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.
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)
- 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
- 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
- Victoria Benedictsson (1850–1888), realist novelist
- Anne-Marie Berglund (born 1952), poet, novelist, short story writer
- Gunilla Bergström (born 1942), journalist, widely translated children's author, creator of Alfie Atkins (Alfons Aberg)
- Charlotta Berger (1784–1852)
- Elsa Beskow (1874–1953), children's writer, novelist, illustrator
- Margareta Birgersdotter Grip (1538–1586), genealogist, early documentalist
- Louise Boije af Gennäs (born 1961), novelist, feminist, co-creator of Swedish soap opera Rederiet
- Sophie Bolander (1807–1869)
- Karin Boye (1900–1941), novelist, poet, Swedes know her poems by heart[1]
- Eva Brag (1829–1913), novelist, poet, journalist
- Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865), novelist, feminist writer
- Irja Agnes Browallius (1901–1968), teacher, novelist, short story writer
- Annika Bryn (born 1945), journalist, short story writer, crime-fiction author
- Maj Bylock (1931–2019), children's writer, translator, teacher
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
- 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
- Wilhelmina Gravallius (1809–1884)
- 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
- 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]
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
- 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
- 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
- Julia Nyberg (1784–1854), poet, songwriter, used the pen name Euphrosyne
O
- Linda Olsson (born 1948), best-selling novelist, now in New Zealand
- Nan Inger Östman (1923–2015), novelist, children's writer
P
- Agneta Pleijel (born 1940), novelist, poet, playwright, journalist, critic, author of the philosophical novel Fungi
R
- Karolina Ramqvist (born 1976), journalist
- Märta Helena Reenstierna (1753–1841), diarist
- Christina Rogberg (1832–1907), author and courtier
- Eva Runefelt (born 1953), novelist, poet
- Carina Rydberg (born 1962), novelist, author of the controversial Den högsta kasten
- Elisabeth Rynell (born 1954), poet, novelist, English translation of her novel Mervas
S
- Marie Sophie Schwartz (1819–1894), novelist
- Malla Silfverstolpe (1782–1861), diarist
- Maj Sjöwall (born 1935), novelist, some works written in collaboration with Per Wahlöö
- Cecilia Skingsley (born 1968), journalist and economist
- Edith Södergran (1892–1923), widely recognized Swedish-language modernist poet
- Pernilla Stalfelt (born 1962), children's author and illustrator
- Ingela Strandberg (born 1944), poet, children's writer, novelist, playwright, translator, journalist and musician
- Sara Stridsberg (born 1972), novelist, poet
- Eva Ström (born 1947), poet, novelist, biographer, critic
- Amelie von Strussenfelt (1803–1847)
- Ulrika von Strussenfelt (1801–1873)
- Margareta Suber (1892–1984), novelist, travel writer, children's writer, poet
- Annakarin Svedberg (born 1934), novelist
- Maria Sveland (born 1974), novelist and journalist
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
- Elin Wägner (1882–1949), novelist, journalist, pacifist, feminist
- Anna Westberg (1946–2005), novelist, non-fiction writer
- Josefina Wettergrund (1830–1903)
- Gunilla Wolde (1939–2015), children's writer, illustrator
gollark: Pascal's Wager basically goes "if no god, belief doesn't have costs anyway (wrong, since it takes time and may make your thinking more irrational); if god, non-belief means infinite badness (hell), belief means infinite goodness (heaven), so rationally you should believe".
gollark: There *may* be a god of some kind who rewards you for believing in them and their afterlife and such, but there is an infinity of possible gods including ones like "allocates you to heaven or hell entirely at random", "entirely indistinguishable from no god", "sends you to hell if you believe in the *other* god", "incomprehensible eldritch abomination" or "literal bees".
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gollark: Whether there *is*... some supernatural thing after death, such as an afterlife... is pretty much independent of whether you believe it or not, and while the exact form of that *may* depend on your beliefs about it, that makes a LOT of presumptions about god or who/what created the system which are not supported.
References
- Anneli Jordahl (2006). "Swedish Literature in the 20th Century". Swedish Institute. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- "Modern Swedish Literature". Sverige/Sweden. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
Literature
- Forsas-Scott, Helena (2000). Swedish Women's Writing 1850-1995. A&C Black. ISBN 978-1-84714-197-2.
- Wilson, Katharina M. (1991). An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-8240-8547-6.
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