Anna Karin Margareta Falck (; born 6 February 1932) is a Swedish
television director
A television director is in charge of the activities involved in making a television program or section of a program. They are generally responsible for decisions about the editorial content and creative style of a program, and ensuring the prod ...
,
hostess and
producer.
Career
Karin Falck was born in
Säffle
Säffle () is a locality and the seat of Säffle Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 9,150 inhabitants in 2016.
In 1951 the town of Säffle was officially awarded City status, the last place for this to occur in Sweden. This was abolished ...
,
Värmland County
Värmland County (''Värmlands län'') is a county or '' län'' in west central Sweden. It borders the Swedish counties of Dalarna, Örebro and Västra Götaland, as well as the Norwegian counties of Viken and Innlandet to the west. Prince Carl P ...
and lived her first six years of life in
Karlstad
Karlstad (, ) is the 20th-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city proper had 65,856 inhabitants in 2020 with 95,167 inhabitants ...
. She moved with her mother and younger brother to Stockholm when she was 6 years old since her father died. In her youth, she dreamed of playing ice hockey.
When Karin Falck started on TV, she had studied theater history and English at
Stockholm University
Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, so ...
, where she wrote an essay on children's theater. She then became an assistant to
Elsa Olenius
Elsa Viktoria Olenius (September 30, 1896 – August 25, 1984) was a Swedish librarian and writer, best remembered for pioneering children's library activities and theatre with children. She was awarded a in 1981.
In the 1940s, she founded ('th ...
who started Barnteatern (now Vår Teater).
She began her TV career in 1954 as a scriptwriter in
Alf Sjöberg's TV set of
Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
. Curiosity about the television medium made her apply for Radiotjänst's first producer course in 1955. The supervisors came from the
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. Other female TV pioneers on the course were Ingrid Samuelsson, Marianne Anderberg, Lena Fürst and Barbro Svinhufvud.
Karin Falck's work spans a large part of the history of Swedish television. She was employed at
, already in 1956 and has produced and directed many entertainment programs over the years, as well as light drama, theatre and cabaret shows.
. In 2007, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual
, the Swedish television awards. In 2020, she was made a member of the
Hall of Fame.