Jörn Johan Donner (5 February 1933 – 30 January 2020) was a

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writer,

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, actor, producer,

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and founder of

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Biography

Born into the Donner family of German descent, Jörn Donner was the son of the linguist Kai Donner and the grandson of linguist and politician

Otto Donner Otto Donner (15 December 1835, Kokkola – 17 September 1909, Helsinki) was a Finnish linguist and politician. Biography He was professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Indo-European linguistics at the University of Helsinki, but also studied ...

. He lived and worked for long periods in Sweden, and served as director of the

Swedish Film Institute The Swedish Film Institute ( sv, Svenska Filminstitutet) was founded in 1963 to support and develop the Swedish film industry. The institute is housed in the ''Filmhuset'' building located in Gärdet, Östermalm in Stockholm. The building, comp ...

. In 1979, he was a member of the jury at the

29th Berlin International Film Festival The 29th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 20 February – 3 March 1979. The Golden Bear was awarded to the West German film ''David'' directed by Peter Lilienthal. Michael Cimino's ''The Deer Hunter'' was surrounded by controver ...

. Internationally Jörn Donner was best known as the producer of

Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, Film producer, producer and playwright. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films are known ...

's film ''

Fanny and Alexander ''Fanny and Alexander'' ( sv, Fanny och Alexander) is a 1982 period drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The plot focuses on two siblings and their large family in Uppsala, Sweden during the first decade of the twentieth century. ...

'' (, 1982). In 1984 the movie won a total of four

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including the award for

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, making him to date the only Finn to receive an Oscar. His novel (''Father and Son'') won the

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in 1985. Donner was associated with several different political parties, such as SDP and RKP, and was at different times a member both of the

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and the

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. he was again a member of the Finnish parliament for a short while, after

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resigned to take a position at the

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. Donner suffered from

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and

lung cancer Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma (since about 98–99% of all lung cancers are carcinomas), is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissue (biology), tissues of the lung. Lung carcinomas derive from tran ...

s. He died of lung disease at Meilahti hospital in Helsinki on 30 January 2020, six days before his 87th birthday.

Filmography

* ('' A Sunday in September'', 1963) *, ('' To Love'', 1964) *', (''Adventure Starts Here'', 1965) * (''

Rooftree ''Rooftree'' ( sv, Tvärbalk) is a 1967 Swedish drama film directed by Jörn Donner. It is based on Sivar Arnér's 1963 novel ''Tvärbalk''. Cast * Ulf Palme as Leo Wittö * Harriet Andersson as Noomi Moldovan * Gunnel Broström as Inez Wittö ...

'', 1967) *'' Stimulantia'' (1967) *, ('' Black on White'', 1968) *' (1969) *''

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'' (1970) *' (1970) * (1971) * (1972) *' (1973) *'' Near and Far Away'' (1976) *' (1978) *'' Men Can't Be Raped'' (1978) *''Bergman File, The'' (1978) *' (1982) *''Dirty Story'' (1984) *''/'' (1988) * (1998) * (2000) *'' The Border'' (''Raja 1918'', 2007) *'' Kuulustelu'' (2009) *''

Armi elää! ''Armi elää!'' is a 2015 Finnish drama film directed by Jörn Donner. The film is based on the life of Finnish entrepreneur Armi Ratia through years 1949–1968 when she founded the textile and clothing company Marimekko and led it to interna ...

'' (2015)

Bibliography

* 1951 – . Söderström. * 1952 – * 1954 – . Söderström. * 1955 – . Söderström. * 1957 – . Söderström. * 1958 – .

Schildts Schildts Förlags Ab was a Swedish-language book publisher in Finland. The publisher published textbooks as well as fiction and non-fiction. The head office was in Helsinki and there was a branch located in Vaasa. The publisher was owned by Sve ...

. * 1960 – . Söderström. * 1961 – . Söderström. * 1962 – . Söderström. * 1962 – . Söderström. * 1967 – . Söderström. * 1968 – . Söderström. * 1968 – * 1971 – . Söderström. * 1972 – . Söderström. * 1973 – .

Wahlström & Widstrand Wahlström & Widstrand is a Swedish book publishing company. Wahlström & Widstrand was established in 1885 by two book sellers in Stockholm, Per Karl Wahlström and Wilhelm Widstrand. The company started publishing fiction in the 1890s and la ...

. * 1974 – . Söderström. * 1976 – . Wahlström & Widstrand. * 1976 – . Söderström. * 1978 – . Söderström. * 1980 – . Söderström. * 1981 – . Söderström. * 1982 – . Söderström. * 1982 – . * 1984 – . Wahlström & Widstrand. * 1985 – . Söderström. * 1985 – . . * 1986 – . Söderström. * 1986 – . Söderström. * 1989 – . Söderström. * 1990 – . Söderström. * 1991 – ''Fazer 100''. Söderström. * 1992 – . Söderström. * 1993 – . Söderström. * 1993 – * 1994 – . Söderström. * 1998 – Söderström. * 2001 – . Söderström. * 2002 – . Söderström. * 2004 – . Söderström. * 2004 – . Söderström. * 2005 – .

Aamulehti (Finnish for "morning newspaper") is a Finnish-language daily newspaper published in Tampere, Finland. History and profile ''Aamulehti'' was founded in 1881 to "improve the position of the Finnish people and the Finnish language" during Russi ...

. * 2006 – . Söderström. * 2006 – . Söderström. * 2007 – . Schildts. * 2009 – . Ekerlid. * 2011 – . Söderström. * 2013 – .

Schildts & Söderströms Schildts & Söderströms is a Finnish book publisher, which was established in February 2012 through a merger between Schildts Förlags Ab and Söderström & Co. The publisher is based in Helsinki. Its first managing director was until Februar ...

. * 2015 – . Schildts & Söderströms. * 2015 – .

Albert Bonniers Förlag Albert Bonniers Förlag is a publishing company based in Stockholm, Sweden. Albert Bonniers Förlag is part of the book publishing house Bonnierförlagen, which also includes Wahlström & Widstrand and Bonnier Carlsen. History Albert Bonnier ...

. * 2019 – . .

References

External links

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Jörn Donner in 375 Humanists
Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki. 28.7.2015. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Donner, Jorn 1933 births 2020 deaths Writers from Helsinki Finnish people of German descent Finnish People's Democratic League politicians Swedish People's Party of Finland politicians Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1987–91) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1991–95) Members of the Parliament of Finland (2003–07) Members of the Parliament of Finland (2011–15) Social Democratic Party of Finland MEPs MEPs for Finland 1996–1999 Finnish writers in Swedish Finnish film producers Finnish film directors Finlandia Prize winners Producers who won the Best Film Guldbagge Award Finnish film critics Male actors from Helsinki Finnish expatriates in Sweden Donner family Deaths from lung disease