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