Per Johan Svendsen

{{Short description|Danish artist}}

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| birth_date = 13 March 1953

| citizenship = Danish

| education = Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

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| years_active = 1979–present

| signature = Per Johan Svendsen signature.jpg

| website = {{URL|https://www.perjohansvendsen.dk}}

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Per Johan Svendsen (born 1953 in Copenhagen) is a Danish painter. He was educated at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1974 to 1981.{{cite web | url=https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbachRefresh.do?kunstnerId=10798&wsektion=alle | title=Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs kunstnerleksikon }}

In the 1980s and 1990s, Per Johan Svendsen was active in the Danish art group Syntese, which he founded in 1983 together with Steen Krarup Jensen and Flemming Vincent.https://www.syntese.nu Syntese's Open Archive (primarily in Danish) The group's activities were wide-ranging and included exhibitions, societal debates, a lawsuit against Unibank (Denmark),{{cite web | url=https://www.syntese.nu/oevrige-kategorier/retssag-syntese-vs-sds-unibank-1989-1993/ | title=Retssag, Syntese vs. SDS/Unibank (1989–1993) • Kunst- og kulturgruppen Syntese }} happenings, professional art debates, as well as a collective application for a professorship at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.{{cite web | url=https://www.syntese.nu/oevrige-kategorier/kollektivt-professorat-1994/ | title=Kollektivt professorat • Kunst- og kulturgruppen Syntese }} (newspaper articles in Danish) Syntese sparked significant debate.{{cite web | url=https://www.syntese.nu/debat/ | title=Debat • Kunst- og kulturgruppen Syntese }}

In 2022, Per Johan Svendsen received the Henry Heerup Honorary Grant.

Beside his work as an artist, Per Johan Svendsen has held the following teaching positions:{{cite web | url=https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbachRefresh.do?kunstnerId=10798&wsektion=stillinger | title=Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs kunstnerleksikon }}

• Aarhus Art Academy, experimental painting (1989–1990).
• Skolen for Billedkunst, classical drawing, painting, art history (1990–2002).
• Designskolen, modern form (2000–2001).