Ejner Johansson Explained

Ejner Johansson
Birth Name:Ejner Bainkamp Johansson
Birth Date:7 March 1922
Birth Place:Copenhagen, Denmark
Occupation:Art historian, documentary film director
Relations:Scarlett Johansson (granddaughter)

Ejner Bainkamp Johansson (7 March 1922 – 28 September 2001) was a Danish art historian, writer, and documentary film director. He was also a 1998 N. L. Høyen Medal recipient.[1]

Early life

Ejner Bainkamp Johansson was born in 1922 in Copenhagen. His father, a Swedish immigrant, became a naturalised Danish citizen and married a Jewish woman.[2]

Career

Having attained his magister of art degree in 1956 and art history in 1967, Johansson was employed as a television producer in Denmark's Radio with the arts as his specialty. Here he hosted a number of late night programs on art and culture.[3]

Johansson also assisted the Hirschsprung Collection with several exhibits.

Personal life

Johansson had a son named Karsten Johansson (b. 1943) and through him was the paternal grandfather of actresses Scarlett and Vanessa Johansson and Hunter, Adrian and Christian Johansson. According to Scarlett, she knows almost nothing about her grandfather. Even though she visited Denmark, she actually never met him due to his estrangement from her father.[4]

Works

Johansson wrote a large number of cultural and art historical books. Some of them are:

Awards

Johanson received LO's Culture Prize in 1984. He received the N. L. Høyen Medal in 1998.[1]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yildelinger. Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. 16 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20150202093758/http://www.akademiraadet.dk/index.php?id=95. 2 February 2015. dead.
  2. No apparent reliable sources for this: "He was the son of a Swedish immigrant (who became a naturalised Danish citizen in 1927), Axel Robert Johansson, (b. 14. June 1897 – 25 January 1968; Copenhagen) from Furuby, Småland, and a Danish mother, Margrethe Hansine Hansen (b. 22 April 1880 – 26 January 1952 in Copenhagen), from Skibby."- only original research presented on genealogy blogs or sites like geni.com are evident.
  3. Web site: Ejner Johansson. gravsted.dk. 2017-12-25.
  4. Web site: Episode 5 Season 4 Episode Guide Finding Your Roots. Episode 5 Season 4 Episode Guide Finding Your Roots. 2017-12-25.
  5. Book: Johansson . Ejner . Richard Mortensen - Sandhedens Ojeblik . 1 January 1964 . Hasselbalch . Copenhagen . 9788775510030 . 1st.
  6. Book: Johansson . Ejner . Omkring Frederiksholms Kanal. Skitser af dansk guldalderkunst . 1964 . Hasselbalch . Copenhagen.
  7. Book: Johansson . Ejner . De danske malere i München. Et ukendt kapitel i dansk guldalderkunst . 1997 . Spektrum . Copenhagen . 1st.

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