List of Swedish women writers

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

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C

  • Gunnel Carlson (born 1956), gardening journalist, author, television presenter
  • 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
  • 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

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[2]

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N

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P

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

R

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T

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. "Modern Swedish Literature". Sverige/Sweden. Retrieved 20 January 2015.

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