| Birth Name: | Per Håkan Stefan Nilsson |
| Birth Date: | 1954 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Möllevången, Malmö, Sweden |
| Years Active: | 1986-present |
| Nationality: | Swedish |
| Occupation: | Writer, musician |
| Signature: | Per Nilsson's Signature.svg |
Per Nilsson is a Swedish author. He worked as a music teacher until the summer of 1999, after which he became a full-time author. He has also written the screenplay Hannah with H, based on his early novel Another way to be young. Between 1997 and 2010, he was a Member the Swedish Children's Book College.
| Year | Original title | English title | Illustrator | Publisher | ISBN | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Mellan vakna och somna | Between waking and sleep | |||||
| 1988 | Viktiga saker | Important things | NAME Publications | ||||
| 1990 | Baklängeslivet | Backwards Life | |||||
| 1992 | Flickan som slutade skolan | The girl who left school | Ingela Almgren | ||||
| 1993 | Loves Me Loves Me Not | ||||||
| Ja må han le... Va? | Yes, let him smile...Huh? | ||||||
| Klockan tretton | At three o'clock | NAME Publications | |||||
| 1994 | Raven's Song | ||||||
| 1995 | Om den sjunde natten | If the seventh night | NAME Publications | ||||
| 1996 | Anarkai (German) | ||||||
| 1998 | You, You & You | You, You & You | |||||
| Hej, Milena (German) | Hi, Milena | NAME Publications | |||||
| 1999 | Inny niż wszyscy (Polish) | Not like everyone else | |||||
| 2000 | Anders dan jij (Dutch) | Another way to be young | NAME Publications | ||||
| 2001 | Lilla livet, lilla döden | Little Life small death | |||||
| Na zawsze Milena (Polish) | Forever Milena | ||||||
| 2002 | Seventeen | Seventeen | |||||
| Aldrig mer Milena? | Never again Milena | NAME Publications | |||||
| 2003 | Ask & Embla (with Daniel Ahlgren) | Ask & Embla | |||||
| 2004 | Solprinsen | ||||||
| Hälften har pinne (with Gunna Grähs) | Half have the stick | NAME Publications | |||||
| 2005 | Twins | ||||||
| 2006 | Svenne | ||||||
| 2007 | The return of Hjärtans fröjd | The Return of hearts' joy | |||||
| 2009 | Absolut Per Nilsson | ||||||
| 2010 | I det här trädet (with Catherine Kieri) | This tree | |||||
| 2014 | Otopia | ||||||
| 2015 | Tvåan | Emelie Ostergren | Alfabeta | ||||
| 2022 | Majken och Tassa | Alfabeta | |||||
| 2023 | En tisdag i paradiset | Alfabeta |
| Year | Award/honor | Awarding body | Work | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Swedish Publishers' Association | Raven's song | ||
| Best Love Story | Valentine's Delight | |||
| 1997 | Hear's De | |||
| Swedish Library Association | Anarkai | |||
| 1998 | ABF's Literature | |||
| Swedish Publishers' Association | You & You & You | |||
| 1999 | ||||
| Dutch prize The Silver Kiss | Joy Of Heart | |||
| 2000 | Swedish Publishers' Association | Another way to be young | ||
| 2002 | Seventeen | |||
| 2003 | Expressen | Ask and Embla | ||
| Swedish Publishers' Association | Svenne | [1] | ||
| Los Angeles Times | You & You & You |
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