Ejner Johansson
{{Short description|Danish art historian and author (1922–2001)}}
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| birth_name = Ejner Bainkamp Johansson
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|03|07|df=y}}
| birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|09|28|1922|03|07|df=y}}
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| occupation = Art historian, documentary film director
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| relations = Scarlett Johansson (granddaughter)
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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.akademiraadet.dk/index.php?id=95|title=Yildelinger|publisher=Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts|accessdate=16 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202093758/http://www.akademiraadet.dk/index.php?id=95|archive-date=2 February 2015|url-status=dead}}
Early life
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Ejner Bainkamp Johansson was born in 1922 in Copenhagen. His father, Axel Johansson, had emigrated from Furuby in Kronoberg, Sweden, to Denmark and became a naturalised Danish citizen and married the Dane Margarethe Hansine Hansen."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. Ejner is a descendant of the Wiesel family from Virestad in Småland, one of the largest Swedish clergy families of the 17th, 18th and 19th century.
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.{{Cite web|url=http://gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=ejnerjohansson|title=Ejner Johansson|website=gravsted.dk|access-date=2017-12-25}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/about/season-4-episode-guide/episode-5/|title=Episode 5 {{!}} Season 4 Episode Guide {{!}} Finding Your Roots|website=Episode 5 {{!}} Season 4 Episode Guide {{!}} Finding Your Roots|access-date=2017-12-25}}
Works
Johansson wrote a large number of cultural and art historical books. Some of them are:
- Dansk marinemaleri i det nittende aarhundrede (1951)
- Richard Mortensen (1962) (translated into English and French){{cite book |last1=Johansson |first1=Ejner |title=Richard Mortensen - Sandhedens Ojeblik |date=1 January 1964 |publisher=Hasselbalch |location=Copenhagen |isbn=9788775510030 |edition=1st}}
- Omkring Frederiksholms Kanal (1964){{cite book |last1=Johansson |first1=Ejner |title=Omkring Frederiksholms Kanal. Skitser af dansk guldalderkunst |date=1964 |publisher=Hasselbalch |location=Copenhagen}}
- Andersens ansigter (1992)
- De danske malere i München (1997){{cite book |last1=Johansson |first1=Ejner |title=De danske malere i München. Et ukendt kapitel i dansk guldalderkunst |date=1997 |publisher=Spektrum |location=Copenhagen |edition=1st}}
Awards
References
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External links
- [https://bibliotek.dk/da/search/work?search_block_form=&select_material_type=bibdk_frontpage%2Fbog&op=S%C3%B8g&term_creator%5Bophav%5D=Ejner+Johansson&delimiter=term.workType%3Dliterature&n%2Famaterialetype%5Bterm.type%253D%2522bog%2522%5D=term.type%253D%2522bog%2522&n%2Fasprog%5Bterm.language%253D%2522dan%2522%5D=term.language%253D%2522dan%2522&year_op=%2522year_eq%2522&year_value=&form_build_id=form-etJOhk9YnRh6JF-QEwuDLnOLNK8WuPAs3S2DASsLcwM&form_id=search_block_form&sort=rank_frequency&page_id=bibdk_frontpage%2Fbog#content Udgivelser] of Ejner Johansson in [http://bibliotek.dk bibliotek.dk]
- [http://www.information.dk/59371 Ejner Johansson Obituary]
- {{IMDb name|1468214}}
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Category:20th-century Danish non-fiction writers
Category:Danish art historians
Category:Danish male screenwriters
Category:Writers from Copenhagen
Category:Danish people of Swedish descent