Erling Johansson(1934-2023)
- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Erling Johansson born 1934, at Sarisvaara, Lappland, is a Swedish painter, sculptor and filmmaker. He was born in the far North and brought up in a Laestadian family. In this small settler village it was forbidden to paint, sing, listen to music. Erling Johansson eventually entered the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm, was praised among colleagues and received public decorations, alternated with major international exhibitions. His art consists of portraits where he divides the people's energy fields into colorful facets as well as monumental art. As a filmmaker he directed two experimental shorts, "Anima Mundi" (1967) and "Expulsi" (1970", and much later "Sagan om Skade" (The Tale of Skade) (2004).