Set Designer Göran Wassberg Passes
Photo: Bengt Wanselius/Dramaten

Set Designer Göran Wassberg Passes Away at 86

The set designer Göran Wassberg, long-time employee at the National Theatre and Dramaten, has passed away 86 years old, according to his daughters to TT.

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Wassberg made his first set design in 1957 as a high school student at Blackebergs gymnasium in Stockholm. In 1966, he started at the National Theatre where he worked with 120 productions over the next 20 years.

In 1986, he moved to Dramaten and then made the set design for Alf Sjöberg's production of Molière's "The School for Wives". Wassberg stayed at Dramaten until his retirement and became a loyal collaborator to Ingmar Bergman.

Among other things, he made the set designs for his productions of "Ghosts", "Hamlet" and "Mary Stuart". It was also Göran Wassberg who made the set design for Liv Ullmann's film adaptation of "Faithless" and for Bergman's TV productions "In the Presence of a Clown" and "Saraband".

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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