Geir Hansteen Jörgensen (born 18 February 1968) is a Swedish

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, film and

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director. His most famous works are probably the film and TV mini-series ''

The New Country ''The New Country'' ( sv, Det nya landet) is a Swedish mini TV-series and feature film from 2000, directed by Geir Hansteen Jörgensen and written by Peter Birro and Lukas Moodysson. The mini-series version had a huge audience on national televis ...

'' and ''The Soloists''. Both have received many

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s internationally. Hansteen Jörgensen was born by artist parents on the Swedish countryside where he, besides painting and drawing started to make short films already as a child. He was educated at The Stockholm Film-school and the

Dramatiska Institutet The Swedish Institute of Dramatic Art ( sv, Dramatiska Institutet, DI), also called the University College of Film, Radio, Television and Theatre was a Swedish university college in Stockholm that provided education programs about activities su ...

Filmography

* ''Foxfire'' (1994) (''Räveld'') * ''Exit'' (1996) (''Nöd ut'') (short) * ''

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'' (1997) (''Närkontakt'') * ''Riksorganet'' (1998) * ''La Città Dolente'' (1998) * '' 6th Day'' (1999) (''Sjätte dagen'') * ''

'' (2000) (''Det nya landet'') * ''The Soloists'' (2003) (''Solisterna'')

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hansteen Jorgensen, Geir 1968 births Living people Swedish film directors Dramatiska Institutet alumni