Aina-Lena (Lena) Bernice Svedberg (26 April 1946 – 2 July 1972) was a

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artist. She was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. She grew up in

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, where her father worked as an economical advisor for the government. She went to the

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and

Lars Hillersberg Lars Hillersberg (1937–2004) was a political Swedish artist, cartoonist, caricaturist and comics artist who often caused controversy. Hillersberg was born in Flen. He studied at the Stockholm Art Academy in 1961–1966. In 1968, he founded t ...

for the underground, anarchistic art magazine ''

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''. Her drawings and paintings are described as mysterious and a bit bizarre. She would often portrait African children with large, begging eyes. Also politicians in a satirical and critical way. She had very negative views on the society of consumption and power. During her short lifespan she used drugs, and suffered from several illnesses. She committed suicide through jumping from a window of her Stockholm apartment on the fifth floor the summer of 1972.

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1946 births 1972 suicides 1972 deaths Swedish artists Suicides by jumping in Sweden Artists who died by suicide {{Sweden-artist-stub

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