List of Swedish-language writers explained

This is a list of Swedish-language novelists, poets and other writers.

A

• Emmy Abrahamson (born 1976)
• Alf Ahlberg (1892–1979)
• Lars Ahlin (1915–1997)
• Astrid Ahnfelt (1876–1962)
• John Ajvide Lindqvist (born 1968)
• Gallie Åkerhielm (1907–1968)
• Sonja Åkesson (1926–1977)
• Hans Alfredson (1931–2017)
• Karin Alfredsson (born 1953)^[1]
• Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793–1866)
• Einar Askestad (born 1964)
• Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790–1855)
• Dan Andersson (1888–1920)
• Anders Annerfalk (born 1959)
• Britt Arenander (born 1941)^[2]
• Werner Aspenström (1918–1997)
• Majgull Axelsson (born 1947)

B

• Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795)
• Annie Bergman (1889-1987)
• Victoria Benedictsson (1850–1888)
• Frans G. Bengtsson (1894–1954)
• Bo Bergman (1869–1967)
• Hjalmar Bergman (1883–1931)
• Elsa Beskow (1874–1953)
• Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen (1887–1955)
• Eva Billow (1902–1993)
• Marcus Birro (born 1972)
• Elsa Björkman-Goldschmidt (1888–1982)
• August Blanche (1811–1868)
• August Bondeson (1854–1906)
• Karin Boye (1900–1941)
• Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865)
• Annika Bryn (born 1945)

C

• Bo Carpelan (1926–2011)
• Camilla Ceder (born 1976)^[3]
• Siv Cedering (1939–2007)
• Stig Claesson (1928–2008)

D

• Stig Dagerman (1923–1954)
• Olof von Dalin (1708–1763)
• Tage Danielsson (1928–1985)
• Sven Delblanc (1931–1992)
• Walter Dickson (1916–1990)
• Ernst Didring (1868–1931)
• Elmer Diktonius (1896–1961)

E

• Inger Edelfeldt (born 1956)
• Johannes Edfelt (1904–1997)
• Åke Edwardson (born 1953)
• Lena Einhorn (born 1954)
• Vilhelm Ekelund (1880–1949)
• Gunnar Ekelöf (1907–1968)
• Kerstin Ekman (born 1933)
• Sigrid Elmblad (1860–1926), journalist, poet and translator.^[4]
• Per Olov Enquist (1934–2020)
• Helena Eriksson (born 1962)
• Maria Ernestam (born 1959)

F

• Charlotta Falkman (1795–1882), novelist
• Nils Ferlin (1898–1961), poet
• Torbjörn Flygt (born 1964)
• Per Anders Fogelström (1917–1998)
• Lars Forssell (1928–2007)
• Tua Forsström (born 1947)
• Marianne Fredriksson (1927–2007)
• Gustaf Fröding (1860–1911), poet

G

• Jonas Gardell (born 1963)
• Anders Abraham Grafström (1790–1870)
• Elsa Grave (1918–2003)
• Maria Gripe (1923–2007)
• Jan Guillou (born 1944), journalist, novelist
• Hjalmar Gullberg (1898–1961)
• Lars Gyllensten (1921–2006)

H

• Carl August Hagberg (1810–1864)
• Stefan Hammarén (born 1963)
• Bob Hansson (born 1970)
• Verner von Heidenstam (1859–1940)
• Alf Henrikson (1905–1995)
• Marie Hermanson (born 1956)
• Rut Hillarp (1914–2003)
• Sverre Holmsen (1906–1992)

J

• Tove Jansson (1914–2001)
• P.C. Jersild (born 1935)
• Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976)
• Harry Järv (1921–2009)

K

• Mons Kallentoft (born 1968)
• Theodor Kallifatides (born 1938)
• Mare Kandre (1962–2005)
• Marit Kapla (born 1970)
• Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864–1931)
• Agneta Klingspor (1946–2022)
• Martin Koch (1882–1940)
• Richert Vogt von Koch (1838-1913)
• Sara Kristoffersson (born 1972)
• Niklas Krog (born 1965)
• Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894–1940)
• Elisabeth Kuylenstierna-Wenster (1869–1933)
• Willy Kyrklund (1921–2009)

L

• Camilla Läckberg (born 1974)
• Anna Laestadius Larsson (born 1966), novelist
• Ann-Helén Laestadius (born 1971), Sami journalist and children's novelist
• Olof Lagercrantz (1911–2002)
• Pär Lagerkvist (1891–1974)
• Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940)
• Dagmar Lange (Maria Lang) (1914–1991)
• Viveca Lärn (born 1944)
• Stieg Larsson (1954–2004)
• Stig Larsson (born 1955)
• Anna Maria Lenngren (1754–1817)
• Oscar Levertin (1862–1906)
• Li Li (born 1961)
• Sara Lidman (1923–2004)
• Elsa Lindberg-Dovlette (1874–1944)^[5]
• Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002)
• Barbro Lindgren (born 1937)
• Torgny Lindgren (1938–2017)
• Herman Lindqvist (born 1943)
• John Ajvide Lindqvist (born 1968)
• Sven Lindqvist (1932–2019)
• Fredrik Lindström (born 1963)
• Jonas Carl Linnerhielm (1758–1829)
• Ivar Lo-Johansson (1901–1990)
• Lasse Lucidor (1638–1674)
• Kristina Lugn (1948–2020)
• Artur Lundkvist (1906–1991)

M

• Bertil Malmberg (1889–1958)
• Bodil Malmsten (1944–2016)
• Henning Mankell (1948–2015)
• Gerda Marcus (1880–1952), journalist
• Liza Marklund (born 1962)
• Harry Martinson (1904–1978)
• Moa Martinson(1890–1964)
• Erik Mesterton (1903–2004)
• Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973)
• Lukas Moodysson (born 1969), published poetry before becoming a film director
• Jan Myrdal (1927–2020)

N

• Håkan Nesser (born 1950)
• Mikael Niemi (born 1959)
• Peter Nilson (1937–1998)
• Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718–1763)
• Sven Nordqvist (born 1946)
• Adolf Noreen (1854–1925)
• Julia Nyberg (1784–1854)

O

• Albert Olsson (1904–1994)
• Jan Olof Olsson (1920–1974), pen name Jolo
• Vladimir Oravsky (born 1947)
• Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna (1750–1818)
• Bruno K. Öijer (born 1951), poet
• Klas Östergren (born 1955)

P

• Malte Persson (born 1976)
• Agneta Pleijel (born 1940)
• Ida von Plomgren (1870 –1960)
• Peter Pohl (born 1940)

R

• Povel Ramel (1922–2007)
• Björn Ranelid (born 1949)
• Märta Helena Reenstierna (1753–1841)
• Ann Rosman (born 1973)^[6]
• Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804–1877)
• Viktor Rydberg (1828–1895)

S

• Shamm Shamayi Salih (born 2000), writer
• Irmelin Sandman Lilius (born 1936)
• Eugen Semitjov (1923–1987), writer, journalist and artist
• Malla Silfverstolpe (1782–1861), diarist
• Maj Sjöwall (1935–2020)
• Erik Johan Stagnelius (1793–1823), Romantic poet
• Georg Stiernhielm (1598–1672)
• Jan Stocklassa (born 1965)
• August Strindberg (1849–1912)
• Eva Ström (born 1947)
• Fredrik Ström (1880–1948)
• Per Olof Sundman (1922–1992)
• Maria Sveland (born 1974)
• Hjalmar Söderberg (1869–1941)
• Edith Södergran (1892–1923)

T

• Evert Taube (1890–1976)
• Esaias Tegnér (1782–1846), poet
• Kerstin Thorvall (1925–2010)
• Carl L. Thunberg (born 1963)
• Zacharias Topelius (1818–1898), poet and writer
• Tomas Tranströmer (1931–2015), poet
• Stieg Trenter (1914–1967)
• Birgitta Trotzig (1929–2011)
• Göran Tunström (1937–2000)
• Helene Tursten (born 1954)

V

• Gunnel Vallquist (1918–2016)
• Carl-Johan Vallgren (born 1964)

W

• Per Wahlöö (1926–1975)
• Elin Wägner (1882–1949)
• Eva Waldemarsson (1908–1986)^[7]
• Per Wästberg (born 1933)
• Adéle Weman (1844–1936),^[8] wrote under the names Parus Ater, Inga Storm and Zakarias
• Paulina Westdahl (1810–1887)
• Einar af Wirsén (1875–1946)

Z

• Joakim Zander (born 1975)

See also

• List of Finnish women writers
• List of Swedish poets
• List of Swedish women writers
• List of Swedes
• Lists of authors
• Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet

Notes and References

1. Book: Brunsdale, Mitzi M . Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Since 1967 . 401–02 . 2016 . 978-1476622774.
2. Web site: Britt Arenander . History of Nordic Women's Literature.
3. Book: Brunsdale, Mitzi . Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Since 1967 . 417–18 . 2016 . 978-1476622774.
4. Book: Bohman . Nils . Dahl . Torsten . Svenska män och Kvinnor: Biografisk Uppslagsbok . Stockholm . Bonnier . 1955 . 1137575928 . SV . 394.
5. Book: Åhlen, Bengt. Svensk bokkalender 1945,:En översikt över 1944 års bokutgivning. Stockholm. Rabén & Sjögre. 1945. 82. 924316513. sv.
6. Book: Brunsdale, Mitzi M . Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction . 502 . 2016 . 978-1476622774.
7. Web site: Eva Sylvia Waldemarsson . History of Nordic Women's Literature.
8. Book: Schoolfield, George C . A History of Finland's Literature . registration . U of Nebraska Press . 395 . 1998 . 0803241895.