Marie-Louise Ekman

Marie-Louise Ester Maude Ekman, née Fuchs, and known during her first marriage by the surname De Geer, and during and after her second as De Geer Bergenstråhle (born 5 November 1944), is a Swedish painter and film director. She is a professor of Art and former rector at the Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm. Since 2009 Ekman is Managing Director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Sweden's national stage. Married 1966-1971 to the artist Carl Johan De Geer, 1971-1980 to the director and writer Johan Bergenstråhle, and 1989-2017 to actor and stage director Gösta Ekman.