Torbjörn Axelman
| Torbjörn Axelman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Lars Gunnar Torbjörn Axelman 28 April 1932 Eskilstuna, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation | TV producer, director, writer |
| Years active | 1956–2011 |
Lars Gunnar Torbjörn Kullänger-Axelman (born 28 April 1932) is a Swedish TV producer, director and writer.
Axelman was born in Eskilstuna, Sweden, the son of the bookseller Valdemar Axelman and his wife Märtha (née Engström). He passed studentexamen in Örebro in 1951 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1955 and a Master of Philosophy degree from Uppsala University in 1956. Axelman did TV studies in England in 1956 and the United States in 1961 and 1966. Axelman was a journalist at Nerikes Allehanda and Tidningen Upsala periodically from 1952 to 1966 and was a producer at Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio from 1956 to 1985. He produced cultural programs Prisma from 1958 to 1961 and several programs together with the artist Ardy Strüwer and Lasse Åberg.
Axelman was also a painter and book illustrator and held solo exhibitions in Uppsala in 1953 and 1954, Visby in 1983, 1985, 1987-1989, 1986-1989, Grythyttan in 1987, Monaco in 1989, London in 1990 and in New York City in 1990. He was also part of joint exhibition, for example at the Liljevalchs konsthall in 1961. Axelman was also CEO of AB Stockholms Aero from 1984 and he was a member of the Society Stallbröderna.
Around two o'clock in the afternoon of 1 December 2008, Axelman shot the chairman of the Brucebo Foundation's Joakim Hansson in the back at Brucebo north of Visby on Gotland. There had been a dispute between the owner of the house, the Brucebo Foundation, and Torbjörn Axelman, who previously owned the house and now rented a part of it. Axelman had lived in the house for more than 30 years, but now he would be dismissed from his lease. The trigger to the drama was when the foundation's chairman came to get the fixtures in the house. On Monday morning the chairman of the Brucebo Foundation and an assistant was driving a truck to Brucebo to retrieve paintings, sculptures and other works of art. The intention was that the works would be recorded, cleaned and restored and then returned.
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