet: En förnekad rättsskandal'' (with Kjell-Olof Feldt) *2016 – ''Vägen ut. En loggbok om alkoholism och medberoende'' (with Kjell-Olof Feldt)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Otter, Birgitta 1939 births Living people Writers from Budapest Writers from Stockholm Swedish nobility Swedish women journalists 20th-century Swedish journalists 21st-century Swedish journalists 20th-century Swedish women writers 21st-century Swedish women writers