Katerina Janouch
Janouch in 2012
Born
Kateřina Janouchová

(1964-02-22) 22 February 1964
Prague, Czechoslovakia
NationalitySwedish
Occupations
  • Author
  • journalist
  • lecturer
  • columnist
  • sexologist[1][2]

Katerina Janouch (born Kateřina Janouchová; 22 February 1964) is a Swedish author,[3] journalist and sexologist of Czech origin.[4] She is primarily known for her children's books, but has also written about relationship, abuse, female genital mutilation[5] and the political unrest of Sweden.[6][7][8]

Childhood

Janouch was born in 1964 in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, and is the daughter of the nuclear scientist František Janouch[9] and Ada Kolman, a professor of radiation biology.[10] Her father, who supported Andrei Sakharov who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1972-73 and opposed against the Communist regime, was excluded from the Communist Party and was then asked to emigrate.[11]

After a short period in Denmark in 1973, the family moved to Viggbyholm in the Stockholm suburb of Täby in 1974. Her father got to work at the Royal Institute of Technology and founded Charter 77. Janouch quickly learned Swedish, partly because she translated her father's political articles.

Studies and journalism

During high school, Janouch liked to provoke about sex.

It was a good way to get attention. I liked to test the boundaries of what was okay to talk about and I understood that others did not think it was particularly feminine to question and be outspoken.

— Katerina Janouch, [12]

It was also during high school that Janouch decided to become a journalist, of which she had a "romantic image". After university studies in art science and literature (she did not get into the journalist education she wanted), she became a translator at a book publisher, and got to work as a proofreader at Expressen.

She joined and started Swedish Elle in 1988. In the early 1990s, she met her future husband, Robert Bohman. At that moment she already had a child from a previous relationship. Between 1989 and 2002, she had five children.

Sex and Relationship Advisor

In 1992, she was contacted by Amelia Adamo for writing about relations for Veckorevyn, the largest youth magazine at that time. Janouch had followed a course in sexology at Uppsala University, but she is not a sexologist, psychologist or therapist, which she believes is a strength. "I have never considered myself to be an expert, however, I have interviewed many experts."[12] She got her own column in the newspaper, and it was in the role of sex advisor that she became known to a wider audience. This was partly because she was one of the first to write openly about sex.

Authorship

Apart from her journalistic activities, Janouch has also written novels and non-fiction books. Her debut came in 1993, with the novel Våta spår (Wet traces).[13] The reason she wanted to write a book was that she wanted to "produce something that has a longer life. A book persists so much longer than a newspaper article."[12] Janouch's non-fiction publications are focused on female sexuality. Janouch also began writing a series of youth books, where the sexual debut is at the center. Her books are published in 17 languages.

Politics

According to Expressen,[14] Expo,[15] and Aktuelltfokus,[16] Janouch has sometimes expressed controversial views on Sweden's "irresponsible migration policy"[17] due to reports of increasing crimes[18][19][20][21][22] and political correctness.[23] On January 9, 2017, on Czech TV she said, among other things, that "Sweden is being destroyed by mass immigration".[24][25] In response, Sweden's prime minister Stefan Löfven stated that Janouch's interview "was very strange".[26]

In March 2017, Janouch began as a columnist at the far right Sweden Democrats-affiliated political newspaper Nyheter Idag[27] She wrote: "Because I'm allergic to all kinds of extremism, both right and left, I want to write on a fresh independent platform".[28] In 2018, Expressen published an article by Anette Holmqvist, who interviewed Janouch, saying she sought to enter the Swedish parliament.[29]

In April 2018, Janouch announced that she would run in the parliamentary elections for the right-wing extremist Citizens' Coalition party. She stated her main subjects would be "Women's security and the Swedish freedom of speech".[30] She said she believes that for a long time there has been "a very narrow corridor of opinions" meaning that people who have had a different opinion than the prevailing on immigration issues have been labeled as racists.[30] In December 2018 Voice of Europe published an article about Janouch's participation in the protest against the Social Democrats signing the Global Compact contract and she said "do not mess with the sons and daughters of the Vikings".[31] On December 2, 2018, Ingrid Carlqvist and Maria Celander published an article of Janouch protesting Global compact.[32] During a debate hosted by the far right media platform Swebbtv, Katerina Janouch was invited to comment on the "low intense war being committed in Sweden".[33] In an article by WJLA published in March 2018 about the increase of sex crimes and violence against women, Katerina Janouch was quoted saying "Sweden has changed very much. It has never been like this."[34]

Since 2018, Janouch has become active in right wing movements with closer ties to white supremacy and conspiracy theories, such as the network Education4Future where she was a founding member.[35] The Citizens' Coalition party, for which Janouch had been a parliamentary candidate in the 2018 elections, chose to distance themselves from her in December the same year due to "a radicalization in her way of expressing herself", according to the chairman of the party.[36] Janouch promotes anti-vaccination propaganda.[37]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Kärlekens språk Sexologist

Bibliography

  • Budbärarinnan
  • Bilden av Sverige : en personlig resa
  • Bilden av verkligheten
  • Vapendragerskan
  • Till mitt älskade barn : från din mamma
  • Så känns det : en bok om känslor
  • Svenska kvinnors hemliga sexuella äventyr
  • Babyrace. På smällen
  • Så bråkar man och så blir man sams
  • Vad är sex och 100 andra jätteviktiga frågor
  • Orgasmboken
  • 69 sexiga lekar
  • Skugghäxan
  • Nattsländan
  • Blodssystrar
  • Barfotaflickan
  • Babyrace
  • Svenska kvinnors hemliga sexuella fantasier
  • Bedragen

References

  1. ↑ "Katerina Janouch". Sfi.se. 1964-02-22. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  2. ↑ "Fakta om Katerina Janouch « Piratförlaget". Piratforlaget.se. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  3. ↑ Step, Rix. "Katerina Janouch | Rixstep Heroes Banquet "Katerina Janouch When telling the truth becomes a seditious act"". rixstep.com. Heroes Banquet. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  4. ↑ Emingerová, Dana (21 February 2011). "Potřebujeme víc porna, tvrdí spisovatelka Kateřina Janouchová". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). iDnes. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  5. ↑ Janouch, Katerina (9 February 2019). ""All forskning visar att kvinnlig könsstympning skapar ett livslångt lidande" (All research shows that genital mutilation leads to long life consequences)". Katerina Janouch. Katerinamagasin.se. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  6. ↑ HÄR SKAPAS SAMTIDENS SJÄLVFÖRSTÅELSE, DET GODA SAMHÄLLET (3 April 2019). "Katerina Janouch: Hjärtligt välkommen till Det Goda Samhällets relationsspalt! (Katerina Janouch: The Good Society)" (in Swedish). Patrik Engellau, Mohamed Omar , Bitte Assarmo, Richard Sörman. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  7. ↑ Oscarson, Stina (30 March 2019). "Katerina Janouch: "Det som sker är inte sunt" (Katerina Janouch: What is happening is not healthy)". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). No. The migration policy debate. Tf CEO, editor-in-chief and responsible publisher: Anna Careborg Political editor-in-chief: Tove Lifvendahl Editor and editor responsible publisher: Maria Rimpi Editorial head of digital subscriptions and stf responsible publisher: Martin Ahlquist. Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  8. ↑ Orange, Richard (25 September 2018). "Malmö police drop probes into high-profile rapes". www.thelocal.se. The Local Europe AB. The Local. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  9. ↑ "Katerina Janouch: Låt mig säga det direkt, jag älskar min pappa så mycket att jag kan bli förbannad". Expressen (in Swedish). 8 November 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  10. ↑ "Frantisek Janouch". www.immi.se. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  11. ↑ Willoughby, Ian (26 September 2016). "František Janouch, part 1: My work with Charter Foundation like wartime solidarity when dad was in concentration camps". Radio Praha. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  12. 1 2 3 Franck, Cecilia (15 June 2012). "Kvinnan är det andra könet". HD (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  13. ↑ "Våta spår av Katerina Janouch". LitteraturMagazinet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  14. ↑ Asplid, Åsa (2018). "Katerina Janouch och högerextrema i demonstration mot migrationsavtal (Katerina and right wing extremists against the Global Compact contract)". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Expressen. Expressen. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  15. ↑ Vergara, Daniel (2018). "Vit makt-grupp bakom protest mot FN-överenskommelse (White power group behind protests against Global Compact contract)". Expo.se (in Swedish). No. 2018. Editor in chief: Daniel Poohl Stf. Published: Anders Dalsbro. Expo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  16. ↑ Johansson, Maria (2018). "Katerina Janouch jagar klick i högerextrema hatgrupper (Katerina Janouch chases click baits in right wing extreme groups)" (in Swedish). 2018. Aktuelltfokus. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  17. ↑ Inrikes, Fria Tider (2018). "Janouch arrangerar demonstration mot ansvarslös invandring och maktmissbruk (Janouch arranges demonstration against irresponsible mass migration and abuse of power)". Fria Tider (in Swedish). FT News Group.
  18. ↑ ELIAS, JONATHAN (12 February 2018). "Culture clash? Refugee crisis floods Sweden with people seeking a new home". KEYE. CBS Austin. Sinclair Broadcast Group. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  19. ↑ Janouch, Katerina (2 May 2019). "Malmöbo betraktar en stad i förfall: "Myndigheterna är korrupta och gullar med grovt kriminella utan asylskäl" (Malmö local witnesses a city in decay: The authorities are corrupt and toys with criminals)". Katerinamagasin.se. © Katerina Janouch. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  20. ↑ "Kritikstorm mot Katerina Janouch". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  21. ↑ Stromme, Lizzie (11 January 2017). "Migrant crisis is pushing Sweden to the brink and our streets aren't safe, author blasts". Express. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  22. ↑ Benthin, Lars (13 October 2017). "Zweden krijgt het ook eindelijk door: migratie leidt tot een parallelle samenleving". De Dagelijkse Standaard (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  23. ↑ Stromme, Lizzie (1 February 2017). "'Sweden's being destroyed by political correctness' Swede rages against asylum policy". Express.co.uk - Express.co.uk is the digital arm of the Daily Express and Sunday Express - one of Britain’s most famous and trusted news brands. Group Editor in Chief: Lloyd Embley Daily Express and Sunday Express Editor in Chief: Gary Jones Express.co.uk Editorial Director: Geoff Marsh. The Daily Express, Sunday Express and Express.co.uk are published by Express Newspapers - a subsidiary company of Reach PLC. Reach PLC is Britain’s largest newspaper, magazine and digital publisher, with a print and online portfolio reaching 45.8million people in the UK every month. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  24. ↑ Ahling, Ahling (1 March 2017). "Re:branding the Swedish image (Janouch on Czech TV)". ReDevelop. Retrieved 21 June 2019. Ahling has a MA degree in Chinese Studies from Leiden University and has been working within the communications field, both in the commercial as well as in the governmental sector for several years. She is currently working at the Press, Culture and Information Division of the diplomatic mission of Taiwan in Sweden.
  25. ↑ Edstam, Fanny (10 January 2017). "Hård kritik mot författarens flyktinguttalanden". Göteburgs Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  26. ↑ (Dagens nyheter), DN (18 January 2017). "Löfven kritiserar Janouchs bild av Sverige" [Löfven criticizes the statement of Janouchs]. DN.SE (in Swedish). (Dagens nyheter). Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  27. ↑ Frick, Chang (25 July 2014). "Nyheter Idag: "Vi vilar på en libertariansk grund, vilket betyder att vi strävar efter frihet för såväl information som individer"" [We rest on a libertarian basis which means we strive for freedom for the individual]. About us / information (in Swedish). Jakob Bergman, Chang Frick, Ilan Sadé, Pelle Zackrisson, Jonathan Norström, Elliot Lorentz, Johannes Nilsson. Nyheter Idag. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  28. ↑ Albinsson, Mattias (20 March 2017). "Janouch och Springare blir krönikörer på Nyheter Idag". Fria Tider (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  29. ↑ Holmqvist, Anette (2018). "Katerina Janouch vill till riksdagen" [Katerina Janouch wants to enter the parliament]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Expressen. Expressen. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  30. 1 2 Holmqvist, Anette (6 April 2018). "Katerina Janouch vill till riksdagen". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  31. ↑ Europe, Voice of (17 December 2018). "Women in Sweden sick of migrant violence: "Don't mess with the sons and daughters of the Vikings"". Voice of Europe. Voice of Europe. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  32. ↑ Mörk, Johanna (2 December 2018). "Stor demonstration mot regeringens planer på att skriva under FN-talet (Big demonstration against the governments plan of signing the UN contract)" (in Swedish). Ingrid Carlqvist. Ingrid & Maria - The reporters on your side. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  33. ↑ Swebbtv, Swebbtv (6 August 2018). ""Pågår ett lågintensivt krig i Sverige?" Reportage från Falsterbo med kommentar av Katerina Janouch. - Tipsa Oss (Is there a low intensity war going on in Sweden?)" (in Swedish). Swebbtv. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  34. ↑ Group, Sinclair Broadcast (9 March 2018). "Crime stats show increase in violence against women in Sweden after refugee crisis". WJLA. No. "Crime statistic in Sweden). Sinclair Broadcast Group. WJLA. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  35. ↑ Leman, Jonathan. "SD stoppar föreläsning med Katerina Janouch". Expo.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  36. ↑ "Medborgerlig samling tar avstånd från Katerina Janouch: "Konstiga signaler"". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  37. ↑ Haag, Christian (1 February 2023). "False: Globalists and the World Economic Forum are trying to covertly force everyone to eat bugs". Logically. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
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