Jonas Gardell
Lars Jonas Holger Gardell is a Swedish novelist, playwright, screenwriter and comedian. He is the brother of religion scholar Mattias Gardell. He is well known for his books and plays in all of Scandinavia and his books have been translated to around 25 languages.
Early life
Lars Jonas Holger Gardell was born 2 November 1963 in Täby, the third of four children born to Bertil Gardell and Ingegärd Rasmussen. Both his parents were psychologists.His brother, Mattias Gardell is a religious historian and his sister is a documentary filmmaker.
Career
Image:Jonas Gardell 2006-08-08.jpg|thumb|Jonas Gardell with husband Mark Levengood at Stockholm Pride parade 2006Gardell's first novel, Passionsspelet, was published in 1985. Since then, he has written some ten novels, including En komikers uppväxt, which became a TV series. He has also written several other books, nine plays and two screenplays that were made into movies, including Livet är en schlager.
He wrote and performed himself the song "Aldrig ska jag sluta älska dig", which was performed by Bergström in the film.
Gardell performed his own play Tillfällig gäst i ditt liv at the Scala Theater in Stockholm.
In 2013, Gardell was elected "Homo Bi Trans Person of the Year" at the Swedish Gaygalan Awards, for the book Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves. His prize was presented to him by the Swedish Crown Princess Victoria, [Crown Princess of Sweden|Victoria].
He participated in Melodifestivalen 2018.
Personal life
Gardell married Mark Levengood in 2011. They had been in a relationship for 16 years at the time of their wedding. They had two children together.In January 2023, Gardell and Levengood announced their separation. They were granted a divorce in June.