Her recent projects include the SVT original series Hundarna (Burden of Justice), directed by Lisa Linnertorp and premiering in 2026. The series has been selected for the official competition at Series Mania.
Maja gained international recognition with Dogborn (2022), which premiered in competition at Venice Critics’ Week. The cinematography was noted for bridging social realism with a heightened neo-noir sensibility.
With a background in lighting and a rigorous technical foundation, Maja combines control with instinct. She is closely involved from early conceptual development and location work through detailed shot design, often working in parallel with the director’s creative process. Her ability to shape and sustain a coherent visual world has made her a trusted collaborator on complex productions, including large crews and multi-camera setups.
Her images frequently favor closeness and emotional immediacy, allowing faces, textures and environments to carry narrative weight through light and color rather than exposition. At the same time, she moves fluidly between cinematic traditions, from visually heightened drama to large-scale, more classical storytelling such as Göta Kanal – Vinna eller Försvinna, as well as commercial projects. She has also shot the feature film LasseMajas Detektivbyrå – Maskoten som försvann, directed by Tina Mackic. Regardless of scale or genre, her visual language remains precise and intentional, shaped in direct response to the story at hand.
Known for her calm and exacting presence on set, Maja brings clarity to complex productions and intensity to intimate ones. Her focus remains the same across scale and genre: to create images that are intentional, emotionally grounded and built to endure.
Photo credit: Fredrik Sellegren