Josefine Adolfsson Explained

Josefine Adolfsson is a Swedish author, and film and radio producer. She is known for her 2011 film Apflickorna.

Early life and education

Josefine Adolfsson studied at Dramatiska Institutet in Stockholm.

Career

She writes books that borders between fiction and reality. Her books include Kårnulf was here, Farlighetslagen, Ingens mamma and SWAT. She has also worked for several productions on Sveriges Radio, amongst them Magical Misery Tour and Sällskapslekar.

In 2001, she was awarded the Prix Europa award for the documentary Titta inte sådär på mig.

She co-produced, with Lisa Aschan, the film Apflickorna, which won the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film at the Gothenburg Film Festival in 2011.^[1] At the 2011 Guldbagge Awards, she and Aschan won a award for Best Script.

Adolfsson was the founder of Lava at the Kulturhuset in Stockholm, and in 2002 she was awarded the Dagens Nyheter award Gulddraken for her work.^[2]

Productions for radio

• Jourhavande kompis 2000
• Titta inte sådär på mig 2001
• Sällskapslekar 2001
• Magical Misery Tour 2001
• Sveriges fetradio 2002
• Läget 2003
• Om vi drömmer 2004

Filmography

• Apflickorna (2011)
• She's Wild Again Tonight (2015)

Bibliography

• Adolfsson, Josefine (2004). Kårnulf was here: en hembygdsskildring i fyra delar och två samtal. Stockholm: Atlas. Libris 9507675.
• Adolfsson, Josefine (2009). Farlighetslagen. Stockholm: Bokförlaget Atlas. Libris 11456078.
• Adolfsson, Josefine; Adolfsson Josefine, Andersson Lena, Boijsen Gabriella, Kracht Gunilla, Lindqvist Anna Sol, López Natacha, Magnusson Jane, Rabe Annina, Rahimi *Faranak, Sjögren Katarina, Stenberg Birgitta, Yngvesson Susanne Wigorts, Åberg Sofie (2013). Ingens mamma : tolv kvinnor om barnfrihet. Bokförlaget Atlas. Libris 14221456.
• Adolfsson, Josefine, Sandlund Fia-Stina (2016). SWAT - She's wild again tonight : en operation i August Strindbergs "Fröken Julie".

Notes and References

1. Web site: Apflickorna vinnare av festivalens nordiska pris. https://web.archive.org/web/20110209045305/http://www.giff.se/nc/publik/artikel/post/apflickorna-vinnare-av-festivalens-nordiska-pris-674.html. 9 February 2011.
2. Web site: Vinnare av Gulddraken. Pastan. https://web.archive.org/web/20081210102657/http://www.pastan.nu/ataute/vinnare-av-gulddraken-2001-2007-1.55435. 10 December 2008.