Kajsa Bergh

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Kajsa Bergh (born 1967) is a Swedish surrealist, one of the seven cofounders of the Surrealist Group in Stockholm in 1986. [1]

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References

  1. Penelope Rosemont (2000). "Kajsa Bergh". Surrealist Women. A&C Black. p. 456. ISBN   978-0-567-17128-3.