Pernilla Oljelund

Amanda Pernilla Oljelund born October 9 1962 in Västerleds parish Stockholm county is a Swedish screenwriter for film and TV journalist and childrens and youth book author After studying literature political science and journalism at Stockholm University she was active as a journalist during the years 198390 mostly as a feature journalist and columnist at Svenska Dagbladet Oljelund has been a fulltime 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 nailbiting thoughtful 13yearold 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