Carl Johan De Geer
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Carl Johan De Geer, (born July 13, 1938 in Montreal, Canada) Swedish artist, writer, musician and friherre of the noble De Geer family.
Carl Johan De Geer grew up in a castle in Skåne, Southern Sweden. He broke with his bourgeoisie background and became a leftist artist. He also exposed his grandmother's ties to the Nazis in a film called Mormor, Hitler och jag.
Most radical and provoking at that time was his 1967 painting of a burning Swedish Flag with the word COCK (kuken) written on it. The painting was shown in an art gallery, but was immediately apprehended by the police.
Carl Johan De Geer has written a number of books and was also a member of the Swedish radical prog-band Blå Tåget.
