{"id":6,"date":"2011-02-19T18:23:52","date_gmt":"2011-02-19T18:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asakalmer.wordpress.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-03-19T09:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T09:08:08","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>\u00c5sa Kalm\u00e9r is a director actor &amp; set designer. Since her debut as a director 1991 at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, she has directed almost 70 productions for theatre, film, television, opera and audio drama.<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_6658-1-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_6658-1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_6658-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_6658-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_6658-1-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_6658-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>\u00c5sa directing Gunnel Lindblom for the film Afternoon Encounter<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>In the recent years \u00c5sas debut novel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romanusochselling.se\/bocker\/287211\/naket\/\">&#8220;Nude &#8211; the most intimate&#8221;<\/a> and its sequel &#8220;Nude &#8211; his most intimate&#8221; has hit bookshelves, the theatre performances &#8220;Time of the Wolves&#8221;, &#8220;In the Darkness&#8221; and &#8220;The Thief and Liar Julia has been on the stages, the photo exhibition &#8220;SCARS&#8221; has been shown at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotografiska.com\/sto\/utstallningar\/arr\/\">Fotografiska Stockholm<\/a> and the TV-series <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/news\/berlinale-2022-series-generation-co-production-market-titles-1235154479\/\">&#8220;Lust&#8221;<\/a> streamed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jkOFeBgzVBw\">HBO Max<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Julia-pressklipp-1024x535.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Julia-pressklipp-1024x535.png 1024w, https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Julia-pressklipp-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Julia-pressklipp-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Julia-pressklipp-1536x803.png 1536w, https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Julia-pressklipp-2048x1071.png 2048w, https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Julia-pressklipp-1200x627.png 1200w, https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Julia-pressklipp-1980x1035.png 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" 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Along with Michaela Granith she ran her own avantgarde theatre, that grew into a cult institution in the Stockholm 80-s . She was assistant director to Ingmar Bergman on two theatre productions before making her own debut on the Royal stage. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/asakalmer.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/1849946_kasparinudc5dalen.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Liselotte Bramst\u00e5ng, Axel Zuber and Per Oscarsson in the popular TV-series Kaspar i Nud\u00e5dalen<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u00c5sas debut as a director &amp; set designer was at The National Theatre of Sweden, Royal Dramaten, 1991 with &#8220;La nuit just avant les for\u00eat&#8221; by Bernard Marie Kolt\u00e9s with actor Thorsten Flinck. &nbsp;Since, she has been working across disciplines from directing for Film and TV to working for the stage with theatre and opera. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3534827_2048_1152-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3534827_2048_1152-3.jpg 612w, https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3534827_2048_1152-3-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Matias Varela in the audio drama Youth Without God<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u00c5sas staging of the opera Orefeo and Euridice was chosen for the international Armel Opera festival, Vienna\/Budapest in 2018. <\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She has recevied the Swedish Authors&#8217; Fund Prize 2005 for MAMMOR F\u00c5R INTE D\u00d6 (MOTHERS MUSTN\u2019T DIE) by Marie Lundqvist, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smp.se\/noje_o_kultur\/kultur\/kalmer-far-kritikerpris%28109172%29.gm\">the Swedish Critics award 2003<\/a>, KVINNORNA VID SVANSJ\u00d6N (THE WOMEN BY THE SWAN LAKE) by Kristina Lugn, and the theatre price from the Swedish Academy 2003 for achievements working with new dramatists.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"601\" src=\"http:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Martin-Stenmarck-940x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Martin-Stenmarck-940x600-1.jpg 940w, https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Martin-Stenmarck-940x600-1-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Martin-Stenmarck-940x600-1-768x491.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Martin Stenhammar in the ViaPlay TV-series success Happy Bay<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.com\/page\/asakalmer.wordpress.com\/843\">The audio drama The death of Maria Villa, directed by \u00c5sa Kalm\u00e9r was nominated for Prix Italia 2015.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The play \u041f\u041e\u0421\u041b\u0415\u0414\u041d\u0418\u0415 \u0421\u0412\u0418\u0414\u0415\u0422\u0415\u041b\u0418 (A PRAYER FOR CHERNOBYL) by Svetlana Aleksijevitj was chosen for the Swedish Theatre Biennale 2000. The play ULRIKE MEINHOF\u2019S SONG by Christopher Barnett, performed by \u00c5sa Kalm\u00e9r, directed by Anders Carlberg was chosen for the Swedish Theatre Biennale 1994.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" src=\"http:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/galbo_art_persb_bunden1-1024x716.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/galbo_art_persb_bunden1-1024x716.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/galbo_art_persb_bunden1-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/galbo_art_persb_bunden1-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/galbo_art_persb_bunden1-1536x1074.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/galbo_art_persb_bunden1-1200x839.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/galbo_art_persb_bunden1.jpg 1689w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>\u00c5sa acting with Lena B Eriksson and Mikael Persbrandt<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 1992 she got the N\u00f6jesguidens Prize (Entertainment guide paper, Stockholm) for LA NUIT JUSTE AVANT LES FOR\u00caTS (THE NIGHT JUST BEFORE THE FORESTS)<br>by Bernard-Marie Kolt\u00e8s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC2152-2-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC2152-2-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC2152-2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC2152-2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC2152-2-1200x801.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/asakalmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC2152-2.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c5sa Kalm\u00e9r is a director actor &amp; set designer. Since her debut as a director 1991 at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, she has directed almost 70 productions for theatre, film, television, opera and audio drama. 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