Eva Moberg (writer)
Eva Moberg was a Swedish author, playwright, and debater.
Biography
Eva Moberg was the daughter of author Vilhelm Moberg and grew up in Stockholm. She graduated from secondary school in 1952, and in 1963 she became a licentiate of literary history, religious history, and practical philosophy with her thesis Kärlek och kön, en studie i Colettes diktning. She was editor of the Fredrika Bremer Association's periodical Hertha, culture editor in the weekly magazine Vi and a columnist for Dagens Nyheter. She wrote about social issues, politics, and ethical questions. From 1968 to 1970 she held a position as a script writer for Sveriges Television, Sweden's national television network. There, she wrote a series of notable TV variety shows, and later several sitcoms.Moberg was an early participant in the gender equality debate in Sweden. In 1961 she published the article "Kvinnans villkorliga frigivning", which is considered a Swedish feminist classic. In that article she argued that equality between men and women was still far off, as women were still expected to see marrying and having children as their purpose in life. Her essay started an intense and long-lived debate on men's and women's roles in the family and the society at large. By the middle of the 1960s she became a member of, a loosely organized activist group for gender equality. Group 222's and Moberg's ideas of an equitable society criticized the traditional man's role; they claimed to seek not only women's but also men's emancipation. "Men are better than the patriarchy" was one of Moberg's important ideas – it also became the title of a lecture she later held abroad in the 1990s.
In the 1970s, Moberg also became involved in campaigns against nuclear power and later in questions of pollution and as a champion of animal rights.
From 1964 to 1976, Moberg was married to TV producer, with whom she had a daughter in 1966. Moberg later lived, until her death, with author.
Selected list of works
- "Kvinnans villkorliga frigivning", in the anthology Unga Liberaler: nio inlägg i idédebatten, Stockholm: Bonnier, 1961.Kvinnor och människor, Stockholm: Bonnier, 1962. Tribunserien, 99-0152130-0Pengar eller livet?: exemplet kärnkraften, Stockholm: Bonnier, 1979. Vad tar vi oss för?: tankar samlade i en sanslös tid, Stockholm: Timo, 1979. Är krig naturligt?, Stockholm: Fredsårsdelegationen, skriftserie, 0283-6912 ; 1, 1986Evas lilla gula: artiklar för återbruk, Stockholm: Dagens Nyheter, 1988. Prima materia: texter i urval, including among others Kvinnans villkorliga frigivning. Stockholm: Ordfront 2003.