Adolf Ratzka

Adolf Ratzka (1943 – 2024) died on Sunday 21 July at the age of 80.

Adolf started working on this website in 2020 collecting material he had written and created along with interviews and articles written about him. He didn’t  finish or publish it, but it is a significant collection of his work so we have added Adolf’s unfinished memoirs, including his trip to Quadalajara, Mexico in 1968, plus some material written after his passing in 2024 as well as some links to more of his work and even a poster with a short biography made in 2025. 

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After retiring as director of the Independent Living Institute (ILI) in 2017, I have been leisurely working on a few projects, such as collecting texts, presentations, and videos that I produced over the years. I will upload them gradually here on my website. Enjoy!

Contents

• Adolf Ratzka

  • Memoirs (incomplete)
  • Trip to Quadalajara, Mexico in 1968
  • Curriculum Vitae

• Videos made by or featuring Adolf Ratzka that are

  • interviews
    10 video interviews in several languages. The earliest from 1971.
  • lectures
    19 video lectures by Adolf made between 2017 and 2022.
  • tutorials
    There is only one but in both English and Swedish: How to transfer from wheelchair to car with sliding board and lifting sling.

• Articles written by Adolf Razka

  • in English and other languages
    Around 18 articles are listed here. Quite a small selection. Several are from the 1980s and not available elsewhere. 
  • på Stiletten
    Artiklar av Adolf och artiklar om Adolfs arbete publicerade i Stiletten (medlemsorgan för föreningen STIL). Listan omfattar cirka 85 artiklar skrivna mellan 1986 (när STIL grundades) och 2009, ordnade med den senaste först. (inskannade pdf på svenska)

    Around 85 articles in Swedish written between 1986 and 2009 for STIL’s magazine “Stiletten” either by Adolf or about his work.

  • på svenska
    Cirka 40 stycken artiklar på svenska som Adolf skrivit som inte publicerats i Stiletten. 

    Around 40 more articles written in Swedish that were not published in “Stiletten”. 

• Interviews and articles about Adolf

  • in languages other than swedish
    15 interviews and articles in several languages.
  • på svenska
    Fler än 30 artikler, intervju och notiser om Adolf på svenska.

• Lectures by Adolf Ratzka

  • in  languages other than english
    13 lectures, not in English, between 1994 and 2021.
  • in english
    About 32 English language lectures between 1986 and 2022, some with video.

• Stiletten 1986 – 2010

  Stiletten var STIL-kooperativets organ som gavs ut från 1986 fram till 2011. Samlingen är inte komplett. Det saknades ett dussintal nummer men 89 nummer finns med. Adolf skannade in dessa och la ut dem eftersom de inte fanns online. Under en tid var Adolf redaktör för Stiletten.