Martin Aagård

Sven Martin Aagård (born 5 March 1971) is a Swedish culture journalist and newspaper and magazine editor and a member of the Swedish pop band Doktor Kosmos.

Early life and education Aagård is from Gävle, where he was educated at the elite gymnasium. He later wrote about participating in hazing as a member of a men's club there, and has also said that in school he and his friends hung out with members of the Communist Youth "because they were fun" and that for a while he took part in anarchistic demonstrations with Nature and Youth Sweden.

Career Music With his friend , Aagård played in a rockabilly band called Handsome Hank and the Hookers. and ; he plays guitar, bass and synthesizer.

Journalism Aagård has worked as a literary critic and radio columnist. He has been a culture writer for Dagens Nyheter, culture editor for Arbetarbladet and Dalarnas Tidningar, an editor of the defunct culture magazine Sex, editor-in-chief of the art magazine , the editor of the "Under strecket" essay section in Svenska Dagbladet, and deputy culture editor at Aftonbladet under Åsa Linderborg, then acting culture editor following her departure in 2019. In 2022, he became the culture editor at . the Plymouth Brethren, and anti-abortion activists. The segment on the Plymouth Brethren was ruled by the Broadcasting Commission to have violated the requirement for impartiality.

In 2015, Aagård and Aftonbladet were sued for 30,000 SEK by the artist Richard Herrey after Aagård called Herrey "din gamle rasist" ('you old racist') in an exchange on X. Herrey lost the case against both parties.

Personal life In 2010, Aagård married Aftonbladet journalist .

Books with Natalia Kazmierska. Popkulturens död, Stockholm: Atlas, 2018,