Roine Jansson

Roine Jansson (born 11 November 1952) is a Swedish artist and illustrator. His work focuses on modern mine workers, mining in Northern Europe, and the trade workers movement in the EU.

Biography Jansson was born on 11 November 1952, in Uppsala and currently lives in Österbybruk, Sweden. He studied Art at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, and sculpture at Konstfack. He has worked as an iron miner and is currently a firefighter. He has been painting since the early 1970s and has created public art for the cities of Stockholm, Uppsala, and Österbybruk. In his work he uses a variety of mediums and techniques, such as charcoal, oil, watercolor, fresco-secco, wood, and stone.

Books (Miners in words and pictures) Roine Jansson, och Math Isacson, Repro 8 AB Stockholm, Sweden. 2011, Swedish, 211 p, , An illustrated history of modern mine workers in Sweden, France and Belgium. (Women's lives and work in Europe: voices from industry and agriculture in Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Sweden) Carmelina Carracillo, Roine Jansson Cuesmes : Cerisiers France, 2002, Swedish, 181 p. (Some Made the Holes ...) Mary Hamberg & Roine Jansson Hamberg, (INB) Stockholm: Backstrom, 2004 Swedish 182, p. Short stories about miners with watercolor illustrations