Eva Moberg (writer)
Eva Moberg (14 February 1932 – 22 May 2011) was a Swedish author, playwright, and public debater known for her feminist work. She was the daughter of writer Vilhelm Moberg and grew up in Stockholm. She finished secondary school in 1952 and in 1963 earned a licentiate in literary history, religious history, and practical philosophy. Her thesis was Love and Gender, a study of Colette’s poetry.
Moberg worked as editor of the Fredrika Bremer Association’s magazine Hertha (1960–1962), culture editor for the weekly Vi (1967–1976), and a columnist for Dagens Nyheter (1976–1992). She wrote about social issues, politics, and ethics. From 1968 to 1970 she was a script writer for Sveriges Television, creating TV variety shows and later several sitcoms.
She was an early voice in Sweden’s gender equality debate. In 1961 she published Woman’s Conditional Release, a feminist classic in which she argued that true equality was still far off and that women were often expected to marry and have children. This sparked a long discussion about gender roles. In the mid-1960s she joined Group 222, an activist group for gender equality. They argued for both women’s and men’s emancipation and challenged traditional male roles. One of her important ideas was “Men are better than the patriarchy,” which she spoke about in lectures abroad in the 1990s.
In the 1970s Moberg campaigned against nuclear power, pollution, and she supported animal rights. She was married to TV producer Hans Hederberg from 1964 to 1976, and they had a daughter in 1966. She later lived with author Gottfried Grafström until her death in 2011.
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