Fredrik Strömberg


Fredrik Strömberg is journalist and author, writing mostly about comics. He is the chairman of Seriefrämjandet, the editor for Bild & Bubbla and the headmaster for a comics art school.

Career

started his professional career as a freelance journalist in 1994, and he has since then written for a large number of publications including the Swedish Dagens Nyheter, the Danish Strip!, the Dutch Stripschrift and the American International Journal of Comic Art.
Strömberg has been the chairman of Seriefrämjandet since 1997, is one of the editors of the magazine Bild & Bubbla and a member of the Urhunden jury. He was also one of the driving forces behind the establishment of Seriecenter in Malmö and Seriearkivet in Lund.
In 1999, Strömberg made his debut as an author with the book 100 oumbärliga seriealbum, and has since written several books, published in Swedish and English. The book , published by Fantagraphics Books in the US, was nominated for an Eisner Award.
Since 1999 Strömberg has been one of the headmasters for Serieskolan i Malmö, a school which has trained comics artists like Niklas Asker and Mathias Elftorp.
Strömberg is the Swedish representative on the International Editorial Board for the International Journal of Comic Art and also the Swedish representative on the Consultative Committee of European Comic Art.
Strömberg also works as a curator for exhibitions about comics, and has created exhibitions such as "serier.nu", "Manga! - de japanska seriernas intåg", "Duckomenta Malmö" and "Sanningen bodde inte i honom".