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Margareta Magnusson (1934–2026) was born in Gothenburg in Sweden on New Year’s Eve. She worked for many years as an artist and had her work exhibited as far afield as Singapore and Hong Kong. She had five children and is the author of The Swedish Art of Ageing Well and Döstädning: The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, a book that ‘turned the Scandinavian decluttering practice into a global phenomenon’ (Guardian) and is now a major TV series narrated by Amy Poehler.
Canongate are saddened to hear of the passing of Margareta Magnusson, at 92. She was the author of Döstädning / The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning , which was adapted into a TV Show of the same name starring Amy Poehler, and the Swedish
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