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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Emma Loffhagen

Margareta Magnusson, Swedish ‘death cleaning’ author, dies age 92

Margareta Magnusson, author of The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
‘Death cleaning is not a sad thing’ … author Margareta Magnusson. Photograph: Stina Stjernkvist/TT News Agency/Press Association Images

Swedish author and artist Margareta Magnusson, whose book on “death cleaning” became a global phenomenon, has died aged 92.

Magnusson’s 2017 book, The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, introduced international readers to the concept of döstädning – the practice of sorting through and giving away possessions in later life so that family members are not left with the burden of doing so after one’s death.

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