{"id":311400,"date":"2026-07-21T08:19:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T08:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/311400\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T08:19:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T08:19:29","slug":"ellen-key-strider-mot-hot-och-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/311400\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellen Key strider mot hot och hat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   Publicerad 07:12Uppdaterad 08:34<\/p>\n<ul class=\"_gallery_1f6gv_33\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<li class=\"_item_1f6gv_64\" data-index=\"0\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"_image_1rh6a_27 _introGallery_1rh6a_47\" data-fullscreen- width=\"6803\" height=\"4672\" itemprop=\"image\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f9df291a-1ba2-3d88-af59-d97953183e8e.jpeg\"  style=\"object-position:50% 50%;aspect-ratio:var(--gallery-aspect-ratio, 16 \/ 9)\"\/>Ellen Key (Mathilda Sid\u00e9n Silfver) med hunden Wild (Viktor Ryd\u00e9n) i Vadstena-akademiens nyskrivna opera &#8221;Ellen Key\u2013Ormd\u00f6daren&#8221; (repetitionsbilder). Foto: Johannes Bolmvall<\/li>\n<li class=\"_item_1f6gv_64\" data-index=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"_image_1rh6a_27 _introGallery_1rh6a_47\" data-fullscreen- width=\"4309\" height=\"4000\" itemprop=\"image\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2266bc24-840a-36ea-9510-62dceee01f1d.jpeg\"  style=\"object-position:50% 50%;aspect-ratio:var(--gallery-aspect-ratio, 16 \/ 9)\"\/>Maria Sundqvist har skrivit librettot till den nyskrivna operan \u201dEllen Key\u2013Ormd\u00f6daren\u201d. Foto: Katja Tauberman<\/li>\n<li class=\"_item_1f6gv_64\" data-index=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"_image_1rh6a_27 _introGallery_1rh6a_47\" data-fullscreen- width=\"4078\" height=\"5786\" itemprop=\"image\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/82368c13-4f66-339e-ba32-caf02b5c0b38.jpeg\"  style=\"object-position:50% 50%;aspect-ratio:var(--gallery-aspect-ratio, 16 \/ 9)\"\/>Mathilda Sid\u00e9n Silfver i titelrollen som en b\u00e5de stridbar och s\u00e5rbar Ellen Key vars radikala tankegods v\u00e4ckte ont blod i en v\u00e4rdekonservativ samtid (repetitionsbild). Foto: Johannes Bolmvall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ellen Key (Mathilda Sid\u00e9n Silfver) med hunden Wild (Viktor Ryd\u00e9n) i Vadstena-akademiens nyskrivna opera &#8221;Ellen Key\u2013Ormd\u00f6daren&#8221; (repetitionsbilder). Foto: Johannes Bolmvall<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _lead_16k26_2 _lead_3ue4t_18 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded _lead_o6m9k_5 _leadTheme_cypwp_1 body-large bold\">N\u00e4r Ellen Keys liv blir nyskriven opera v\u00e4ljer librettisten Maria Sundqvist att lyfta m\u00e4nniskan bakom det v\u00e4rldsber\u00f6mda namnet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _lead_16k26_2 _lead_3ue4t_18 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded _lead_o6m9k_5 _leadTheme_cypwp_1 body-large bold\">\u2013 Jag har valt att skildra den Ellen Key som led och stred.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">F\u00f6rfattaren och pedagogen Ellen Keys tankegods var radikalt f\u00f6r sin tid. Som pionj\u00e4r inom kampen f\u00f6r kvinnors r\u00e4ttigheter, d\u00e4rtill religionskritiker och f\u00f6respr\u00e5kare av en fri barnuppfostran (\u201dBarnets \u00e5rhundrade\u201d), v\u00e4ckte hon inte bara beundran utan ocks\u00e5 ilsken debatt under sin livstid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">August Strindberg skyllde rentav sina skilsm\u00e4ssor p\u00e5 kvinnosakskvinnan Ellen Key. Carl David af Wirs\u00e9n, vid tiden Svenska Akademiens st\u00e4ndige sekreterare, kallade hennes id\u00e9er samh\u00e4llsuppl\u00f6sande.<\/p>\n<p> Den ensamma <\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">I \u00e5r \u00e4r det hundra \u00e5r sedan hon dog. Det uppm\u00e4rksammar Vadstena-akademien genom att s\u00e4tta upp en nyskriven opera om hennes liv, \u201cEllen Key \u2013 Ormd\u00f6daren\u201d med mezzosopranen Mathilda Sid\u00e9n Silfver i titelrollen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">F\u00f6r musiken st\u00e5r Daniel Fjellstr\u00f6m och librettot \u00e4r skrivet av Maria Sundqvist som fram till helt nyligen var konstn\u00e4rlig ledare f\u00f6r Operaverkstan i Malm\u00f6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">Men det \u00e4r inte den intellektuella t\u00e4nkaren Maria Sundqvist vill belysa i sin text, utan snarare m\u00e4nniskan Ellen Key som p\u00e5 \u00e5lderns h\u00f6st ser tillbaka p\u00e5 \u2013 och rannsakar \u2013 sitt liv.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">\u2013 Jag har valt att skildra den Key som led och stred, hon som stod upp f\u00f6r sina id\u00e9er och som st\u00e4ndigt var beredd att k\u00e4mpa och sl\u00e5ss f\u00f6r dem. Men ocks\u00e5 priset man m\u00e5ste betala f\u00f6r en s\u00e5dan kamp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">Sundqvist refererar h\u00e4r till hur s\u00e5v\u00e4l v\u00e4nskaps- som k\u00e4rleksrelationer fick stryka p\u00e5 fot n\u00e4r ideologi gick f\u00f6re privatliv. Som n\u00e4r Ellen Key br\u00f6t med Elsa Beskow som inte kunde acceptera v\u00e4ninnans kritiska h\u00e5llning till kristendomen. Men ocks\u00e5 hur hon alltmer drabbades av tvivel: Blev allt hon hade k\u00e4mpat f\u00f6r verkligen r\u00e4tt?<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">\u2013 Med tiden blev Ellen Key v\u00e4ldigt ensam. Librettot handlar ocks\u00e5 om hur l\u00e5ngt man \u00e4r beredd att g\u00e5 f\u00f6r det man tror p\u00e5.<\/p>\n<p> Furi\u00f6s aria <\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">Inspiration till handlingen fann Maria Sundqvist i ett foto p\u00e5 Key. Under bilden fann hon texten: \u201cEllen Key mot v\u00e4rldshatet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">\u2013 Jag r\u00f6s n\u00e4r jag s\u00e5g bilden och t\u00e4nkte att jag ska avsluta varje akt med en s\u00e5dan aria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">Och s\u00e5 blev det:<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">\u201cVik h\u00e4dan ormar! Ormar av dumhet! Ellen Key mot v\u00e4rldshatet! I folkens som i de enskildas liv kommer \u00f6destimmen d\u00e5 man tvingas v\u00e4lja mellan sin v\u00e4lf\u00e4rd och sitt samvete\u201d, lyder texten i slutet av f\u00f6rsta akten.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">\u2013 N\u00e4r poeten Gustaf Fr\u00f6ding dog sade Ellen Key att han var just en ormd\u00f6dare, en man som led och stred. Kanske var det ocks\u00e5 s\u00e5 hon sj\u00e4lv k\u00e4nde, att hon slogs mot ormarna.<\/p>\n<p> \u201dEllen Key \u2013 Ormd\u00f6daren\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 _paragraph_1si9r_57 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-small\">Urpremi\u00e4r p\u00e5 Vadstena-akademien 23 juli.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 _paragraph_1si9r_57 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-small\">Musik: Daniel Fjellstr\u00f6m<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 _paragraph_1si9r_57 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-small\">Libretto: Maria Sundqvist<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 _paragraph_1si9r_57 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-small\">Regi: H\u00e5kan Starkenberg<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 _paragraph_1si9r_57 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-small\">Koreograf: Catharina Allvin<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_16ipd_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 _paragraph_1si9r_57 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-small\">Scenografi och kostymdesign: Marcus Olson &amp; Elias Kahn med flera<\/p>\n<p>L\u00e4s mer     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Publicerad 07:12Uppdaterad 08:34 Ellen Key (Mathilda Sid\u00e9n Silfver) med hunden Wild (Viktor Ryd\u00e9n) i Vadstena-akademiens nyskrivna opera &#8221;Ellen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[67],"tags":[31143,104,34,31,33,32,30,105,31000],"class_list":["post-311400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-underhallning","tag-ellen-key","tag-entertainment","tag-se","tag-svenska","tag-sverige","tag-sweden","tag-swedish","tag-underhallning","tag-vadstena"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@se\/116956992356182045","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}