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Ann Heberlein
Ann Heberlein
	Heberlein signing a book at a bookstore in Stockholm in November 2011
Born	Ann Helen Holmström; 22 June 1970 (age 54); Malmö, Sweden
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Swedish
Alma mater	Lund University
Period	2004–present

Ann Helen Heberlein (née Holmström; 22 June 1970)^[1] is a Swedish academic and author, who writes extensively on theology and ethics.^[2] She is best known for her autobiographical account of life with bipolar disorder, Jag vill inte dö, jag vill bara inte leva (2008; "I don't want to die, I just don't want to live").

She ran for parliament in the 2018 general election as a Moderate Party representative.^[3]

Career

Heberlein defended her dissertation Kränkningar och förlåtelse (Abuses and forgiveness) at Lund University in 2005. The thesis was about guilt, shame, moral responsibility, abuses and forgiveness for the dissertation.^[2]

In January 2007, she began teaching practical philosophy at Stockholm University, while working on a project about the criminal justice system.^[4] Since 2009, Heberlein has worked at Lund University.^[5]

She wrote Den sexuella människan in 2004, and contributed to Systematisk teologi (Martinsson, Sigurdson & Svenungsson, 2007).^[6] In 2008, Heberlein published the book Det var inte mitt fel! Om konsten att ta ansvar.^[7]

Heberlein is also an author and columnist for the newspapers Sydsvenskan and Dagens Nyheter, and has also previously written columns for Expressen and Axess.^[8] She also has a column in the Christian paper Kyrkans tidning.^[6]^[9] She is also a regular at Sveriges Radio's P1 with her own radio show Tankar för dagen.^[10] In the summer of 2009, Heberlein was one of the celebrity speakers at the P1 radio show Sommarpratarna.^[11]

In 2008, Heberlein published Jag vill inte dö, jag vill bara inte leva, an autobiographical book about her life with suicidal thoughts and severe anxiety and bipolar disorder, which brought her nationwide attention. In 2012, her book became a play at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm.^[12]

On 24 May 2016, Heberlein resigned from Sydsvenskan after claiming that culture editor Rakel Chukri had forbidden her from writing critically about immigration or Islam on her private Facebook page.^[13] Chukri denied having made such a request in an interview.^[13]

On 26 January 2018, Kickstarter banned Heberlein's crowdfunding for the book "Rape and Culture – A survey of group violence in Sweden 2012-2017” ^[14] which became news in mainstream-media in Sweden.^[15] On 30 January 2018, Heberlein reports she has managed to attract a bit over 1 Msek through crowdfunding from approximate 5000 backers through other channels.^[16]

Bibliography

Den banala godheten. Greycat Publishing (2017)
Gud, om vi ska talas vid du och jag måste jag vara helt ärlig. Bonnier (2015)
Etik : människa, moral, mening : en introduktion. Bonnier (2014)
Ett gott liv. Albert Bonniers förlag (2011)
En liten bok om ondska. Albert Bonniers förlag (2010)
Jag vill inte dö, jag vill bara inte leva. Weyler förlag (2008)
Det var inte mitt fel! Om konsten att ta ansvar. ICA bokförlag (2008)
Kränkningar och förlåtelse. Thales förlag (2005)
Den sexuella människan. Etiska perspektiv. Lund (2004)

References

^ Sveriges Släktforskar association CD-Sveriges befolkning 1970
^ ^a ^b "Ann Heberlein". Avhandlingar.se. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ "Ann Heberlein kandiderar för M i riksdagsvalet | Norra Skåne". Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
^ "Ann Heberlein lämnar Svenska kyrkan". Kyrkans Tidning (in Swedish). Kyrkans Tidning. 14 August 2008. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ "Ann Heberlein". The Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Lund University. 30 August 2009. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Finns det ett alternativ?" (in Swedish). Kyrkans Tidning. 20 August 2008. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ "Det var inte mitt fel! Om konsten att ta ansvar, Ann Heberlein, 9789153430407, Inbunden". Icabokforlag.se. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ "Ann Heberlein: Ett gott liv". Expressen. 14 October 2011. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ Thomas Ekstrand. "Ann Heberlein" (in Swedish). Kyrkans Tidning. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ "Ann Heberlein - Serier av Tankar - Tankar för dagen". Sveriges Radio. 11 November 2009. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ Ann Heberlein - Sommar- och Vintervärdar G H I - Sommar & Vinter i P1. Sveriges Radio. 16 July 2009. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ "Jag vill inte dö, jag vill bara inte leva". Dramaten.se. Archived from the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Ann Heberlein rasar mot Sydsvenskan – avslutar samarbetet". www.resume.se. Bonnier Business Media. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
^ "Våldtäkt och kultur - Ann Heberlein (Suspended) by Ann Heberlein — Kickstarter". 23 January 2018. Archived from the original on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
^ "Kickstarter stoppar finansieringen av Heberleins nya bok om våldtäkt". Dagens Nyheter. 26 January 2018. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
^ "Efter stoppade kampanjen: Heberleins bok om våldtäkter blir verklighet". SVT Nyheter. Sveriges Television. 30 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.