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Moa Martinson – The Mother of the Country
Moa Martinson – The Mother of the Country

MOA MARTINSON – THE MOTHER OF THE COUNTRY

Moa Martinson – Landsmodern

Directed by Maj Wechselmann
Sweden, 2019
Documentary

Synopsis

Moa Martinson was proclaimed to be mother of the country in 1954 by Sweden’s then-prime minister Tage Erlander, but her life and authorship were shaped by poverty and patriarchal structures.

Synopsis

Moa Martinson was proclaimed to be mother of the country in 1954 by Sweden’s then-prime minister Tage Erlander, but her life and authorship were shaped by poverty and patriarchal structures.