Annette Kullenberg

Elsa Caroline Annette Kullenberg (née Borgström; 9 January 1939 – 28 January 2021) was a Swedish journalist and author.

Annette Kullenberg
Born	Elsa Caroline Borgström (1939-01-09)9 January 1939 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	28 January 2021(2021-01-28) (aged 82) Cascais, Portugal
Occupation(s)	Journalist, author

Biography

Kullenberg was born in Stockholm. She studied philosophy at Uppsala University, and started working as a journalist in the early 1960s. She worked at Aftonbladet for 25 years and quit in 2002 after a conflict with the editor-in-chief Anders Gerdin regarding the content of a column about Princess Madeleine of Sweden. The conflict started when Gerdin, without informing Kullenberg, modified the content of the column, downplaying the princess' problematic alcohol consumption.^[1] Moreover, Kullenberg served as a foreign correspondent stationed in Buenos Aires and Barcelona for six years. She was also the chairman of the Swedish publicist club between 1994 and 1997.^[2]

Kullenberg's first novel was Vänd på dig (published in 1967), and her second book, Överklassen i Sverige, was released in 1974, followed by Urp! sa överklassen in 1995.^[3] She also worked as a dramatist with a dozen radio and television plays to her credit.

Since 2009, Kullenberg wrote columns for Expressen.^[4]

Kullenberg died on 28 January 2021, at the age of 82, after contracting COVID-19, in Hospital de Cascais in Portugal, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.^[5][6] Her brother Claes Borgström died from the same disease in Stockholm on 15 May 2020.^[7]

Bibliography

• Vänd på dig, novel (1967) ISBN 9789173899864
• Pappa mamma barn, novel (1968) ISBN 9789173899796
• Vad ska vi med teater? (1969) ISBN 9789173899970
• Gunnar Karlsson reser västerut (1970) ISBN 9789173899857
• Överklassen i Sverige (1974) ISBN 9789173899901
• Kärleksbrev till en amerikan (1976) ISBN 9789173899956
• Kvinnohatare – jag? och andra sensationella reportage (1978) ISBN 9789173899840
• Sångfågeln från Milano (1989)
• Vi som gör jobbet: en bok om IUL i Latinamerika (1990)
• Viva! följ med till Spanien 92!: boken om årets land (1992)
• Diamanten som log i skymningen, novel (1993)
• Urp! sa överklassen: eliten i Sverige (1995)
• Palme och kvinnorna (1996)
• Annette-kolumner (1996)
• Strindberg – murveln: en bok om journalisten August Strindberg (1997)
• Mannen som älskade boaormar och andra bagateller (1998) ISBN 9789173899819
• Glöd, novel (2000)
• Lana Turner drack alltid kaffe i mitt kök, novel (2001)
• Annette på sista sidan (2001)
• Den enödge älskaren, novel (2003) ISBN 9789173899529
• Censurerad (2004)
• Jag var självlockig, moderlös, gripande och ett monster av förljugenhet : en biografi om Marianne Höök (2008)