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Susanne Gräslund
Susanne Gräslund
Born	1973 (age 51–52)
Nationality	Sweden
Years active	1989–present

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Susanne Gräslund (born 1973) began to larp in 1989 and was part of the pioneer generation in Sollentuna, Sweden. With a background in theatre and roleplaying, she quickly endulged herself in this hobby which she has now taken active part in for more than 30 years. In 1995, Susanne joined the editor's board of Fëa Livia – a magazine about larp. She was part of the board for four years of which two as editor-in-chief. She left in 1999 to be able to fully focus on organizing Knappnålshuvudet (Head of a Pin) set up in Gothenburg October 1999.

Knappnålshuvudet is Susanne's only larp project as main organizer, but she has contributed as a writer for several others like:

Susanne was part of the wider organizing committee for Knutpunkt-98 and was responsible for the debate room. Susanne also contributed to the Knutepunkt book of 2001, The Book with the article Building Dramatics. For the Nordic Larp (Book) she was the country contact for Sweden, wrote two of the chapters, about Head of the Pin (together with Daniel Krauklis) and Europa, as well as contributed with photos.

Susanne has also written freeform scenarios for the Stockholm Scenario Festival (co-authored with Anders Hultman):

The Testimony (Vittnesmål, 2015)
Women (2017)
The Last Thing to Die (2019)

Furthermore, Susanne has often contributed to larps by performing music, in most cases as part of the fiction.

The opera Cleo & Elchanon (Dido & Aeneas, Högting, 1998)
Tant Gredelins salongsorkester (Det sista kapitlet, 1998)
Opera arias (Fairweather manor 2, 2015)
Ball room orchestra (Fortune & Felicity, 2018)

Susanne can also be seen in the Swedish larp documentary Den lekande människan, both as the jazz singer Carolin Hallberg (Brustna Illusioner) and as Madeleine Schrödinger (Föreningen Visionära Vetenskapsmäns Årliga Kongress), both from 1996. https://www.oppetarkiv.se/video/1884770

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+{{Infobox person
-{{Infobox larp design
+| name               = Susanne Gräslund
-|name=Vedergällningen - Queer Viking Horror Larp
+| image              = Sara_Mein_Herr.jpg
-|english_name=Vedergällningen - Queer Viking Horror Larp
+| birth_date         = {{Birth year and age|1973}}
-|duration=36 hours
+| nationality        = Sweden
-|website={{URL|https://vedergallningen.wordpress.com/}}
+| years_active       = 1989–present
-|designers={{Unbulleted list|[[Karin Edman]]}}
-|techniques={{Unbulleted list|[[Tap Out]]|[[Pre-larp workshop]]|[[Playing to lose]]|[[NPC]]s|[[Lookdown]]|[[SHAG]]|[[Calibration break]]}}
 }}
-'''Vedergällningen''' is a larp about a Völic Village being visited by a group of Vikings, a crime and a supernatural vengeance.
-==Setting and Themes==
+Susanne Gräslund (born 1973) began to larp in 1989 and was part of the pioneer generation in Sollentuna, Sweden. With a background in theatre and roleplaying, she quickly endulged herself in this hobby which she has now taken active part in for more than 30 years. In 1995, Susanne joined the editor's board of [[Fëa Livia]] – a magazine about larp. She was part of the board for four years of which two as editor-in-chief. She left in 1999 to be able to fully focus on organizing [[Knappnålshuvudet]] (Head of a Pin) set up in Gothenburg October 1999.
-Lesbianism, Völvas and vengeance. Crying Vikings in mud. Fierce shieldmaidens and flayed men.
-The larp begins when a group of Vikings from three different ship crews arrive in the village of Astfanginn to seek help from the Völvas who live there. The Vikings belive they have been followed by a curse all the way from the Saxons lands and dare not return home without it being lifted.
-At the welcoming feast however, an unfortunate incident leads to the village leader being slain and the Völvas enter a frenzied state looking for vengeance.
-===Background===
+Knappnålshuvudet is Susanne's only larp project as main organizer, but she has contributed as a writer for several others like:
-[[Karin Edman]] had a dream about a Völic village run by Völvas. The dream felt disconcerting and dangerous. She told a few friends online and then decided to make the dream into a larp.
+*[[Mellan himmel och hav]]  (2003)
+*[[Ockulta Medborgarbyrån]] (2016)
+*[[Fortune & Felicity]] (2017)
-The larp has been run in November 2019 and June 2022.
-[[Category:Larp runs]]
+Susanne was part of the wider organizing committee for Knutpunkt-98 and was responsible for the debate room. Susanne also contributed to the Knutepunkt book of 2001, [[The Book]] with the article Building Dramatics. For the [[Nordic Larp (Book)]] she was the country contact for Sweden, wrote two of the chapters, about Head of the Pin (together with Daniel Krauklis) and Europa, as well as contributed with photos.
-[[Category:Larp runs in Sweden]]
-[[Category:2019 larp runs]]
-[[Category:2020 larp runs]]
+Susanne has also written freeform scenarios for the Stockholm Scenario Festival (co-authored with [[Anders Hultman]]):
-[[Category:Larps]]
+*[https://scenariofestival.se/archive/scenarios-2015/the-testimony/ The Testimony] (Vittnesmål, 2015)
+*[https://scenariofestival.se/archive/scenarios-2017/women/ Women] (2017)
+*[https://scenariofestival.se/scenarios-2019/the-last-thing-to-die/ The Last Thing to Die] (2019)
+Furthermore, Susanne has often contributed to larps by performing music, in most cases as part of the fiction.
+*The opera Cleo & Elchanon (Dido & Aeneas, Högting, 1998)
+*Tant Gredelins salongsorkester ([[Det sista kapitlet]], 1998)
+*Opera arias ([[Fairweather manor]] 2, 2015)
+*Ball room orchestra ([[Fortune & Felicity]], 2018)
+Susanne can also be seen in the Swedish larp documentary Den lekande människan, both as the jazz singer Carolin Hallberg (Brustna Illusioner) and as Madeleine Schrödinger (Föreningen Visionära Vetenskapsmäns Årliga Kongress), both from 1996. https://www.oppetarkiv.se/video/1884770
+[[Category:People]]
+[[Category:Swedish people]]
+[[Category:Larp creators]]