Jørgen Nash

Info

Role

Director | Actor | Writer

Date of birth

03/16/1920

Date of death

05/17/2004

Place of birth

Vejrum, Struer, Denmark

Jørgen Nash

Biography

Member of Danish resistance during WW II, arrested twice. Fled to Sweden, where he lived his last forty years in the forest at a place called Drakabygget, outside Örkelljunga, 50 km northeast of Helsingborg in the south of Sweden. Well-known multi-artist, infamous for his happenings and the amount of artists from all over who lived at Drakabygget from time to time. Married to Liz Zwick. Father of Cecilia Zwick-Nash and five more children from three different marriages. Brother of Asger Jorn. Changed his name early on in order to set him free from his more famous brother. Died peacefully at home.