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Jörn Donner
Donner in 1971
Born	Jörn Johan Donner (1933-02-05)5 February 1933 Helsinki, Finland
Died	30 January 2020(2020-01-30) (aged 86) Helsinki, Finland
Spouse(s)	Inga-Britt Wiik (1954–1962) Jeanette Bonnier (1974–1988) Bitte Westerlund (1995–2020)
Awards	Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1983 Fanny and Alexander

Jörn Johan Donner (5 February 1933 – 30 January 2020) was a Finnish writer, film director, actor, producer, politician and founder of Finnish Film Archive. ^[1]

Biography

Born into the Finland-Swedish Donner family of German descent, Jörn Donner was the son of the linguist Kai Donner and the grandson of linguist and politician Otto Donner. ^[2]

He lived and worked for long periods in Sweden, and served as director of the Swedish Film Institute. In 1979, he was a member of the jury at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival. ^[3] Internationally Jörn Donner was best known as the producer of Ingmar Bergman's film Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander, 1982). In 1984 the movie won a total of four Academy Awards including the award for best foreign language film, ^[4] making him to date the only Finn to receive an Oscar. His novel Far och son (Father and Son) won the Finlandia Prize in 1985.

Donner was associated with several different political parties, such as SDP and RKP, and was at different times a member both of the Finnish parliament and the European Parliament. As of 2007 ^[update] he was again a member of the Finnish parliament for a short while, after Eva Biaudet resigned to take a position at the OSCE.

Donner suffered from prostate and lung cancers. ^[5] He died of lung disease at Meilahti hospital in Helsinki on 30 January 2020, six days before his 87th birthday. ^{[6] [7]} After his death, an archive of thousands of photographs was discovered at his home, showing that Donner was also a skilled photographer. ^[8] In 2023, Donner's widow revealed that she had thrown his ashes in the compost after discovering his history of infidelity. ^[9]

Filmography

• En söndag i september ( A Sunday in September, 1963)
• Att älska, ( To Love, 1964)
• Här börjar äventyret [ sv], (Adventure Starts Here, 1965)
• Tvärbalk ( Rooftree, 1967)
• Stimulantia (1967)
• Mustaa valkoisella, ( Black on White, 1968)
• 69 – Sixtynine [ fi] (1969)
• Anna (1970)
• Naisenkuvia, ( Portraits of Women, 1970)
• Perkele! Kuvia Suomesta (1971)
• Hellyys (1972)
• Baksmälla [ sv; fi] (1973)
• Near and Far Away (1976)
• Ingmar Bergmanin maailma [ fi] (1978)
• Men Can't Be Raped (1978)
• Bergman File, The (1978)
• Yhdeksän tapaa lähestyä Helsinkiä [ fi] (1982)
• Hockeyfeber (1983)
• Dirty Story (1984)
• Brev från Sverige/ Kirjeitä Ruotsista [ fi] (1988)
• Ingmar Bergman: Om liv och arbete (1998)
• Presidentti (2000)
• The Border (Raja 1918, 2007)
• Kuulustelu (2009)
• Armi elää! (2015)

Bibliography

• 1951 – Välsignade liv. Söderström. OCLC  58114997
• 1952 – Slå dig inte till ro
• 1954 – Brev. Söderström. OCLC  186657982
• 1955 – Jag, Erik Anders. Söderström. OCLC  482944009
• 1957 – Bordet. Söderström. OCLC  492460897
• 1958 – Rapport från Berlin. Schildts. OCLC  57975963
• 1960 – På ett sjukhus. Söderström. OCLC  1029438638
• 1961 – Helsingfors, Finlands ansikte. Söderström. OCLC  186137682
• 1962 – Djävulens ansikte – Ingmar Bergmans filmer. Söderström. OCLC  922592043
• 1962 – Rapport från Donau. Söderström. OCLC  57974677
• 1967 – Nya boken om vårt land. Söderström. OCLC  729142584
• 1968 – Världsboken. Söderström. OCLC  186997195
• 1968 – Musta Valkoisella
• 1971 – Sommar av kärlek och sorg. Söderström. OCLC  19843271
• 1972 – Marina Maria. Söderström. ISBN  9789515200617
• 1973 – Sverigeboken. Wahlström & Widstrand. ISBN  9789146119418
• 1974 – Nu måste du. Söderström. ISBN  9789515202277
• 1976 – Angelas krig. Wahlström & Widstrand. ISBN  9789146123620
• 1976 – Sagt och gjort. Söderström. ISBN  9789515203762
• 1978 – Jakob och friheten. Söderström. OCLC  600964272
• 1980 – Jag, Jörn Johan Donner född den 5 februari 1933 i Helsingfors. Söderström. ISBN  9789515206121
• 1981 – Angela och kärleken. Söderström. OCLC  600964176
• 1982 – Gabriels dag. Söderström. ISBN  9789515208163
• 1982 – Dagbok från filminstitutet. OCLC  939124657
• 1984 – Far och son: en komedi. Wahlström & Widstrand. ISBN  9789146147947
• 1985 – Hemåt i höstregn. Söderström. ISBN  9789515210159
• 1985 – Viettelysten aika. Valtion painatuskeskus. ISBN  9789518598971
• 1986 – Motströms. Söderström. ISBN  9789515212115
• 1986 – Presidenten. Söderström. ISBN  9789515210838
• 1989 – Frihetens fångar. Söderström. ISBN  9789515212603
• 1990 – Rapport från Europa. Söderström. ISBN  9789515213242
• 1991 – Fazer 100. Söderström. ISBN  9789515213778
• 1992 – Huset där jag bor. Söderström. ISBN  9789515214348
• 1993 – Tillfälligheters spel. Söderström. ISBN  9789515214669
• 1993 – Husrum
• 1994 – En kärleks historia. Söderström. ISBN  9789515215123
• 1998 – Varför finns jag till? Söderström. ISBN  9789515217059
• 2001 – Hjärtat är en svekfull vän. Söderström. ISBN  9789515219374
• 2002 – Kärlekens ingenmansland. Söderström. ISBN  9789515220226
• 2004 – Livsbilder. Söderström. ISBN  9789515221735
• 2004 – Fåglars skugga. Söderström. ISBN  9789515221858
• 2005 – Himo, Rakkaus ja Raivo. Aamulehti. ISBN  9789525601060
• 2006 – Dödsbilder. Söderström. ISBN  9789515223869
• 2006 – I min fars fotspår – Resor i Sibirien förr och nu. Söderström. ISBN  9789515224071
• 2007 – Diktonius. Schildts. ISBN  9789515016942
• 2009 – Bergman: PM. Ekerlid. ISBN  9789170921100
• 2011 – Anteckningar om Mannerheim. Söderström. ISBN  9789515228420
• 2013 – Mammuten: efterlämnade handlingar. Schildts & Söderströms. ISBN  9789515231154
• 2015 – Lilla mammuten: halvautentiska dagböcker från juli 2013 till februari 2015. Schildts & Söderströms. ISBN  9789515237101
• 2015 – Sverige: resor i ett främmande land. Albert Bonniers Förlag. ISBN  9789100141080
• 2019 – Suomi/Finland II: sista striden. Förlaget M [ sv]. ISBN  9789523332041

See also

• Donner family

References

Further reading

• Bjarne Nyman (1984-05-16). "Såg Orwell spöken?". Forum (in Swedish). No. 1984–09. p. 16-17. ISSN  0533-070X.{{ cite news}}: CS1 maint: date and year ( link)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jörn Donner.

• Petri Liukkonen. "Jörn Donner". Books and Writers.
• Jörn Donner at IMDb
• Jörn Donner in 375 Humanists. Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki. 28.7.2015.
• "Jörn Donner". Biografiskt lexikon för Finland (in Swedish). Helsingfors: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. urn: NBN:fi:sls-5023-1416928957629.