Eva Malin Maria Gjörup (28 April 1964 – 20 May 2020) was a Swedish

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

and

mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (; ; meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C ...

. She was sister to the actress,

Fanny Gjörup Fanny Louise Gjörup (16 October 1961 in Örnäset, Luleå Municipality – 15 April 2001 in Rutvik, Luleå Municipality) was a Swedish child actress, well known for her appearance as ''Britta'' in the 1973 TV series '' Den vita stenen''. Actress ...

(1961–2001), and stepdaughter to actor

Håkan Serner John Gunnar Håkan Serner (1 September 1933 in Malmö – 25 October 1984 in Stockholm) was a Swedish actor. Family He was nephew to Frank Heller, and stepfather to Malin Gjörup. Awards In 1977 Serner received the award for Best Actor at the ...

. Gjörup was born in

Luleå Luleå ( , , locally ; smj, Luleju; fi, Luulaja) is a city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban core (2018) and is the seat of Lu ...

. She studied at

Malmö Academy of Music Malmö Academy of Music (Swedish: Musikhögskolan i Malmö) is a Swedish public collage dedicated to education and research within the fields of music and music pedagogy. The school is located in Malmö in southern Sweden and belongs to the Facult ...

and performed at the

Gothenburg City Theatre Gothenburg City Theatre ( sv, Göteborgs stadsteater) opened in 1934 at Götaplatsen square in Gothenburg, Sweden. The theatre was designed by Swedish architect Carl Bergsten who gave the exterior a Neo-Classical look with a touch of Streamline M ...

National Swedish Touring Theatre The National Swedish Touring Theatre ( sv, Riksteatern) is biggest touring theatre company in Sweden and can, in one way, almost be described as Sweden's national stage on tour. The National Swedish Touring Theatre is financed and owned by 2 ...

, and

Folkoperan Folkoperan is an opera house in Stockholm, Sweden, at Hornsgatan 72 in the southern district of Södermalm. It is one of Stockholm's most successful opera houses in terms of audience attendance, and is considered Sweden's most important stage fo ...

. She worked at Svenska konsertbyrån, and as a producer at

Gävle Symphony Orchestra The Gävle Symphony Orchestra ( sv, Gävle symfoniorkester) is a symphony orchestra based in Gävle, Sweden. The orchestra is resident at the ''Gävle Konserthus'' (Gävle Concert Hall). History Founded in 1912, giving its first concert on 16 ...

. Later, she went on to the Norrlandsoperan in

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Ume� ...

, Sweden, where she became opera manager and program manager for its symphony orchestra. Gjörup died in May 2020, aged 56, from sudden cerebral haemorrhage.SUDDEN DEATH OF OPERA CHIEF, 56
Slipped Disc, May 27, 2020

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* People from Luleå Swedish actresses 1964 births 2020 deaths Swedish women singers Swedish mezzo-sopranos {{Sweden-actor-stub