Marie-Louise Ester Maude Ekman, ''née'' Fuchs, and known during her first marriage under the surname De Geer, and during and after her second as De Geer Bergenstråhle (born 5 November 1944) is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

and

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. She is a professor of art and former

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at the Royal University College of Fine Arts,

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

. During the late 1960s and early 1970s she was among the contributors of a satirical magazine, ''

Puss Puss may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Puss'' (magazine), Swedish magazine published between 1968 and 1973 * ''Puss'' (film), a Swedish film dated 2010 * "Puss" (song), a noise rock song dated 1992 * Tom Puss, a fictional anthro ...

'', in Stockholm. In 1991 at the

26th Guldbagge Awards The 26th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1990, and took place on 11 February 1991. ''Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg'' directed by Kjell Grede was presented with the award for Be ...

she won the Creative Achievement award and in 2007 was awarded the prestigious

Prince Eugen Medal The Prince Eugen Medal ( sv, Prins Eugen-medaljen) is a medal conferred by the King of Sweden for "outstanding artistic achievement". The medal was established in 1945 by the then King of Sweden, Gustaf V, in connection with the eightieth birthd ...

. Since 2009 Ekman has been Managing Director of the

Royal Dramatic Theatre The Royal Dramatic Theatre ( sv, Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages. The the ...

, Sweden's national stage. She was married three times. From 1966 to 1971 she was married to the artist

Carl Johan De Geer Baron Carl Johan Louis De Geer af Finspång (born 13 July 1938) is a Swedish artist, writer, musician and ''friherre'' (baron) of the De Geer noble family. De Geer was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He grew up in a castle in Skåne, in southe ...

. She was then married to the director and writer

Johan Bergenstråhle Johan Bergenstråhle (13 May 1756 – 7 March 1840 in Stockholm) was a Swedish military officer who participated in Russo-Swedish War (1788-1790), and the Finnish War. In June 1808, he was sent as a colonel of the Swedish Army, with 1,000 men a ...

(with whom she had two daughters, Johanna and Lovisa) from 1971 to 1980. She was married thirdly to actor and stage director

Gösta Ekman Hans Gösta Gustaf Ekman (; 28 July 1939 – 1 April 2017) was a Swedish actor, comedian, and director. Career Ekman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and was the son of the director Hasse Ekman and Agneta (née Wrangel). Ekman represented t ...

from 1989 until his death in 2017.

Filmography

*1976 - '' Hallo Baby'' *1977 - ''Mamma, pappa, barn'' *1979 - ''Barnförbjudet'' *1983 - ''Moderna människor'' *1985 - '' Stilleben'' *1990 - '' Den hemliga vännen'' *1991 - '' Duo Jag'' (TV-series) *1992 - '' Vennerman & Winge'' (TV-series) *1996 - '' Nu är pappa trött igen'' *2001 - '' Puder'' *2005 - '' Asta Nilssons sällskap''

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* * Swedish artists Swedish film directors 1944 births Living people Swedish women film directors Swedish people of Jewish descent Recipients of the Prince Eugen Medal {{Sweden-film-director-stub