Lars Lerin
1954– · Swedish painter, author and television presenter
Lars Lerin (born 1954) is a Swedish painter, author and television presenter. Painting is his main activity, although his work on Sveriges Television has made him very well known in Sweden. His work has been shown in museums in Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Germany and the United States.
He grew up in Munkfors, in Värmland, and studied painting at Gerlesborgsskolan in Bohuslän, where Arne Isacsson was his mentor (1974-1975). He then studied at Valands konsthögskola in Gothenburg from 1980 to 1984. In 2000 he moved back to Värmland after a period in Lofoten.
An exhibition at Waldermarsudde in Stockholm in 2008-2009 drew more than 100,000 visitors. His works are shown at Moderna Museet, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet and Värmlands museum. In 2014 he won the August Prize for the non-fiction book Naturlära.
On television he presented series such as Vänligen Lars Lerin (2016), in which he interviewed people about the different paths life can take, and Lerins lärlingar (2018), where he taught painting to people with different disabilities. That same year he received the Kristallen award for TV personality of the year.