Born 1947 in Harplinge, Sweden.
Lives and works in Malmö, Sweden.
Director of Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, Sweden.

1969–1974 Fil.kand., Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Göran Christenson is an art historian and has been the director of the Malmö Art Museum for the past 20 years. He has specialised in buying and exhibiting contemporary art.

During his time at the museum he has created one of the largest and most important collections of contemporary art by artists from the following countries: Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland.

He has worked as a curator for both old master, modern and contemporary exhibitions, is a member of the City of Malmö´s committee for public decoration and has been chairman of the IASPIS delegation (International Artists Studio Program In Sweden).

He has also worked with the Lofoten International Art Festival (LIAF), in Lofoten, Norway, as both co-curator and member of the board. Göran Christenson a member of the international jury and also of the selection committee for DAK’ART , the Biennale of African Contemporary Art, in Senegal.