Simon J. Berger parents: Meet Bengt Berger and Gittan Jönsson – Swedish actor Simon J. Berger was born on 1 June 1979 in Stockholm to Bengt Berger and Gittan Jönsson.
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Simon gained prominence among the Swedish audience after he appeared in the 2007 television miniseries Upp till kamp, in which he played the leading role of Erik Westfeldt.
Below is a look at Simon’s parents:
- Bengt Berger
Simon’s father is a Swedish jazz musician, composer, and producer who has studied north and south Indian music since the 1960s with Pandit Taranath Rama Rao and Mridangam Vidwan P.S. Devarajan and plays the tabla and mridangam.
He was born on 31 August 1942 and is 80 years.
- Gittan Jönsson
Simon’s mother Gittan is an artist whose career has span more than six decades.
With the recurring themes of power structures and social relations, her work is as willful and strong as it is topical.
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She is an artist who is unique in every way. She dares to be political and personal and is an artist who gives the big events equal billing with the small.
Gittan grew up in the 1960s with the peace movement, protests against the atomic bomb, and solidarity with the struggle of the black people against apartheid in South Africa.
When she was 19 years old, she moved from Helsingborg to Stockholm and began studying in the advertising program at Konstfack, University College of Arts, Craft and Design, which was also characterized by the spirit of the times and focused on larger community involvement.
After graduating from Konstfack, Gittan Jönsson worked as an illustrator for newspapers and journals including Dagens Nyheter, Kamratposten, Vi människor and Kvinnobulletinen. She was also active in the design company Mah-Jong and produced their mail-order catalog.
Since the 1970s, Gittan Jönsson’s painting has gone through many phases, serving as a way of filtering the world and as a place to reflect on her own situation.
Source: abtc.ng
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