Carl Johan De Geer
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Carl Johan Louis De Geer af Finspång (born July 13, 1938 in Montreal
, Canada
) is a Swedish
artist, writer, musician and friherre
(baron) of the De Geer
noble family.
Carl Johan De Geer grew up in a castle in Skåne, in southern Sweden
. He broke with his bourgeois background and became a leftist artist, and studied at Konstfack, University College of Art, Crafts and Design
in Stockholm. He also exposed his grandmother's Nazi sympathies in a film called Mormor, Hitler och jag ("Grandmother, Hitler and I").
Most radical and provoking at that time was his 1967 painting of a burning Swedish Flag
with the words KUKEN (COCK) and "Skända flaggan" (Dishonour the flag) written on it. The painting was shown in an art gallery, but was immediately apprehended by the police.
Carl Johan De Geer has written a number of books and was also a member of the Swedish radical prog-band Blå Tåget
.
Montreal
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, Canada
Canada
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) is a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
artist, writer, musician and friherre
Freiherr
The German titles Freiherr and Freifrau and Freiin are titles of nobility, used preceding a person's given name or, after 1919, before the surname...
(baron) of the De Geer
De Geer
De Geer is a family of Walloon origin which became notable in Sweden and the Netherlands...
noble family.
Carl Johan De Geer grew up in a castle in Skåne, in southern Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. He broke with his bourgeois background and became a leftist artist, and studied at Konstfack, University College of Art, Crafts and Design
Konstfack
Konstfack or University College of Arts, Crafts and Design is a university college for higher education in the area of art, crafts and design in Stockholm, Sweden.- History :...
in Stockholm. He also exposed his grandmother's Nazi sympathies in a film called Mormor, Hitler och jag ("Grandmother, Hitler and I").
Most radical and provoking at that time was his 1967 painting of a burning Swedish Flag
Flag of Sweden
The flag of Sweden is a Scandinavian cross that extends to the edges of the flag. This Scandinavian cross represents Christianity. The design and colours of the Swedish flag are believed to have been inspired by the present Coat of arms of Sweden of 1442, which is blue divided quarterly by a cross...
with the words KUKEN (COCK) and "Skända flaggan" (Dishonour the flag) written on it. The painting was shown in an art gallery, but was immediately apprehended by the police.
Carl Johan De Geer has written a number of books and was also a member of the Swedish radical prog-band Blå Tåget
Blå Tåget
Blå Tåget is a Swedish progg-band, that used to go under the name Gunder Hägg, the name of a legendary Swedish runner, but after name conflicts occurred they changed name to Blå Tåget in 1972.Their lyrics cover a wide range, frommarxist analysis and...
.