Elin Berge (b. 1978) lives and works in Umeå, Sweden. She holds a degree in Photojournalism from Nordens Fotoskola, Biskops-Arnö. Additional to her own projects in still image and documentary film, she works with various clients on commission. She regularly gives artist talks and lectures. Elin has produced three photo books and a documentary film. She has had several solo exhibitions and her work is represented in the collection of the Hasselblad Foundation. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including the Swedish Arts Grants Committee and the Swedish Authors Fund.
Elin is a member of the Scandinavian photographer's collective Moment and represented by INSTITUTE artist.
Monographs
2020 Awakening, Max Ström
2015 Kungariket (the Kingdom), with Frida Hyvönen, Natur&Kultur
2009 Drottninglandet (the Land of Queens), with Frida Hyvönen, Atlas Publishing
2006 Slöjor (Veils), Atlas publishing
Films
2023 Sagor Slutar Så (Second Story Syndrome), Bautafilm
2015 Drottninglandet (the Land of Queens), with Lars Berge, Mantaray Film
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Queejna, Nordic Photographic Centre, Oulu, Finland
2020 Elin Berge, Lars Tunbjörk pristagare, Abecita Konstmuseum, Borås
2019 Queejna, Galleri Kontrast, Stockholm
2018 Queejna, Kulturens Hus, Luleå
2018 Queejna, Murberget, Härnösand
2016 Drottninglandet/Kungariket (the Land of Queens), Sune Jonsson’s Center for Documentary Photography, Umeå
2015 Drottninglandet/Kungariket (the Land of Queens), Centrum för Fotografi, Stockholm
2015 Slöjor (Veils), Kiruna Stadshus
2015 Slöjor (Veils), Härnösands Konsthall
2014 Clear Blue, Galleri Alva, Umeå
2012 Drottninglandet (the Land of Queens), Latvian Museum of Photography, Riga
2012 Drottninglandet (the Land of Queens), Galleri Format, Malmö
2010 Drottninglandet (the Land of Queens), Perspektivet, Tromsø
2009 Drottninglandet (the Land of Queens), Västerbottens Museum, Umeå
2009 Drottninglandet (the Land of Queens), The Museum of Work, Norrköping
2009 Drottninglandet (the Land of Queens), Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenburg
2008 Suicide Girls/Veils, Menotrentuno, Young European Photography in Sardinia
2009 Slöjor (Veils), Folkets Hus och parker
2009 Slöjor (Veils), Fotomuseet, Visby
2009 Slöjor (Veils), the International Museum of Children’s Art, Stockholm
2008 Slöjor (Veils), Piteå Museum, Piteå
2007 Slöjor (Veils), Stockholms Läns Museum, Stockholm
2007 Slöjor (Veils), Falkenbergs Museum, Falkenberg
2007 Slöjor (Veils), NK-Villan, Nyköping
2006 Slöjor (Veils), second edition, Halmstads Stadsibliotek, Halmstad
2006 Slöjor (Veils), Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg
2006 Slöjor (Veils), Västerbottens Museum, Umeå
2006 Slöjor (Veils), the Museum of Work, Norrköping
2006 Slöjor (Veils), Galleri Kontrast, Stockholm
2004 Istanbul, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
2003 Istanbul, Västerbottens Museum, Umeå
Grants and awards
2023 Sune Jonsson Award
2023 Travel grant, the Arts Grants Committee
2022 Three year Working grant, Swedish Author’s Fund
2020 Lars Tunbjörk Award
2020 Fine art grant, Västerbottens Läns Landsting
2020 Two-year Working grant, the Arts Grants Committee
2019 Travel grant, the Arts Grants Committee
2017 Workshop grant, the Arts Grants Committee
2016 Two-year Working grant, the Arts Grants Committee
2015 Working grant, Swedish Author’s Fund
2013 Working grant, the Arts Grants Committee
2012 Working grant, Swedish Author’s Fund
2010 Rosenström’s Prize
2009 Selected for consideration, Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2010
2009 Working grant, the Arts Grants Committee
2009 Artisan of the year, Umeå Fabriks- och Hantverksförening
2008 Scanpix Photo prize Nominee
2007 Fine art grant, Västerbottens Läns Landsting
2007 Mention of honor, Swedish Picture of the Year
2007 JOOP SWART Master Class Nominee
2006 Scanpix Photo prize Nominee
2006 Georg and Hjordis Andersson grant
2006 the Arts Grants Committee grant for long term project, Stockholm
2004 The Museum of Work’s Prize for Documentary Photography, Norrköping
2004 Award of excellence, photojournalism portrait, Society for News Design
2004 NUDOK documentary award, Nordiska Museet
Education
2001-2003 Photojournalism, Nordens Fotoskola, Biskops-Arnö
1999 History of ideas, Umeå University
Selected group exhibitions
2021 The Lars Tunbjörk awardees, Borås Konstmuseum
2018 Almost Perfect by Moment, Sune Jonsson’s Center for Documentary Photography, Umeå
2018 Published - The Photo Book In Sweden, Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenburg
2017 To Face, with artist Paoua Urbano, Steneby Konsthall
2017 3x3 Nora Hjo Eksjö, with Lars Tunbjörk and Pieter ten Hoopen, Abecita Konsthall
2014 INSIGHTS by INSTITUTE Artists, theprintspace, London
2014 VODA –Vi och dom andra/Us and them, Sune Jonsson’s Center for Documentary Photography, Umeå
2014 VODA –Vi och dom andra/Us and them, Riga Photo Month
2014 Time’s slownes and life’s swiftness, Sune Jonsson’s Center for Documentary Photography, Umeå
2014 Moment Agency by Moment Agency, the Stockholm Photo Fair
2014 Scandinavian Moments by Moment Agency, Landskrona Photo Festival
2013 3x3 Nora Hjo Eksjö, with Lars Tunbjörk and Pieter ten Hoopen, Eksjö Museum
2011 And time becomes a wondrous thing by Sune Jonsson, PM Gallery & House, London
Anthologies
2014 Till häst genom Västerbotten, med Sven Björklund&Olof Wretling, Bonniers
2014 Scandinavian Moments by Moment Agency, Dokument Press
2013 3x3 Eksjö, Hjo, Nora, with photographers Pieter ten Hoopen and Lars Tunbjörk, Journal
2013 30 (30 years of Swedish documentary Photography), Nordens Fotoskola, Sweden
2009 Future Images, edited by Mario Cresci, Motta Cultura, Italy
2007 Da Capo, Journal, Sweden
Represented in collections
Hasselblad Foundation
Västerbottens Läns Landsting
Other merits
2016-2019 Project leader, group project Almost Perfect by Moment
2016 Tedx Talk, Umeå
2012- Board member, Moment Agency
2008 - Board member, Sällskapet Sune Jonssons Vänner
2009-2014 Board member, Swedish Photo Authors
2011 Picture editor, Umeå University