Bengt af Klintberg
Bengt Knut Erik af Klintberg (born December 25, 1938 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish ethnologist who is best known for his work on modern sagas . He became known to a large audience through his book Råttan i pizzan (German The Rat in the Pizza ).
In 1962 he began to be interested in happenings , in the same year he met the Fluxus group in Copenhagen and since 1963 has given Flux concerts and performances in Düsseldorf , Oslo and Stockholm, including the composition "Orangerimusik 1963". In 2006 his work about the Swedish Fluxus movement "Svensk Fluxus" was published .
Klintberg was also (together with Christina Mattsson, director of the Nordic Museum ) the presenter of "Folkminnen", a weekly radio program on the Swedish station P1 , in which listeners report or ask questions about the origin or meaning of local legends, games, customs or other folklore could ask. After 750 episodes, the show was discontinued in January 2005.
Modern legends in Sweden are also called klintbergare (Klintberger) after him .
Works
Swedish (selection)
- Ormkungens krona (1961)
- Svenska trollformler (1965)
- Svenska folksägner (1972)
- Haren's Klagan (1978)
- Råttan i pizzan (1986)
- Den stulna njuren (1994)
- Kuttrasju (1998)
- Glitter Spray (2005)
- Ord i snön: dicter (2006)
- Svensk Fluxus / Swedish Fluxus (2006)
- Folkminnen (2007)
- Vår tids folkkultur (2008; with Ulf Palmenfelt)
German
as editor:
- The rat in the pizza and other modern sagas and city myths. 2nd Edition. Butt, Kiel 1990, ISBN 3-926099-11-9
- The elephant on the VW and other modern sagas and city myths. Piper, Munich, Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-492-11653-1
English
- The Cursive Scandinavian Slave. New York, Something Else Press 1967. ( A Great Bear Pamphlet ). New edition: ubuclassics 2004 pdf, 536k
Web links
- home.swipnet.se/fel/main/skronermyter/klint.htm (with picture of Klintberg) (Swedish). Retrieved September 25, 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pamphlet, p. 19 (short biography, English; PDF file; 533 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klintberg, Bengt af |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Klintberg, Bengt Knut Erik af (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish folklorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |