ABOUT ME
As a freelance photojournalist, Christoffer has reported on war and conflict, as well as humanitarian and social issues, for Swedish and international media.
His work has earned numerous awards, both in Sweden and abroad. He has been a serial winner in the Swedish Picture of the Year contest and has been recognized with multiple honors by international organizations such as SIPA, POY and NPPA.
He has also documented self experienced homelessness, and imprisonment, in the groundbreaking and critically acclaimed TV-series 36 Days on the Streets and 30 Days in Prison.
Today Christoffer is employed as a documentary photographer by the Swedish public service television company SVT, working on investigative projects and in-depth coverage of social and contemporary issues.
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BOOK
Afghanistans Enda Gris och Andra Vykort Från Imperiernas Kyrkogård- By Ivar Andersen & Christoffer Hjalmarsson - 159 Kr
http://www.verbalforlag.se/afghanistans-enda-gris-och-andra-vykort-fran-imperiernas-kyrkogard/
or visit www.ivarandersen.se
EDUCATION & COURSES
2018: Mission Conflict Zone - Försvarsmakten
2017: Depolyment Ready Training - Vesper Group
2014: Deployment Ready Training - 2Secure
2010: Basic Course in Practical Journalism(105h) - Poppius Journalism School
AWARDS
2024: Nominated for Kristallen, 30 dagar i fängelse - SVT
2024: Nominated for PRIX EUROPA European Journalist of the Year
2024: Nominated for PRIX ITALIA, Digital Factual - Stalker - SVT
2023: Nominated for PRIX EUROPA - Nytorgsmannen, 19 kvinnor, en gärningsman - SVT
2020: Remarkble Artwork Storyboard - Ida´s Long Goodbye(SIPA Contest)
2019: 1st, Facts & Social Review of the Year(Kristallen)
2019: 1st, This Years Achievement(TV Photographers Association - Gyllene Snittet)
2019: Nominated to Guldspaden Nytänkare(Föreningen Grävande Journalister)
2019: Nominated to Profile of the Year(Film & TV Producers - RIA Galan)
2019: 1st, This Years Achievement(Film & TV Producers - RIA Galan)
2018: 1st, Photographer of the Year(Swedish Picture of the Year)
2018: 1st, Foreign News Picture Story(Swedish Picture of the Year)
2018: 1st, Foreign News Picture(Swedish Picture of the Year)
2018: 3rd, Portrait(Swedish Picture of the Year)
2018: Award of Excellence - Spot News, Picture of the Year 2018
2017: Remarkable Award, SIPA Contest - Being a Parent While Planning Your Funeral(Siena,Italy)
2016: Remarkable Award, SIPA Contest - Linda´s Last Dance - The Fight Against Cancer(Siena,Italy)
2016: Honarable Mention at Wendela Prize - "Livelizor, Bukarest – en plats för levande döda" together with reporter Magda Gad
2016: 1:st, Arbetets Museums Dokumentärfotopris 2016(Arbetets Museum, Norrköping)
2016: 3rd, Photojournalist of the Year(NPPA-Best of Photojournalism)
2016: 2:nd, Portrait Story(NPPA-Best of Photojournalism)
http://competitions.nppa.org/best-of-photojournalism/portrait-series-2/#lg=2&slide=0
2016: Honorable Mention, Portrait(NPPA-Best of Photojournalism)
http://competitions.nppa.org/best-of-photojournalism/portrait-and-personality-2/#lg=4&slide=0
2016: 2:nd, Feature Picture(Swedish Picture of the Year)
2015: Nominated at Freelance Prize(Poppius Journalistskola)
2015: 3:rd, International News Picture Story(NPPA-Best of Photojournalism)
2015: Picture of the Year(Swedish Picture of the Year)
2015: 1:st, Foreign News Picture(Swedish Picture of the Year)
2014: 1:st, News Picture Story Sweden(Swedish Picture of the Year)
2014: 3:rd, Portrait Story(Swedish Picture of the Year)
2013: 2:nd, Foreign News Picture(Swedish Picture of the Year)
2012: 1:st, Year Accounting, Swedish Committe for Afghanistan(PwC & Swedbank)
2011: 3:rd, Foreign News Picture(Swedish Picture of the Year)
2011: Nominated at Wendela Prize
EXHIBITIONS
2017 – Gnistan som Tändes, Ukraina, Galleri Kontrast, Stockhiolm, Sweden
2015 – Pictures of the Year, Group Exhibitions, Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden
2011, 2013, 2014, 2016 & 2018 – Pictures of the Year, Group Exhibitions, Sweden
