Krleken till livet, Marie Fredriksson, Gteborg Bokmssa, sep. 2015

Helena von Zweigbergk (journalist and author) and Fredrik Belfrage (journalist and Tv & Radio host) talking about ”Kärleken till livet”, the Marie Fredriksson biography, written by Helena in collaboration with Marie, at the Göteborg book fair on Saturday the 26th of September 2015. The book will be released in Swedish on October 7th. 2015. Together with Per Gessle, Marie is Roxette! The talk is in Swedish so here goes for a rough translation: At first Fredrik is introducing Helena and he has trouble pronouncing her last name correctly, but she happily corrects him. He then asks when she and Marie met the first time; - The first time I met her was many years ago, I have interviewed her on 2 occasions, the first before she got ill and then you could really tell she didn’t like at all to do interviews. We did have fun but you could tell she had her guards up. The 2nd time she was very marked by her illness and it was very difficult to bond, she had difficulties talking and finding the words, so when her manager Marie Dimberg called me and asked if I would write a book together with Marie, I was very hesitant and thinking if it would even be possible? What kind of book would it be, I don’t know, I was a little uncertain. But I went to her house and immediately I felt I had to write this book, because Marie was so clear and powerfull in her wish to do this. “it has to be spot on, no nonsense, I just want to tell how it has been” Fredrik: “Marie was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2002 and how Marie is today?“ -yeah, I spoke to Marie this morning and asked her; what do you want me to say to the audience today? “say that I’m very fine and we had so much fun!” Marie is very adamant to not sound too gloomy and heavy, but she has trouble, she is marked by her illness. She has a foot that bends which makes it difficult for her to walk, she has difficulties reading, she has difficulties writing and she is very sensitive towards stressful situations around her, she has to have calm and quiet around her. for the rest of the translation follow this link: