List of Swedish women writers

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This is a list of women writers who were born in Sweden or whose writings are closely associated with the country.

A[]

  • Sophie Adlersparre (1823–1895), journalist, editor, women's rights activist
  • Charlotte Agell (born 1959), English-language works for children and young adults
  • Catharina Ahlgren (1734–1800)
  • Astrid Ahnfelt (1876–1962), writer, translator and editor, fostered cultural relations between Sweden and Italy
  • Sonja Åkesson (1926–1977), poet, dramatist
  • Susanna Alakoski (born 1962), Finnish-born author now in Sweden, novelist, author of Svinalängorna filmed as Beyond
  • Eva Alexanderson (1911–1994), novelist, translator, publisher
  • Elsa Alkman (1878–1975), suffragist, women's rights activist, writer and composer
  • Barbro Alving (1909–1987), journalist, feminist, screenwriter
  • Fanny Alving (1874–1955), journalist, novelist
  • Karin Alvtegen (born 1965), crime fiction writer, some works now in English
  • Lena Anderson (born 1939), children's writer and illustrator
  • Pamela Andersson (born 1965), journalist
  • Stina Aronson (1892–1956), novelist, her Hitom himlen features women in the farms of northern Sweden
  • Suzanne Axell (born 1955), journalist, television presenter
  • Majgull Axelsson (born 1947), journalist, best-selling novelist

B[]

C[]

  • Gunnel Carlson (born 1956), gardening journalist, author, television presenter
  • Charlotte Cecilia af Tibell (1820-1901), author, hymn writer
  • Siv Cedering (1939–2007), children's writer, poet, writes in both English and Swedish
  • Sigrid Combüchen (born 1942), novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, author of Byron (1988)

D[]

  • Tora Dahl (1886–1982), novelist, teacher, gained fame with her autobiographic Fosterbarn (Foster Child) in 1954

E[]

  • Inger Edelfeldt (born 1956), novelist, short story writer, children's writer, illustrator
  • Lena Einhorn (born 1954), director, writer and physician
  • Kerstin Ekman (born 1933), novelist, detective story writer, several English translations
  • Margareta Ekström (born 1930), poet, novelist, children's writer, critic
  • Elaine Eksvärd (born 1981), non-fiction writer specializing in rhetoric
  • Sigrid Elmblad (1860–1926), journalist, poet, translator and writer.[2]
  • Helena Eriksson (born 1962), expressionist poet, author of Strata
  • Maria Ernestam (born 1959), journalist, widely translated novelist

F[]

  • Emilie Flygare-Carlén (1807–1892), novelist
  • Tua Forsström (born 1947), highly acclaimed Swedish-language poet, widely translated, author of Efter att ha tillbringat en natt bland hästar (After Spending a Night among Horses)
  • Marianne Fredriksson (1927–2007), journalist, novelist, most works translated into English
  • Inger Frimansson (born 1944), crime fiction writer, children's writer, journalist
  • Katarina Frostenson (born 1953), one of Sweden's foremost poets since the 1980s

G[]

  • Wilhelmina Gravallius (1809–1884)
  • Caroline Giertz (born 1958), writer and TV presenter
  • Elsa Grave (1918–2003), novelist, poet, artist
  • Maria Gripe (1923–2007), children's writer
  • Madeleine Gustafsson (born 1937), poet, critic, translator

H[]

  • Carola Hansson (born 1942), novelist, translator
  • Gunnel Hazelius-Berg (1905–1997), museum curator and writer, specializing in textiles and folk costumes
  • Barbro Hedvall (born 1944), journalist, non-fiction writer
  • Marie Hermanson (born 1956), thriller writer, author of The Devil's Sanctuary
  • Rut Hillarp (1914–2003), modernist poet evoking sexual relationships in a man's world
  • Karin Hübinette (born 1966), journalist, television presenter

I[]

  • Ulla Isaksson (1916–2000), novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, caused controversy among feminists with Paradistorg (Paradise Place, 1973)

J[]

  • Ann Jäderlund (born 1955), poet, playwright, children's writer
  • Ann Henning Jocelyn, (born 1948), writer, playwright and translator
  • Klara Johanson (1875–1948), literary critic, essayist, translator
  • Majken Johansson (1930–1993), now regarded as one of Sweden's greatest mid-20th century poets
  • Mari Jungstedt (born 1962), popular crime fiction writer, journalist, translated 15 languages including English[3]

K[]

  • Mare Kandre (1962–2005), novelist, short story writer, several works translated into English
  • Kristina Kappelin (born 1958), journalist, columnist, non-fiction writer
  • Amanda Kerfstedt (1835–1920), novelist, playwright, translator
  • Ellen Key (1849–1926), feminist writer, advocate of child-centred education
  • Ellen Kleman (1867–1943), novelist, journal editor, women's rights activist
  • Linde Klinckowström-von Rosen (1920–2000), columnist, letter writer, non-fiction writer
  • Sophie von Knorring (1797–1848), pioneer of the realistic novel in Sweden
  • Thekla Knös (1815–1880)
  • Anja Kontor (born 1964), journalist, television presenter
  • Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894–1940), novelist, short story writer, often causing controversy with accounts of sexual intercourse
  • Annette Kullenberg (born 1939), journalist, novelist, playwright

L[]

  • Camilla Läckberg (born 1974), best-seller crime writer, translated into 33 languages
  • Ann-Helén Laestadius (born 1971), Sami journalist and children's novelist, writing in Swedish
  • Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940), children's writer, novelist, Nobel prize winner
  • Dagmar Lange (1914–1991), successful crime fiction writer under the pen name Maria Lang
  • Viveca Lärn (born 1944), journalist, children's writer
  • Åsa Larsson (born 1966), crime fiction writer
  • Anne Charlotte Leffler (1849–1892), novelist, biographer
  • Anna Maria Lenngren (1754–1817), well-known poet, works in support of intellectual freedom of expression for women
  • Sara Lidman (1923–2004), novelist, several works translated into English
  • Birgitta Lillpers (born 1958), poet, novelist
  • Gunnel Linde (1924–2014), writer
  • Gurli Linder (1865–1947), writer, feminist, children's literature critic
  • Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002), world-famous children's writer, best known for her Pippi Longstocking stories
  • Barbro Lindgren (born 1937), children's writer
  • Anna Lindmarker (born 1961), journalist, broadcaster
  • Elin Lindqvist (born 1982), novelist
  • Eva Lindström (born 1952), illustrator and writer
  • Aurora Ljungstedt (1821–1908), crime horror writer
  • Kristina Lugn (born 1948), poet, dramatist, critic

M[]

  • Bodil Malmsten (1944–2016), novelist, at least two works translated into English
  • Edda Manga (born 1969), historian of ideas
  • Gerda Marcus (1880–1952), journalist, philanthropist
  • Liza Marklund (born 1962), best-seller crime fiction writer, works translated into 30 languages
  • Moa Martinson (1890–1964), ever popular novelist, writer of articles and books in support of women's rights
  • Ellen Mattson (born 1962), novelist, critic
  • Katarina Mazetti (born 1944), widely translated novelist, journalist
  • Margareta Momma (1702–1772)
  • Edita Morris (1902–1988), Swedish-American pacifist, short story writer, journalist, novelist
  • Alva Myrdal (1902–1986), welfare state proponent, author of Crisis in the Population Question

N[]

  • Kerstin Norborg (born 1961), novelist
  • Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718–1763), revered poet, works defending women's rights, first self-supporting female writer in Sweden
  • Anna Nordgren (1847–1916), painter
  • Astrid Nyberg (1877–1928), pioneering newspaper editor and suffragist
  • Julia Nyberg (1784–1854), poet, songwriter, used the pen name Euphrosyne

O[]

P[]

  • Agneta Pleijel (born 1940), novelist, poet, playwright, journalist, critic, author of the philosophical novel Fungi

R[]

S[]

T[]

  • Kerstin Thorvall (1925–2010), children's writer, novelist, journalist, illustrator
  • Johanna Thydell (born 1980), children's and youth writer
  • Anna-Clara Tidholm (born 1946), children's and youth writer, illustrator
  • Mia Törnblom (born 1967), columnist, non-fiction writer, educator
  • Rita Tornborg (born 1926), novelist, short story writer
  • Ulla Trenter (1936–2019), novelist, translator, politician
  • Birgitta Trotzig (1929–2011), celebrated writer of fiction, non-fiction and poetry
  • Helene Tursten (born 1954), crime fiction writer

U[]

  • Bea Uusma (born 1966), children's writer, non-fiction writer, illustrator, medical doctor

V[]

  • Gunnel Vallquist (1918–2016), essayist, non-fiction writer, translator, religious commentary

W[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Anneli Jordahl (2006). "Swedish Literature in the 20th Century". Swedish Institute. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  2. ^ Bohman, Nils; Dahl, Torsten (1955). Svenska män och Kvinnor: Biografisk Uppslagsbok (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier. p. 394. OCLC 1137575928.
  3. ^ "Modern Swedish Literature". Sverige/Sweden. Retrieved 20 January 2015.

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