Erik Augustin Palm is a freelance journalist / writer and producer / reporter from Sweden, dividing his time between Los Angeles, Tokyo and Stockholm. He covers popular culture, subcultures, the arts, travel, food, tech, society and politics, for Sweden’s biggest magazines and newspapers, as well as Swedish TV and radio/podcasts. He has interviewed numerous of the most influential names in American, Japanese and Swedish culture. This site shows a selection of his work.

Click on a thumbnail to view/read

Yayoi Kusama interview for Svenska Dagbladet

ART & FASHION

Takashi Murakami-interview for Konstvärlden

ART & FASHION

Lena Dunham-interview for SvD Perfect Guide

TELEVISION

Prevention of mass shootings, for Modern Psykologi

SOCIETY & POLITICS

Trumbo and Screenwriters on screen (incl. interview w/ Bryan Cranston), for Fokus

FILM

Alice Winocour interview - on PTSD in her films vs. Paris, for Modern Psykologi

FILM

Quentin Tarantino-interview for Svenska Dagbladet

FILM

Jeremy Fish-interview for Konstvärlden

ART & FASHION

Jessica Chastain-interview for SvD Perfect Guide

FILM

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), for Modern Psykologi

IT, MEDIA & TECH

Interview with Naomi Klein for ETC

FILM

Fargo as TV, film and urban myth, for Svenska Dagbladet

FILM

Interview with Judd Apatow for SvD Perfect Guide

FILM

Yo La Tengo-feature / interview for Sonic Magazine

MUSIC

Interview with Marc Maron for SvD Perfect Guide

TELEVISION

Peter Sellars interview for Opus

MUSIC

Sexuality in Japan, for Modern Psykologi

Pixar's Inside Out and its role for child psychiatry, for Modern Psykologi

FILM

Japan: The jazz nation, for Lira Musikmagasin

MUSIC

Joel Kinnaman interview for Svenska Dagbladet

FILM

LEGAL RECREATIONAL CANNABIS, FOR MODERN PSYKOLOGI

SOCIETY & POLITICS

Art Basel Miami Beach portfolio feature for Plaza Magazine

ART & FASHION

Interview with Michael Chabon, for Fokus

MUSIC

Nobuyoshi Araki-interview for Konstvärlden

ART & FASHION

Bradley Cooper-interview for SvD Perfect Guide

FILM

Angelina Jolie-interview for SvD Perfect Guide

FILM

Noomi Rapace-interview for SvD Perfect Guide

FILM

Tokyo street fashion (w/ Shoichi Aoki-interview), for Plaza Magazine

ART & FASHION

The Walking Dead for Sydsvenskan

TELEVISION

J-POP's new paths, for Sonic Magazine

MUSIC

Kshama Sawant and the New American Left, for Arena

SOCIETY & POLITICS

Seth MacFarlane interview for King Magazine

FILM

Orange Is The New Black - and prison psychology, for Modern Psykologi

TELEVISION

San Francisco: Zen City, for Scanorama

FOOD & TRAVEL

Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli for Svenska Dagbladet

FILM

Judd Apatow interview for King Magazine

FILM

Interview with T Bone Burnett for Lira Musikmagasin

MUSIC

Seoul travel guide, for Svenska Dagbladet

FOOD & TRAVEL

HBO:s Looking and San Francisco gay culture, for Svenska Dagbladet

TELEVISION

Interview with Michael C. Hall for Modern Psykologi

TELEVISION

Samuel L. Jackson interview for King Magazine

FILM

Interview with AKB48 for Svenska Dagbladet

MUSIC

Feature story about Jake Adelstein for Café

SOCIETY & POLITICS

Big Sur, California, for RES

FOOD & TRAVEL

San Francisco's Tenderloin District, for Scanorama

FOOD & TRAVEL

BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti for Icon

IT, MEDIA & TECH

New Orleans and the artists of HBO:s Treme, for Lira Musikmagasin

MUSIC

The Doctors and televised health care in the US, for Svenska Dagbladet

TELEVISION

The podcast boom + interview with Ira Glass, for Svenska Dagbladet

IT, MEDIA & TECH

Interview with James Franco for King Magazine

FILM

Portland, Oregon for RES

FOOD & TRAVEL

Fukushima, in Henry - Swedish Red Cross magazine

SOCIETY & POLITICS

Interview with Yoshitomo Nara for Konstvärlden

ART & FASHION

Interview with Harrison Ford for Göteborgs-Posten

FILM

Les Miserables (w/ Anne Hathaway & Hugh Jackman-interviews), for Svenska Dagbladet

FILM

Interview with Kyary Pamyu Pamyu for Svenska Dagbladet

MUSIC

San Francisco's skateboard scene, for Transition Magazine

FOOD & TRAVEL

Interview with Billy Bragg for Lira Musikmagasin

MUSIC

Interview with Aaron Sorkin for Svenska Dagbladet

TELEVISION

Pixar's Brave and feminism in animation, for Svenska Dagbladet

FILM

Interview with Lena Dunham for Svenska Dagbladet

TELEVISION

Interview with Kronos Quartet for Opus

MUSIC

Jonah Hill interview for King Magazine

FILM

Mad Men feature story for Svenska Dagbladet

TELEVISION

Interview with Dustin Hoffman for Svenska Dagbladet

TELEVISION

AVN Awards (the Oscars of porn), and the state of the US porn industry, for Ottar

FILM

Interview with Michelle Williams for Sydsvenskan

FILM

Interview with Brad Pitt for Svenska Dagbladet

FILM

Interview with Rooney Mara for Cinema

FILM

Tintin: from comics to 3D film, for Göteborgs-Posten

FILM

Interview with Miranda July for Svenska Dagbladet

FILM

Interview with Eilen Jewell for Lira Musikmagasin

MUSIC

Interview with Mary J. Blige for Svenska Dagbladet

MUSIC

Interview with Lisa Aschan about She Monkeys, for Cinema

FILM

Classical Underground in Los Angeles, for Opus

MUSIC

Interview with Jerry Bruckheimer for Svenska Dagbladet

FILM

Interview with Kristen Wiig for Svenska Dagbladet

FILM

Interview with George R.R. Martin and the cast of Game of Thrones, for Svenska Dagbladet

TELEVISION

Elton John for Svenska Dagbladet

MUSIC

Interview with Dave Cooper for Svenska Dagbladet

ART & FASHION

The CSI-effect, for Svenska Dagbladet

TELEVISION

Interview with Carlos Santana for Svenska Dagbladet

MUSIC

Resident Evil and video game movies, for Svenska Dagbladet

FILM

Interview with Angelina Jolie for Svenska Dagbladet

FILM

HBO and Treme + interview with David Simon, for Svenska Dagbladet

TELEVISION

San Diego's alternative music scene, for Sonic Magazine

MUSIC

Fool's Gold and the wave of afro-indie pop, for Lira Musikmagasin

MUSIC

Gary Vaynerchuk and wine blogging for Svenska Dagbladet

FOOD & TRAVEL

Interview with Steve Carell & Tina Fey for Svenska Dagbladet

FILM

The ukulele revival, for Svenska Dagbladet

MUSIC

The animated film boom for Svenska Dagbladet

FILM

David Lynch, Danger Mouse and resurfaced music for Svenska Dagbladet

MUSIC

Interview with Roy Andersson for Picture Talk

FILM

Shoegazing and My Bloody Valentine for Svenska Dagbladet

MUSIC

Interview with Dj Krush for Kingsize Magazine

MUSIC

Interview with Erykah Badu for Svenska Dagbladet

MUSIC

Hello Kitty and Sanrio Puroland for Svenska Dagbladet

FILM

Richie Hawtin / Plastikman-interview for Svenska Dagbladet

MUSIC

Political comedy for Svenska Dagbladet

TELEVISION