My article translations
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:03 pm
Inspired by the fan-fiction section, I thought I'd put the translations from various FÅ related material I've done over the years here on the forum, in one thread.
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Swedish newspaper DN congratulates Rebecka Liljeberg on her 30th birthday
To Rebecka Liljeberg life as an actor was always just a paranthesis. Early on her descision was for something entirely different. Agnes in Fucking Åmål became a mother of three children and a doctor instead.
Film-making was always a sidetrack. Ever since I was 12 or 13 years old I wanted to be a doctor.
I had an appendectomy at St Göran's and I found the hospital environment exciting, she tells us.
That is what she thinks today as well - in medical "practical work and contact with different people are united in an intellectually stimulating environment".
Two years ago she got her doctor's degree at the Karolinska Institute. Last year she worked with severely ill people that got treatment at home. In february she got a job as AT-doctor at the Söder-hospital.
- I know the Söder-hospital well. A great deal of my studies were conducted there, and I like it here. At this hospital you are directed towards "ordinary" deseases, it's not so specialized like it is at for example the Karolinska hospital, and this suits me well. The working climate is nice here, and the co-operation between different staff categories is good.
The hospital is also nicely situated with a view to the Årsta bay. At present she is at the surgical department.
Ten years have passed since Rebecka Liljeberg had her breakthrough as Agnes in Fucking Åmål. Before that she had been in a few television productions after being "discovered" at the age of 9 when Swedish TV came to her school looking for talent.
- I did like everyone else and applied. Then I got a part in Sunes Jul. I got the part in Fucking Åmål when I was 16.
Lukas Moodysson had seen me in a short film at the Dramatic Institute.
By that time Rebecka had already moved from home. She lived in Nynäshamn and was about to start the Kungsholmen high school, she had rented a room to live in at the old Roslagstull hospital. But when filming of Fucking Åmål started she realized that filming and studying at the same time didn't work out. Filming took three months.
- It was a really fun time. We were a nice bunch of people who had a good time down there, several were from the area as you know. And it was a great script, the dialogue was very well-written. It was a low-budget film aimed at young people. Nobody could ever dream that it would have such an impact. Suddenly people recognised you when you walked in the city, and they came up to talk to you. It was a hard thing at that age - only 17 years old and you didn't want to be seen in that way.
She believes that the success of the film was due to the fact that many youngsters could identify with the film. All teenagers have experienced feelings of alienation. It was also an exciting love story
- Fucking Åmål broke new ground in depicting lesbian love. It's still not that common in cinema.
The success meant that Rebecka and her co-star Alexandra Dahlström travelled to film festivals in Cannes and Berlin. They were each given a Guldbagge award at a somewhat turbulent film gala in Stockholm, visited Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as a lot of places around Sweden were the film was shown.
The next year Rebecka starred as Sanna in the film Sherdil. It had been filmed even before the premiere of Fucking Åmål. In that film Rebecka saves the life of a horse from slaughtering by hiding with it at a deserted house in the forest.
But all this is history. It wasn't an actor she wanted to be. Instead she finished her high school studies and had a few odd jobs on the side. Today she lives in Bagarmossen with husband and three children. When asked how she could have time to accomplish so much and still even become a doctor, she laughs.
- It's not that hard, it's just that I became a mother at a relatively early age.
DN congratulates Rebecka
Birthday: 30 years at may 13
Occupation: AT-doctor
Lives: Bagarmossen
Family: husband and three children, 9, 6, and 2 years old
Roles in films: Agnes in Fucking Åmål 1998, Sherdil Eva & Adam and Där regnbågen slutar 1999. Födelsedagen 2000, Bear's Kiss 2002.
Short film Närkontakt 1997, TV series Sunes Jul 1991, and also Skärgårdsdoktorn, and Längtans blåa blomma.
Background: Born in Nykvarn, raised in Stockholm and Nynäshamn. Did some theatre. Was discovered at the age of nine at a casting for Sunes Jul.
Moved from home at the age of sixteen when she was about to start high school. Quit her studies to be able to film Fucking Åmål. Was given a Guldbagge together with Alexandra Dahlström for best leading actress. Completed her high school studies at Komvux (school for adults). Completed her studies to become a doctor in 2009.
Friends with Alexandra Dahlström on facebook
Holidays: summer house outside Norrköping
Favourite book: Halv elva en sommarkväll (Dix heures et demie du soir en été) by Marguerite Duras.
Reads to her children: classic childrens books
Favourite film: "Many, but Gudar och människor (French film: Des hommes et des dieux) that recently was shown in theaters was really good"
Apart from that she prefers older movies.
Free time: to spend time with family and friends
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Swedish newspaper DN congratulates Rebecka Liljeberg on her 30th birthday
To Rebecka Liljeberg life as an actor was always just a paranthesis. Early on her descision was for something entirely different. Agnes in Fucking Åmål became a mother of three children and a doctor instead.
Film-making was always a sidetrack. Ever since I was 12 or 13 years old I wanted to be a doctor.
I had an appendectomy at St Göran's and I found the hospital environment exciting, she tells us.
That is what she thinks today as well - in medical "practical work and contact with different people are united in an intellectually stimulating environment".
Two years ago she got her doctor's degree at the Karolinska Institute. Last year she worked with severely ill people that got treatment at home. In february she got a job as AT-doctor at the Söder-hospital.
- I know the Söder-hospital well. A great deal of my studies were conducted there, and I like it here. At this hospital you are directed towards "ordinary" deseases, it's not so specialized like it is at for example the Karolinska hospital, and this suits me well. The working climate is nice here, and the co-operation between different staff categories is good.
The hospital is also nicely situated with a view to the Årsta bay. At present she is at the surgical department.
Ten years have passed since Rebecka Liljeberg had her breakthrough as Agnes in Fucking Åmål. Before that she had been in a few television productions after being "discovered" at the age of 9 when Swedish TV came to her school looking for talent.
- I did like everyone else and applied. Then I got a part in Sunes Jul. I got the part in Fucking Åmål when I was 16.
Lukas Moodysson had seen me in a short film at the Dramatic Institute.
By that time Rebecka had already moved from home. She lived in Nynäshamn and was about to start the Kungsholmen high school, she had rented a room to live in at the old Roslagstull hospital. But when filming of Fucking Åmål started she realized that filming and studying at the same time didn't work out. Filming took three months.
- It was a really fun time. We were a nice bunch of people who had a good time down there, several were from the area as you know. And it was a great script, the dialogue was very well-written. It was a low-budget film aimed at young people. Nobody could ever dream that it would have such an impact. Suddenly people recognised you when you walked in the city, and they came up to talk to you. It was a hard thing at that age - only 17 years old and you didn't want to be seen in that way.
She believes that the success of the film was due to the fact that many youngsters could identify with the film. All teenagers have experienced feelings of alienation. It was also an exciting love story
- Fucking Åmål broke new ground in depicting lesbian love. It's still not that common in cinema.
The success meant that Rebecka and her co-star Alexandra Dahlström travelled to film festivals in Cannes and Berlin. They were each given a Guldbagge award at a somewhat turbulent film gala in Stockholm, visited Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as a lot of places around Sweden were the film was shown.
The next year Rebecka starred as Sanna in the film Sherdil. It had been filmed even before the premiere of Fucking Åmål. In that film Rebecka saves the life of a horse from slaughtering by hiding with it at a deserted house in the forest.
But all this is history. It wasn't an actor she wanted to be. Instead she finished her high school studies and had a few odd jobs on the side. Today she lives in Bagarmossen with husband and three children. When asked how she could have time to accomplish so much and still even become a doctor, she laughs.
- It's not that hard, it's just that I became a mother at a relatively early age.
DN congratulates Rebecka
Birthday: 30 years at may 13
Occupation: AT-doctor
Lives: Bagarmossen
Family: husband and three children, 9, 6, and 2 years old
Roles in films: Agnes in Fucking Åmål 1998, Sherdil Eva & Adam and Där regnbågen slutar 1999. Födelsedagen 2000, Bear's Kiss 2002.
Short film Närkontakt 1997, TV series Sunes Jul 1991, and also Skärgårdsdoktorn, and Längtans blåa blomma.
Background: Born in Nykvarn, raised in Stockholm and Nynäshamn. Did some theatre. Was discovered at the age of nine at a casting for Sunes Jul.
Moved from home at the age of sixteen when she was about to start high school. Quit her studies to be able to film Fucking Åmål. Was given a Guldbagge together with Alexandra Dahlström for best leading actress. Completed her high school studies at Komvux (school for adults). Completed her studies to become a doctor in 2009.
Friends with Alexandra Dahlström on facebook
Holidays: summer house outside Norrköping
Favourite book: Halv elva en sommarkväll (Dix heures et demie du soir en été) by Marguerite Duras.
Reads to her children: classic childrens books
Favourite film: "Many, but Gudar och människor (French film: Des hommes et des dieux) that recently was shown in theaters was really good"
Apart from that she prefers older movies.
Free time: to spend time with family and friends