Gunnar Jonas Sima (born 31 May 1937 in Hudiksvall,

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) is a Swedish filmmaker,Jonas Sima
in the Swedish Film Database. Accessed 7 Dec. 2011. journalist, writer and educator.''Sveriges befolkning 1970'', (

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version 1.04), Sveriges Släktforskarförbund (Federation of Swedish Genealogical Societies), 2003.

Biography

Though born in Hudiksvall, Sima grew up in

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. He has continuously served as secretary of the Hälsingland Academy since that cultural group was founded in 1988. In the autumn of 2006 he stood for election to Parliament on the

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list in

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, but with the party's popular vote declining to 35 percent, he was not one of the 130 MPs the party elected, and a

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led by the

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took office. In recent years he has held positions on the board of the

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(1998-2006) and served as secretary of the ''Kulturarbetarnas socialdemokratiska förening'' ("Cultural Workers Social Democratic Union", known by its Swedish initials KSF), a left-leaning community of artistic workers centred on Stockholm. Sima is married to Inger Edvardsson, an executive with the

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; they have two adult daughters.Jonas Sima Produktion Fakta
Accessed 2011-12-18.

Writing- and film-related activities

Sima was connected with the Swedish tabloid newspaper ''

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'' as a film critic for 11 years, followed by 22 years as a reporter. During the last two years before leaving the paper in 2000 he chronicled personal interviews for the tabloid's back page. He currently works as a freelance reviewer of movies and books, as well as a journalist and lecturer for the ''Arbetarnas bildningsförbund'' ("Workers Educational Association", known as ABF). He writes for movie magazines, political magazines and other publications, and regularly contributes columns for smaller

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newspapers, including ''Hudiksvalls Tidning'', ''Ljusdals-Posten'', ''Ljusnan'' and ''Söderhamns Kuriren''. Jonas Sima has coauthored more than 20 books, including the internationally acclaimed interview book ''Bergman on Bergman'' (1970, English translation 1993, ). He is one of the contributors to ''Murvelminnen: 46 journaliter berättar'' ("Reporting memories: 46 journalists' accounts", 2012)''Murvelminnen: 46 journaliter berättar'' ("Reporting memories: 46 journalists' accounts", 2012, Hjalmarson & Högberg (Swedish, 218 pp.), . and has written three children's books about his ''Blåsjöbarna'' characters ("Blue Lake children", 1974–77). He served as editor of three anthologies on the Hälsingland region, in one book writing about the influence of

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ideology in his homeland. Another work, ''Kalas-Praktika'' (2009), describes how to prepare

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soup. Another anthology, ''Citizen Schein'' (2010), has the theme of mastery of conflict and is devoted to

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(1924-2006), a writer and film critic for '' Dagens Nyheter'' who was instrumental in placing the

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on a sound financial footing. Jonas Sima has produced some 60 documentary films and two feature films, most shown on

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. Recent productions include ''Filmaren i Storskogen'' (2009); ''Inget jävla joll!'' (2010); and ''Lisbet'' (2011), a conversation with

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, widow of assassinated Swedish Prime Minister

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and now a spokesperson for

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and a member of the

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team which investigated the

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of 1994.

Filmography

* 2011: ''Lisbet'' * 2004: ''Storsamlaren på Hillsta'' * 2003: ''Solo'' * 2002: ''Kalle Kamrat'' * 1996: ''Vildhussen'' * 1993: ''Dragspelskungen'' * 1991: ''Putte à la clarinette'' and ''Putte på Stampen'' * 1990: ''Ljuset i dalen'' * 1988: ''De sista skidåkarna'' * 1984: ''På tur med Tor'' * 1983: ''Åke Hasselgård Story'' and ''Pipmäster'' * 1980: ''Barna från Blåsjöfjället'' * 1976: ''Hej Amerika, lyssna!'' * 1974: ''Drömmål'' * 1973: ''Cosmic Love'' and ''Döden tänkte jag mig inte så'' * 1972: ''Oh, mein Poppe!'' and ''Revolutionen i Sveg'' * 1971: ''Älgjakten'' and ''En filmförfattare'' * 1970: ''Röde skräddarn'' and ''Välkommen till Grekland'' * 1969: ''Matchen'' * 1968: ''Porträtt av Per'' and ''Tage'' * 1967: ''Kajsa'' * 1965: ''Den våta stenen'' * 1962: ''Dragarbrunn''

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Sveriges Släktforskarförbund
(Federation of Swedish Genealogical Societies) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sima, Jonas People from Ljusdal Municipality Swedish film directors Swedish journalists Swedish male writers 1937 births Living people Swedish children's writers