List of Swedish language writers
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This is a list of Swedish language
novelists, poets and other writers.
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
novelists, poets and other writers.
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- Alf AhlbergAlf AhlbergAlf Ahlberg was a Swedish writer, humanist and philosopher.Ahlberg was born in 1892 in Laholm, Sweden, the son of Axel Ahlberg and Anna Lindskog, and the brother of the architect Hakon Ahlberg. He studied at the University of Lund and came to know in particular Sigfrid Lindstrom and Gunnar Aspelin...
(1892-1979) - Lars AhlinLars AhlinLars Ahlin was an award winning Swedish author and aesthetician.Ahlin left school when he was 13 to support his family, although he later attended several folk high schools. When he was 18, he had a mystical experience...
(1915-1997) - John Ajvide LindqvistJohn Ajvide LindqvistJohn Ajvide Lindqvist is a Swedish writer, mostly of horror novels and short stories. Ajvide Lindqvist grew up in the Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg. His debut novel Let the Right One In a romantic, social realistic vampire horror story published in 2004, enjoyed great success in Sweden and abroad...
(1968-) - Sonja ÅkessonSonja ÅkessonSonja Åkesson was a Swedish poet, writer, and artist.Sonja Åkesson first discovered her talent for writing at 28 after moving to Stockholm, after her divorce from Nils Westberg, a carpenter. They had two children at the time of the divorce and Sonja was expecting a baby...
(1926-1977) - Hans AlfredsonHans AlfredsonHans Folke "Hasse" Alfredson is a Swedish actor, film director, writer and comedian. He was born in Malmö, Sweden. He is known for his collaboration with Tage Danielsson...
(1931-) - Ove Allansson (1932-)
- Carl Jonas Love AlmqvistCarl Jonas Love Almqvistthumb|right|Painted by Almqvist, 1823Carl Jonas Love Almqvist , was a romantic poet, early feminist, realist, composer, social critic and traveller....
(1793-1866) - Per Daniel Amadeus AtterbomPer Daniel Amadeus AtterbomPer Daniel Amadeus Atterbom was a Swedish romantic poet, and a member of the Swedish Academy....
(1790-1855) - Majgull AxelssonMajgull AxelssonMajgull Axelsson, born 1947 in Landskrona, is a famous Swedish journalist and writer.She grew up in Nässjö and had education in journalism.Her first book was non-fiction, and focused on the problems of child prostitution and street children in third world, and poverty in Sweden. April witch is her...
(1947-)
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- Carl Michael BellmanCarl Michael Bellmanwas a Swedish poet and composer. Bellman is a central figure in the Swedish song tradition and remains a very important influence in Swedish music, as well as in Scandinavian literature in general, to this day....
(1740-1795) - Victoria BenedictssonVictoria BenedictssonVictoria Benedictsson was a Swedish author. She was born as Victoria Maria Bruzelius in Domme, a village in the province of Skåne. She wrote under the pen name Ernst Ahlgren....
(1850-1888) - Frans G. Bengtsson (1894-1954)
- Bo BergmanBo BergmanBo Bergman was a Swedish writer, literary critic and member of the Swedish Academy, sitting in Seat 12 from 1925 until his death...
(1869-1967) - Hjalmar BergmanHjalmar BergmanHjalmar Fredrik Elgérus Bergman was a Swedish writer and playwright.The son of a banker in Örebro, Bergman briefly studied philosophy at Uppsala University but soon broke off his studies and took up the life of a free writer. He married Stina Lindberg, the daughter of actor and stage producer...
(1883-1931) - Elsa BeskowElsa BeskowElsa Beskow was a Swedish author and illustrator of children's books...
(1874-1953) - Marcus BirroMarcus BirroMarcus Birro is a Swedish-Italian poet, author and columnist at Sveriges Radio. Birro also blogs at Expressen and is a presenter on SR Östergötland, where he is the host of Karlavagnen on Sveriges Radio P4. He is the brother of author Peter Birro...
(1972-) - August BlancheAugust BlancheAugust Blanche was a Swedish journalist, novelist, and a Socialist statesman.August Theodor Blanche was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the illegitimate child of a servant girl and a priest. His mother eventually married Johan Jacob Blanck, a blacksmith and the boy took his stepfather's name...
(1811-1868) - August BondesonAugust BondesonAugust Bondeson was a Swedish author and depictor of popular culture....
(1854-1906) - Karin BoyeKarin Boyewas a Swedish poet and novelist.- Career :Boye was born in Gothenburg , Sweden and moved with her family to Stockholm in 1909. She studied at Uppsala University from 1921 to 1926 and debuted in 1922 with a collection of poems, "Clouds"...
(1900-1941) - Fredrika BremerFredrika BremerFredrika Bremer was a Swedish writer and a feminist activist. She had a large influence on the social development in Sweden, especially in feminist issues.-Background:...
(1801-1865) - Annika BrynAnnika BrynAnnika Bryn is a Swedish author and freelance journalist. Bryn has written several short stories in magazines and freelance articles in newspapers, as well as two crime fiction novels....
(1945-)
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- Stig DagermanStig DagermanStig Dagerman was a Swedish author and journalist.Stig Dagerman was one of the most prominent Swedish authors during the 1940s...
(1923-1954) - Sture Dahlström (1922-2001)
- Olof von DalinOlof von DalinOlof von Dalin was a Swedish nobleman, poet, historian and courtier. He was an influential literary figure of the Swedish Enlightenment.-Background:...
(1708-1763) - Tage DanielssonTage DanielssonTage Danielsson was a Swedish author, actor, poet and film director. He was born in Linköping and died in Stockholm...
(1928-1985) - Sven DelblancSven DelblancSven Delblanc, born May 26, 1931 in Swan River, Manitoba, Canada, died December 15, 1992 in Sunnersta, Gottsunda Parish, Uppsala, Sweden was a Swedish author and professor of literature. He is buried in Hammarby kyrkogård in Uppsala, Sweden....
(1931-1992) - Walter Dickson (1916-1990)
- Elmer DiktoniusElmer DiktoniusElmer Rafael Diktonius was a Finnish poet and composer, who wrote in both Swedish and Finnish.-External links:*...
(1896-1961) - Ernst DidringErnst DidringErnst Didring was an early 20th century author who wrote mainly of life in his home country of Sweden .-Biography:...
(1868-1931)
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- Inger EdelfeldtInger EdelfeldtInger Edelfeldt is a Swedish author and translator, as well as the illustrator of many books. She made her debut in 1977 with the book Duktig pojke . She has written around 20 books since then, most of which are novels, short stories, poetry books, and books for children and young people...
(1956-) - Johannes EdfeltJohannes EdfeltBo Johannes Edfelt , was a Swedish writer, poet, translator and literary critic.A native of Tibro, Edfelt was elected to be a member of the Swedish Academy in 1969, occupying seat No. 17...
(1904-1997) - Åke EdwardsonÅke EdwardsonÅke Edwardson is a Swedish author of detective fiction, and was previously a lecturer in journalism at Gothenburg University, the city where many of his Inspector Winter novels are set...
(1953-) - Fredrik Ekelund (1953-)
- Vilhelm EkelundVilhelm EkelundVilhelm Ekelund was a Swedish poet.The works of Ekelund were influenced by Friedrich Hölderlin, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Emanuel Swedenborg...
(1880-1949) - Gunnar EkelöfGunnar EkelöfGunnar Ekelöf was a Swedish poet and writer. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1958. He was also awarded an honorary doctorate in philosophy by Uppsala University in 1958...
(1907-1968) - Kerstin EkmanKerstin EkmanKerstin Lillemor Ekman is a Swedish novelist.Kerstin Ekman wrote a string of successful detective novels but later went on to psychological and social themes...
(1933-) - Torsten Ehrenmark (1919-1985)
- Per Olov EnquistPer Olov EnquistPer Olov Enquist, better known as P. O. Enquist, is a Swedish author. He has worked as a journalist, playwright and novelist...
(1934-)
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- Nils FerlinNils Ferlinwas a Swedish poet.Nils Ferlin was born in Karlstad, Värmland, where his father worked at the Nya Wermlands-Tidningen newspaper. In 1908 the family moved to Filipstad and Nils' father started his own paper...
(1898-1961), poet - Torbjörn Flygt (1964-)
- Lars ForssellLars ForssellLars Hans Carl Abraham Forssell was a Swedish writer and member of the Swedish Academy. Forssell was a versatile writer who worked within many genres, including poetry, drama and songwriting. He was married from 1951 until his death to Kerstin Hane, and was the father of Jonas and Malte...
(1928-) - Tua ForsströmTua ForsströmTua Forsström is a Finnish writer who writes in Swedish. She was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1998 for the poetry collection Efter att ha tillbringat en natt bland hästar....
- Marianne FredrikssonMarianne FredrikssonMarianne Fredriksson, née Persson was a Swedish author who worked and lived in Roslagen and Stockholm...
(1927-) - Gustaf FrödingGustaf FrödingGustaf Fröding was a Swedish poet and writer, born in Alster outside Karlstad in Värmland. The family moved to Kristinehamn in the year 1867. He later studied at Uppsala University and worked as a journalist in Karlstad....
(1860-1911), poet - Faruk Iremet (1965-), poet
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- Jonas GardellJonas GardellJonas Gardell, born 2 November 1963 in Enebyberg, Stockholm County, is a Swedish novelist, playwright, screenwriter and comedian. He is the brother of religion scholar Mattias Gardell....
(1963-) - Anders Abraham GrafströmAnders Abraham GrafströmAnders Abraham Grafström was a Swedish historian, priest and poet.In 1819, Grafström was the library secretary of Uppsala University. The following year he was named as a lecturer in history at the university, and he later taught at the Military Academy Karlberg...
(1790-1870) - Elsa Grave (1918 -2003)
- Jan GuillouJan GuillouJan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou is a Swedish author and journalist. Among his books are a series of spy fiction novels about a spy named Carl Hamilton, and a trilogy of historical fiction novels about a Knight Templar, Arn Magnusson...
(1944-), journalist, novelist - Hjalmar GullbergHjalmar GullbergHjalmar Gullberg was a Swedish writer, poet and translator of Greek drama into Swedish.Gullberg was born in Malmö, Skåne. As a student at Lund University, he was the editor of the student magazine Lundagård. He was the manager of the Swedish Radio Theatre 1936-1950...
(1898-1961) - Lars GyllenstenLars GyllenstenLars Johan Wictor Gyllensten was a Swedish author and physician, and a member of the Swedish Academy, which has the aim of furthering the "purity, vigour and majesty" of the Swedish language and selects the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature each year.Gyllensten was born and grew up in a...
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- Carl August HagbergCarl August HagbergCarl August Hagberg , was a Swedish linguist and translator. He was a member of the Swedish Academy, occupying seat 7 from 1851 until his death...
(1810-1864) - Alf Hambe (1931-)
- Stefan HammarénStefan HammarénStefan Hammarén is a Finnish author who writes in Swedish, belonging to the Swedish-speaking minority of the country. He is the leading Scandinavian surrealist author, language anarchist, poet and text technician...
- Bob Hansson (1970-)
- Verner von HeidenstamVerner von HeidenstamCarl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam was a Swedish poet and novelist, a laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1916. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1912...
(1859-1940) - Alf HenriksonAlf HenriksonAlf Henrikson was a Swedish author, poet and translator, known for his interest in language and for his broad general knowledge...
(1905-1995) - Sverre HolmsenSverre HolmsenSverre Holmsen .Swedish author, was born in Transvaal, South Africa and brought up in Norway and Sweden. Became a Swedish citizen 1912. In 1945 he married the artist and writer Agda Göthlin . He was previously married to Margit Holm in 1928.Since 1922 he travelled and worked all around the world...
(1906-1992)
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- Tove JanssonTove JanssonTove Marika Jansson was a Swedish-Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. She is best known as the author of the Moomin books.- Biography :...
(1914-2001) - P.C. Jersild (1935-)
- Klara Johanson (1875-1948)
- Astrid Johansson (1925-2000)
- Eyvind JohnsonEyvind JohnsonEyvind Johnson, was a Swedish writer and author. He became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1957 and shared the Nobel Prize in Literature with Harry Martinson in 1974 with the citation: for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom.Johnson was born Olof Edvin...
(1900-1976) - Ivar Lo-JohanssonIvar Lo-JohanssonIvar Lo-Johansson was a Swedish writer of the proletarian school.He described the situation of the Swedish land-workers, statare, in his novels, short stories and journalism, which encouraged the adoption of certain land reforms in Sweden...
(1901-1990) - Harry Järv (1921-)
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- Theodor KallifatidesTheodor KallifatidesTheodor Kallifatides is a Swedish writer. He is a Greek immigrant to Sweden, but writes in Swedish.- Biography :Kallifatides was born in the village Molaoi, in Laconia, Greece in 1938. His father was Dimitrios Kallifatides, a teacher originated from Pontus and his mother was Antonia Kyriazakou...
(1938-) - Mare KandreMare KandreMare Kandre was a writer of Swedish and Estonian stock. She was born on May 27, 1962 in Söderala, a small place in mid-Sweden and grew up in Gothenburg and Stockholm. A few years between 1967 and 1969 she lived with her family in B.C., Canada, a period which made a very deep impression on her and...
(1962-2005) - Erik Axel KarlfeldtErik Axel KarlfeldtErik Axel Karlfeldt was a Swedish poet whose highly symbolist poetry masquerading as regionalism was popular and won him the Nobel Prize in Literature posthumously in 1931. It has been rumored that he had been offered, but declined, the award already in 1919.Karlfeldt was born into a farmer's...
(1864-1931) - Agneta Klingspor (1946-)
- Agnes von KrusenstjernaAgnes von KrusenstjernaAgnes von Krusenstjerna was a Swedish writer and noble. She was a controversial writer whose books challenged the moral standards of the day and was the center of a great literary controversy of the freedom of speech....
(1894-1940) - Martin KochMartin Koch (novelist)Martin Koch was a Swedish novelist.He was a key representative of the proletarian authors in Sweden.- Works :* Ellen * Arbetare * Timmerdalen * I Guds vackra värld...
(1882-1940) - Willy KyrklundWilly KyrklundPaul Wilhelm "Willy" Kyrklund was a Finnish Swedish-speaking author who lived in Uppsala, Sweden....
(1921-)
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- Olof LagercrantzOlof LagercrantzOlof Gustaf Hugo Lagercrantz was a Swedish writer, critic, literary scholar and publicist . The son of bank director Carl Lagercrantz and Countess Agnes Hamilton, he married Martina Ruin , daughter of Professor Hans Ruin and Karin Sievers, in 1939...
- Pär LagerkvistPär LagerkvistPär Fabian Lagerkvist was a Swedish author who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1951.Lagerkvist wrote poems, plays, novels, stories, and essays of considerable expressive power and influence from his early 20s to his late 70s...
(1891-1974) - Selma LagerlöfSelma LagerlöfSelma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....
(1858-1940) - Dagmar LangeDagmar LangeDagmar Lange was a Swedish author of crime fiction under the pen name Maria Lang. She was one of the first detective novelists in the Swedish language, and her books helped make the genre popular in Sweden...
(Maria Lang) (1914-1991) - Viveca Lärn (1944-)
- Stieg LarssonStieg LarssonKarl Stig-Erland Larsson , who wrote professionally as Stieg Larsson, was a Swedish journalist and writer, born in Skelleftehamn outside Skellefteå. He is best known for writing the "Millennium series" of crime novels, which were published posthumously...
(1954 - 2004) - Anna Maria LenngrenAnna Maria LenngrenAnna Maria Lenngren was a Swedish writer, poet, feminist, translator and salonist. She is one of the best-known Swedish woman poets.-Background:...
(1754-1817) - Oscar LevertinOscar LevertinOscar Ivar Levertin was a Swedish poet, critic and literary historian. Levertin was a dominant voice of the Swedish cultural scene from 1897, when he started writing influential high-profile essays and reviews in the daily paper Svenska Dagbladet...
(1862-1906) - Sara LidmanSara LidmanSara Lidman was a Swedish writer.Born in the village Missenträsk in the northern parts of Skellefteå Municipality, Lidman was raised in the Västerbotten region of northern Sweden. She studied at the University of Uppsala where her studies were interrupted by her receiving tuberculosis...
(1923-2004) - Li LiLi Li (poet and translator)Li Li, born January 20, 1961 in Shanghai, China currently residing in Stockholm, is a poet and translator.Li studied Swedish at the University in Beijing and went to Sweden as an exchange student in 1988. Following Tiananmen Square Massacre in June, 1989, he decided to stay in Sweden. The same year...
(1961- ) - Barbro Lindgren
- Astrid LindgrenAstrid LindgrenAstrid Anna Emilia Lindgren , 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish author and screenwriter who is the world's 25th most translated author and has sold roughly 145 million copies worldwide...
(1907-2002) - Torgny LindgrenTorgny LindgrenGustav Torgny Lindgren is a Swedish writer.Lindgren is the son of Andreas Lindgren and Helga Björk. He studied in Umeå to become a teacher and worked as a teacher until the middle of the 1970s. He was for several years active as a local politician for the Swedish Social Democratic Party...
(1938-) - Herman LindqvistHerman Lindqvist (journalist)Herman Lindqvist is a Swedish journalist who has served as foreign correspondent in many countries and authored a number of popular books on Swedish history. In particular his multiple-volume Historien om Sverige has become very popular, but has also drawn criticism for lacking historical...
(1943-) - John Ajvide LindqvistJohn Ajvide LindqvistJohn Ajvide Lindqvist is a Swedish writer, mostly of horror novels and short stories. Ajvide Lindqvist grew up in the Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg. His debut novel Let the Right One In a romantic, social realistic vampire horror story published in 2004, enjoyed great success in Sweden and abroad...
- Sven LindqvistSven LindqvistSven Lindqvist is a Swedish author, whose works include A History of Bombing.-Works in English:*China in Crisis *The Myth of Wu Tao-tzu...
(1932- ) - Fredrik LindströmFredrik LindströmFredrik Lindström is a Swedish linguist, comedian, film director and presenter.In the 2000s, Lindström has become a household name in Sweden through his documentary series Värsta språket about the Swedish language on Sveriges Television...
(1963-) - Sigfrid Lindström (1893-1950)
- Jonas Carl Linnerhielm (1758-1829)
- Ivar Lo-JohanssonIvar Lo-JohanssonIvar Lo-Johansson was a Swedish writer of the proletarian school.He described the situation of the Swedish land-workers, statare, in his novels, short stories and journalism, which encouraged the adoption of certain land reforms in Sweden...
(1901-1990) - Lasse Lucidor (1638-1674)
- Kristina LugnKristina LugnGunhild Bricken Kristina Lugn is a Swedish poet and dramatist and member of the Swedish Academy. She was born in Tierp, Uppland and was raised in Skövde, Västergötland, and after finishing her academic education she has devoted her time to poetry, as literary critic and a playwright. Since 1972...
(1948-) - Artur LundkvistArtur LundkvistArtur Lundkvist was a Swedish writer, poet and literary critic. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1968....
(1906-1991)
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- Bertil MalmbergBertil MalmbergBertil Frans Harald Malmberg was a Swedish author, poet, and actor. He was born in Härnösand to Teodor Malmberg and Hanna Roman...
(1889-1958) - Bodil MalmstenBodil MalmstenBodil Malmsten is a Swedish poet and novelist. She was born close to Östersund in Jämtland, Sweden and grew up at her grandparents....
(1944-) - Henning MankellHenning MankellHenning Mankell is a Swedish crime writer, children's author, leftist activist and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most famous creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander.-Life and career:...
(1948-) - Liza MarklundLiza MarklundEva Elisabeth "Liza" Marklund is a Swedish journalist and crime writer. She was born in Pålmark near Piteå, Norrbotten. Her novels, most of which feature the fictional character Annika Bengtzon, a newspaper journalist, have been published in thirty languages...
(1962-) - Harry MartinsonHarry MartinsonHarry Martinson was a Swedish sailor, author and poet. In 1949 he was elected into the Swedish Academy. He was awarded a joint Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974 together with fellow Swede Eyvind Johnson. The choice for Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinson was very controversial as both were on the...
(1904-1978) - Moa MartinsonMoa MartinsonHelga Maria Swarts, known as Moa Martinson, was a Swedish author. Helga's ambitions as a writer was to change the society and with her authorship portray the conditions of the working-class but also the personal development of women...
(1890-1964) - Erik MestertonErik MestertonErik Mesterton was a Swedish author, literature critic and translator. Together with poet Karin Boye he was editor for the influential culture magazine Spektrum in the 1930s, where Modernist and Freudian readings of literature were introduced...
(1903-) - Lukas MoodyssonLukas Moodysson- External links :*...
(1969-) (published poetry before becoming a film director) - Vilhelm MobergVilhelm MobergKarl Artur Vilhelm Moberg was a Swedish author and historian, most commonly associated with his four novels known as The Emigrants Series.-Early life:...
(1898-1973) - Jan MyrdalJan MyrdalJan Myrdal is a Swedish author, leftist-political writer and columnist. He is an honorary doctor of literature at Upsala College in New Jersey, USA, and a Ph.D. at Nankai University in Tianjin in China. He has lived at various times in the United States, Afghanistan, Iran and India...
(1927-)
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- Håkan NesserHåkan NesserHåkan Nesser is a Swedish author and teacher who has written a number of successful novels, mostly crime fiction. He has won Best Swedish Crime Novel Award three times, and his novel Carambole won the Glass Key award in 2000...
(1950-) - Mikael NiemiMikael NiemiMikael Niemi is a Swedish author. He wrote the novel Populärmusik från Vittula . It is the story of a young boy, Matti, growing up in Pajala in the 1960s and is recounted in a humorous way...
(1959-) - Johanna Nilsson (1973-)
- Peter NilsonPeter NilsonPeter Nilson was a Swedish astronomer and novelist. Active at Uppsala University, he compiled a catalogue of galaxies...
(1937-1998) - Per Nilsson (1954-)
- Hedvig Charlotta NordenflychtHedvig Charlotta NordenflychtHedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht was a Swedish poet, feminist and salon hostess...
(1718-1763) - Adolf NoreenAdolf NoreenAdolf Gotthard Noreen was a Swedish linguist who served as a member of the Swedish Academy from 1919 until his death.-Biography:...
(1854-1925) - Julia NybergJulia NybergJulia Kristina Nyberg , was a Swedish poet and songwriter. Nyberg grew up as the adoptive daughter of a mill owner, named Adlerwald, in the parish of Skultuna in Västmanland County...
(1784-1854)
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- Albert Olsson (1904-1994)
- Jan Olof Olsson, JOLO (1920-1974)
- Vladimir OravskyVladimir OravskyVladimir Oravsky Swedish author and film director. Born 22.1 1947 in Czechoslovakia.Before Oravsky decided to be a full-time writer he made a living in Czechoslovakia as machine engineer and conveyor belt constructor...
(1947-) - Gösta Oswald (1926-1950)
- Johan Gabriel OxenstiernaJohan Gabriel OxenstiernaCount Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna was a Swedish poet, politician, diplomat and member of the Swedish Academy, holding seat number 8. He was a prominent courtier at the court of king Gustav III of Sweden and is considered one of the foremost poets of the Gustavian period. He was a member of the...
(1750-1818) - Bruno K. ÖijerBruno K. ÖijerBruno Keats Öijer is a renowned contemporary Swedish poet. His first collection of poems Sång för anarkismen was published in 1973....
(1951-), poet - Klas ÖstergrenKlas ÖstergrenKlas Östergren is a Swedish novelist, screenwriter and translator who, in 1999, was nominated for his country's top film award, the Guldbagge and, in 2005, received the grand prize bestowed by the country's premier literary society, Samfundet De Nio.A native of Stockholm, Klas Östergren was twenty...
(1955-)
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- Göran Palm (1961-)
- Malte PerssonMalte PerssonMalte Persson is a Swedish author. His first book Livet på den här planeten "Life on this planet", a novel, was published in 2002. His subsequent two books are collections of poetry, Apolloprojektet "The Apollo Project" and Dikter "Poems"...
(1976-) - Peter PohlPeter PohlPeter Pohl, born is a Swedish author and former director and screenwriter of short films.He has received prizes for several of his books and films, as well as for his entire work....
(1940-) - Agneta Pleijel (1940-)
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- Povel RamelPovel RamelBaron Povel Karl Henric Ramel was a Swedish entertainer. Ramel was a singer, pianist, vaudeville artist, author and a novelty song composer. His style was characterized by imaginative wit, both verbal and musical...
(1922-2007) - Björn RanelidBjörn RanelidBjörn Ranelid is a Swedish author from Malmö. Since the beginning of his career in 1983, Ranelid has published twenty novels and written about five hundred articles in different magazines and newspapers. The author has also made numerous speeches throughout the years since his debut. Ranelid is...
(1949–) - Märta Helena ReenstiernaMärta Helena ReenstiernaMärta Helena Reenstierna , also von Schnell, known as Årstafrun , was a Swedish diary writer. Her diaries were written in the period 1793-1839, and are kept at the archives of Nordiska museet in Stockholm. They were published in 1946-1953 as Årstadagboken...
(1753-1841) - Johan Ludvig RunebergJohan Ludvig RunebergJohan Ludvig Runeberg was a Finnish poet, and is the national poet of Finland. He wrote in the Swedish language....
(1804-1877) - Viktor RydbergViktor RydbergAbraham Viktor Rydberg was a Swedish writer and a member of the Swedish Academy, 1877-1895...
(1828-1895)
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- Irmelin Sandman LiliusIrmelin Sandman LiliusIrmelin Sandman Lilius is a Swedish-speaking Finnish author. Her first book, Trollsång, was published in 1955. She has written picture books and novels for children as well as books for adults and poetry, and she also works as a translator and reviewer...
(1936-) - Eugen SemitjovEugen SemitjovEugen Semitjov was a Swedish journalist, author and artist of Russian descent who was born in Sweden. He started drawing in 1942 during his Swedish militaryservice. He was an expert in spacecraft, especially Russian ones and worked as a translator from Russian during Juriy Gagarin visit to Sweden...
, (1923-1987), writer, journalist and artist - B M Sendlinger (1981-)
- Malla SilfverstolpeMalla SilfverstolpeMagdalena Sofia "Malla" Silfverstolpe was a Swedish writer and salon hostess. Her house in Uppsala was a meeting place for many prominent writers, composers and intellectuals...
(1782-1861), diarist - Sigfrid Siwertz (1882-1970)
- Maj SjöwallMaj SjöwallMaj Sjöwall is a Swedish author and translator. She is best known for the collaborative work with her partner Per Wahlöö on a series of ten novels about the exploits of Martin Beck, a police detective in Stockholm...
(1935-) - Erik Johan StagneliusErik Johan StagneliusErik Johan Stagnelius was born October 14, 1793 in Gärdslösa, on the island Öland, Sweden, and died on April 3, 1823 in Stockholm. He was a Romantic poet and playwright....
(1793-1823), Romantic poet - Georg StiernhielmGeorg StiernhielmGeorg Stiernhielm was a Swedish civil servant, linguist and poet. Stiernhielm was born in a middle-class family in the village Svartskär in Vika parish in Dalarna...
(1598-1672) - August StrindbergAugust StrindbergJohan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg's career spanned four decades, during which time he wrote over 60 plays and more than 30 works of fiction, autobiography,...
(1849-1912) - Eva StrömEva StrömEva Ström is a Swedish lyricist, novelist, biographer and literary critic. She made her literary debut in 1977 with the poetry collection Den brinnande zeppelinaren...
- Fredrik StrömFredrik StrömFredrik Ström was a Swedish Socialist politician and a prolific writer. He held a seat in the Riksdag from 1916 - 1921, and from 1930 - 1938....
(1880-1948) - Per Olof SundmanPer Olof SundmanPer Olof Sundman was a Swedish writer and politician.Sundman was born in Vaxholm. After World War II, Sundman joined the Centre Party and was elected to the Riksdag....
- Edith SödergranEdith SödergranEdith Irene Södergran was a Swedish-speaking Finnish poet. She was one of the first modernists within Swedish-language literature and her influences came from French Symbolism, German expressionism and Russian futurism. At the age of 24 she released her first collection of poetry entitled Dikter...
(1892-1923) - Hjalmar SöderbergHjalmar SöderbergHjalmar Emil Fredrik Söderberg was a Swedish novelist, playwright, poet and journalist. His works often deal with melancholy and lovelorn characters, and offer a rich portrayal of contemporary Stockholm through the eyes of the flaneur...
(1869–1941) - Py Sörman (1897-1947)
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- Evert TaubeEvert TaubeEvert Axel Taube was a Swedish author, artist, composer and singer. He is best known for his folk songs, and is widely regarded as one of Sweden's most respected musicians.-Biography:...
(1890-1976) - Esaias TegnérEsaias TegnérEsaias Tegnér , was a Swedish writer, professor of Greek language, and bishop. He was during the 19th century regarded as the father of modern poetry in Sweden, mainly through the national romantic epos Frithjof's Saga. He has been called Sweden's first modern man...
(1782-1846), poet - Kerstin ThorvallKerstin ThorvallKerstin Thorvall was a Swedish author of fictional works.She died after a long illness in an elderly care facility.-References:...
(1925-2010) - Zacharias TopeliusZacharias TopeliusZachris Topelius was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author, journalist, historian, and rector of the University of Helsinki who wrote novels related to Finnish history in Swedish.-Life and career:...
(1818-1898), poet and writer - Tomas TranströmerTomas TranströmerTomas Gösta Tranströmer is a Swedish writer, poet and translator, whose poetry has been translated into over 60 languages. Tranströmer is acclaimed as one of the most important Scandinavian writers since the Second World War...
(1931-), world renowned poet - Stieg TrenterStieg TrenterStieg Ivar Trenter was a Swedish journalist and popular crime writer.- Biography :Best described as Sweden's own Agatha Christie in popularity and national fan following . Born Stig Johansson, he started out by using the name Stieg Trenter as pseudonym but soon changed his name to it in real life...
(1914-1967) - Birgitta TrotzigBirgitta TrotzigBirgitta Trotzig was a Swedish writer who was elected to the Swedish Academy in 1993. She was one of Sweden's most celebrated authors, and wrote prose fiction and non-fiction, as well as prose poetry.-Biography:...
(1929-) - Helene TurstenHelene TurstenHelene Tursten is a Swedish writer of crime fiction. The main character in her stories is Detective Inspector Irene Huss. Before becoming an author, Tursten worked as a nurse and then a dentist, but was forced to leave due to illness...
(1954-) - Adolf Törneros (1794–1839)
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- Carl-Johann Vallgren (1964-)
- Gunnel VallquistGunnel VallquistGunnel Vallquist is a Swedish writer and translator. Born in Stockholm, Vallquist was elected member of the Swedish Academy in 1982. Gunnel Vallquist is of the Catholic Church and has written several essays on Catholic religion of our time, among them reports from the Second Vatican Council...
(1918-) - Fredrik Vetterlund (1882-1949)
See also
- List of Swedes
- Lists of authors
- Svenska VitterhetssamfundetSvenska VitterhetssamfundetSvenska Vitterhetssamfundet is a non-profit membership organization formed in 1910 for the purpose of publishing scholarly text critical editions of works by the most important authors in Swedish literature. Membership is 200 kr...
- List of Swedish poets