Fängelse

Fängelse is a photographic work by the Swedish photographer Anders Petersen, featuring 71 black and white photographs that document daily life within the high-security Swedish prison Österäker. The publication provides a personal perspective on the interior environment of the correctional facility, which includes a complex of buildings shown from an aerial view in a photograph by Anders Birkeland. Accompanying the visual documentation is text written by Leif G.W. Persson. Published in 1984 by ETC. - P.A. Norstedt & Söners Färlag, this first edition serves as a significant piece of Swedish photo-literature. The work captures the atmosphere and structural details of one of Sweden's prominent penal institutions during that period, offering a unique visual record of the prison's daily operations and architectural layout.