Svante Thunberg

Svante Thunberg (born 10 June 1969) is a Swedish author, arts manager and producer, and actor, having written Scener ur hjärtat with spouse and Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano Malena Ernman. He is also associated with the work of his daughter, youth environmental activist Greta Thunberg.
Early life and education
Thunberg was born Svante Fritz Vilhelm Thunberg on 10 June 1969, in Saltsjö-Boo parish in Stockholm County. He is the son of actors Olof Thunberg and Mona Andersson.
Thunberg appeared in two plays at the Royal Dramatic Theater Dramaten in 1991: as a choir member and extra in Romeo and Juliet, and as named character "Ettan" in Peter Pan. He trained as an actor at Göteborg University.
Career
After training, Thunberg joined Riksteatern, or the "Riks", the where he toured as an actor in plays of its youth program, the "Unga Riks" , among them Thomas Tidholm's Tralala-la (1997), Börje Lindström's Sprit (1998), Irena Kraus' Ciao bella (1999), and Isa Schöier's Min bror (2000), as well as Petter S. Rosenlund's En hopplös grabb (2001). In 1998 he appeared in an episode of the Swedish television series Skärgårdsdoktorn. He has also portrayed composer Joseph Martin Kraus in an episode of Veckans konsert (sv) in 2002.
He now also works as manager and co-producer for his wife, opera singer Malena Ernman. Together, they wrote Scener ur hjärtat, in English, Scenes from the Heart, about their family and the environmental crisis.<ref name=DNstaff20180823/>

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