Ebbe Einar Gilbe, (12 February 1940 - 29 April 2008) was 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 ...

documentary filmer and director. He had previously worked as a gardener and psychiatric nurse in Vipeholm. In 1970, he was employed at

Sveriges Television Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Sweden, Swedish national public broadcasting, public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksdag (national ...

. In 1988, he made the documentary called "Så går ett år", about

Sjöbo Sjöbo (; old da, Søbo) is a locality and the seat of Sjöbo Municipality in Skåne County, Sweden with 6,724 inhabitants in 2010. Overview Sjöbo started growing when it became a stop on the railway between Malmö (to the west) and Simrishamn ...

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, a municipality which during the duration of filming became known for holding a referendum to decide what to do with the refugees that came to the town. After twenty years at SVT Gilbe became a freelance filmer. In 1996 he made ''Liten Mässa för Svinen'' along with filmer Thomas Frantzén. In 1999, he completed a documentary series called ''I en annan värld'' that consisted of three films about autism called ''Tommy och katastrofen'', ''Kennie och människovärdet'' and ''Fredrik och verkligheten''. His last film was ''Drömmen om det goda livet'' (2007) about the German vacation island

Rügen Rügen (; la, Rugia, ) is Germany's largest island. It is located off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea and belongs to the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The "gateway" to Rügen island is the Hanseatic city of Stralsund, where ...

Films

*1981 Höst, snart vinter, Skåne 1980 *1982 Mot bistrare tider *1988 Så går ett år - Tiden i Sjöbo *1992 En gång i Sverige *1994 Genom himlen över jorden *1996 Liten mässa för svinen *1997 Skärvor - dagar, år *1999 I en annan värld (Trilogi) *1999 Punktering *2002 Under cirkuskupolen (Det drömmar är gjorda av) *2007 Drömmen om det goda livet

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