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Pernilla Oljelund

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 20

TMDB ID: 212495

IMDb ID: nm0647284

Known for: Writing

Born: October 9, 1962

Age: 63

Place of birth: Bromma, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1992 - 2013

Years active: 22

Average TMDB rating: 5.92

Wikidata: Q4970965

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Biography

Amanda Pernilla Oljelund, born October 9, 1962, in Västerleds parish, Stockholm county, is a Swedish screenwriter for film and TV, journalist, and children's and youth book author. After studying literature, political science, and journalism at Stockholm University, she was active as a journalist during the years 1983–90, mostly as a feature journalist and columnist at Svenska Dagbladet. Oljelund has been a full-time writer since 1994. She writes mainly for film and TV, for adults as well as for children and adolescents. As a novelist, she has, among other things, written the books about the nail-biting, thoughtful, 13-year-old Cornelia Karlsson, which have been translated into a number of languages. Oljelund was nominated for a Guldbagge Award in 2011 for Best Screenplay for the relationship drama 'Stockholm Östra', which was also nominated for Best Male Lead (Mikael Persbrandt) and Best Cinematography.

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