Lectures and seminars Event at The Cell: Erik Andersson in conversation with Amanda Romare
For the first time since the filming of "Tvångstango", a SVT production (Swedish Television) from 2025, author Amanda Romare and psychologist Erik Andersson meet again. This time on stage – with a new novel, a former therapeutic relationship, and many unanswered questions between them.
Erik Andersson, is Assistant Senior Lecturer at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience. His research focuses on anxiety and Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), among other topics. The conversation with Amanda Romare moves along the border between therapy and storytelling, diagnosis and identity. What happens when experiences from treatment take shape as literature? What changes when the therapist enters the text – and when the former patient takes ownership of her own narrative?
Amanda Romare made her debut in 2021 with the novel "Halva Malmö består av killar som dumpat mig" (Half of Malmö Is Made Up of Guys Who Dumped Me), which became a major commercial success, was translated into several languages and adapted for film in 2025. The same year, she published "Judas", a darker and more existential novel about control, guilt and relationships.