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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Sophie Adlersparre (1823–1895), journalist, editor, women's rights activistCharlotte Agell (born 1959), English-language works for children and young adultsCatharina Ahlgren (1734–1800)Astrid Ahnfelt (1876–1962), writer, translator and editor, fostered cultural relations between Sweden and ItalySonja Åkesson (1926–1977), poet, dramatistSusanna Alakoski (born 1962), Finnish-born author now in Sweden, novelist, author of Svinalängorna filmed as Beyond Eva Alexanderson (1911–1994), novelist, translator, publisherElsa Alkman (1878–1975), suffragist, women's rights activist, writer and composerBarbro Alving (1909–1987), journalist, feminist, screenwriterFanny Alving (1874–1955), journalist, novelistKarin Alvtegen (born 1965), crime fiction writer, some works now in EnglishLena Anderson (born 1939), children's writer and illustratorPamela Andersson (born 1965), journalistStina Aronson (1892–1956), novelist, her Hitom himlen features women in the farms of northern SwedenSuzanne Axell (born 1955), journalist, television presenterMajgull Axelsson (born 1947), journalist, best-selling novelist
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Victoria Benedictsson (1850–1888), realist novelistAnne-Marie Berglund (1952–2020), poet, novelist, short story writerElisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen (1887–1955), writer, artist, illustratorGunilla Bergström (1942–2021), journalist, widely translated children's author, creator of Alfie Atkins (Alfons Aberg )Charlotta Berger (1784–1852)Elsa Beskow (1874–1953), children's writer, novelist, illustratorEva Billow (1902–1993), writer and illustrator of children's literatureMargareta Birgersdotter Grip (1538–1586), genealogist, early documentalistElsa Björkman-Goldschmidt (1888–1982), writer and lithographerEllen-Sylvia Blind (1925–2009), Swedish Sami writerLouise Boije af Gennäs (born 1961), novelist, feminist, co-creator of Swedish soap opera Rederiet Sophie Bolander (1807–1869)Hilma Borelius (1869–1932), literary historian, academic and suffragistKarin Boye (1900–1941), novelist, poet, Swedes know her poems by heart[ 1] Eva Brag (1829–1913), novelist, poet, journalistAgnes Branting (1862–1930), textile artist and writerFredrika Bremer (1801–1865), novelist, feminist writerIrja Agnes Browallius (1901–1968), teacher, novelist, short story writerAnnika Bryn (born 1945), journalist, short story writer, crime-fiction authorMaj Bylock (1931–2019), children's writer, translator, teacher
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Gunnel Carlson (born 1956), gardening journalist, author, television presenterCharlotte Cecilia af Tibell (1820-1901), author, hymn writerSiv Cedering (1939–2007), children's writer, poet, writes in both English and SwedishSigrid Combüchen (born 1942), novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, author of Byron (1988)
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Tora Dahl (1886–1982), novelist, teacher, gained fame with her autobiographic Fosterbarn (Foster Child) in 1954
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Inger Edelfeldt (born 1956), novelist, short story writer, children's writer, illustratorBrita Egardt (1916–1990), ethnologist and folkloristLena Einhorn (born 1954), director, writer and physicianHedda Ekman (1860–1929), writer and photographerKerstin Ekman (born 1933), novelist, detective story writer, several English translationsMargareta Ekström (1930–2021), poet, novelist, children's writer, criticElaine Eksvärd (born 1981), non-fiction writer specializing in rhetoricSigrid 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
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Charlotta Falkman (1795–1882), novelistPhebe Fjellström (1924–2007), ethnologistEmilie Flygare-Carlén (1807–1892), novelistMaja Forsslund (1878–1967), folklorist and local historianTua 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 EnglishInger Frimansson (born 1944), crime fiction writer, children's writer, journalistKatarina Frostenson (born 1953), one of Sweden's foremost poets since the 1980s
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Christina Garsten (born 1962), social anthropologist, non-fiction writerWilhelmina Gravallius (1809–1884)Caroline Giertz (born 1958), writer and TV presenterElsa Grave (1918–2003), novelist, poet, artistMaria Gripe (1923–2007), children's writerAbela Gullbransson (1775–1822), revivalist writerMadeleine Gustafsson (born 1937), poet, critic, translator
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Anna Hamilton Geete (1848–1913), translator, biographerCarola Hansson (born 1942), novelist, translatorGunnel Hazelius-Berg (1905–1997), museum curator and writer, specializing in textiles and folk costumesBarbro Hedvall (born 1944), journalist, non-fiction writerMarie Hermanson (born 1956), thriller writer, author of The Devil's Sanctuary Rut Hillarp (1914–2003), modernist poet evoking sexual relationships in a man's worldSara Holmsten (1713–1795), memoiristKarin Hübinette (born 1966), journalist, television presenter
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Ulla Isaksson (1916–2000), novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, caused controversy among feminists with Paradistorg (Paradise Place, 1973)
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Ann Jäderlund (born 1955), poet, playwright, children's writerAnn Henning Jocelyn , (born 1948), writer, playwright and translatorKlara Johanson (1875–1948), literary critic, essayist, translatorMajken Johansson (1930–1993), now regarded as one of Sweden's greatest mid-20th century poetsMolly Johnson (1931–2018), novelist, known for Pansarkryssaren Mari Jungstedt (born 1962), popular crime fiction writer, journalist, translated 15 languages including English[ 3]
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Mare Kandre (1962–2005), novelist, short story writer, several works translated into EnglishMarit Kapla (born 1970), writer, journalistKristina Kappelin (born 1958), journalist, columnist, non-fiction writerAmanda Kerfstedt (1835–1920), novelist, playwright, translatorEllen Key (1849–1926), feminist writer, advocate of child-centred educationElisabet Kjellberg (1821-1914), publicist, editor, and authorEllen Kleman (1867–1943), novelist, journal editor, women's rights activistLinde Klinckowström-von Rosen (1920–2000), columnist, letter writer, non-fiction writerSophie von Knorring (1797–1848), pioneer of the realistic novel in SwedenThekla Knös (1815–1880)Anja Kontor (born 1964), journalist, television presenterElisabeth Krey-Lange (1878–1965), journalist and women's rights activistAgnes von Krusenstjerna (1894–1940), novelist, short story writer, often causing controversy with accounts of sexual intercourseAnnette Kullenberg (1939–2021), journalist, novelist, playwright
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Camilla Läckberg (born 1974), best-seller crime writer, translated into 33 languagesAnna Laestadius Larsson (born 1966), historical novelistAnn-Helén Laestadius (born 1971), Sami journalist and children's novelist, writing in SwedishSelma Lagerlöf (1858–1940), children's writer, novelist, Nobel prize winnerDagmar Lange (1914–1991), successful crime fiction writer under the pen name Maria LangViveca Lärn (born 1944), journalist, children's writerÅsa Larsson (born 1966), crime fiction writerLisbeth Larsson (1949–2021), literary historian focusing on gender studiesZenia Larsson (1922–2007), writer and sculptor, one of the first Holocaust survivors in Sweden to describe their war experiencesAnne Charlotte Leffler (1849–1892), novelist, biographerAnna Maria Lenngren (1754–1817), well-known poet, works in support of intellectual freedom of expression for womenSara Lidman (1923–2004), novelist, several works translated into EnglishBirgitta Lillpers (born 1958), poet, novelistGunnel Linde (1924–2014), writerGurli Linder (1865–1947), writer, feminist, children's literature criticAstrid Lindgren (1907–2002), world-famous children's writer, best known for her Pippi Longstocking storiesBarbro Lindgren (born 1937), children's writerAnna Lindmarker (born 1961), journalist, broadcasterElin Lindqvist (born 1982), novelistEva Lindström (born 1952), illustrator and writerAurora Ljungstedt (1821–1908), crime horror writerKristina Lugn (1948–2020), poet, dramatist, critic
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Bodil Malmsten (1944–2016), novelist, at least two works translated into EnglishRosa Malmström (1906–1995), librarian and gender studies specialistEdda Manga (born 1969), historian of ideasGerda Marcus (1880–1952), journalist, philanthropistLiza Marklund (born 1962), best-seller crime fiction writer, works translated into 30 languagesMoa Martinson (1890–1964), ever popular novelist, writer of articles and books in support of women's rightsEllen Mattson (born 1962), novelist, criticKatarina Mazetti (born 1944), widely translated novelist, journalistMargareta Momma (1702–1772)Edita Morris (1902–1988), Swedish-American pacifist, short story writer, journalist, novelistAlva Myrdal (1902–1986), welfare state proponent, author of Crisis in the Population Question
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Anna T. Nilsson (1869–1869), educator, peace activist, writerKerstin Norborg (born 1961), novelistHedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718–1763), revered poet, works defending women's rights, first self-supporting female writer in SwedenAnna Nordgren (1847–1916), painterAstrid Nyberg (1877–1928), pioneering newspaper editor and suffragistJulia Nyberg (1784–1854), poet, songwriter, used the pen name Euphrosyne
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Agneta Pleijel (born 1940), novelist, poet, playwright, journalist, critic, author of the philosophical novel Fungi
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Karolina Ramqvist (born 1976), journalistMärta Helena Reenstierna (1753–1841), diaristChristina Rogberg (1832–1907), author and courtierEva Runefelt (born 1953), novelist, poetCarina Rydberg (born 1962), novelist, author of the controversial Den högsta kasten Elisabeth Rynell (born 1954), poet, novelist, English translation of her novel Mervas
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Hilda Sachs (1857–1935), journalist, novelist and women's rights activistSofie Sarenbrant (born 1978), novelistMarie Sophie Schwartz (1819–1894), novelistMalla Silfverstolpe (1782–1861), diaristMaj Sjöwall (1935–2020), novelist, some works written in collaboration with Per Wahlöö Cecilia Skingsley (born 1968), journalist and economistEdith Södergran (1892–1923), widely recognized Swedish-language modernist poetPernilla Stalfelt (born 1962), children's author and illustratorIngela Strandberg (born 1944), poet, children's writer, novelist, playwright, translator, journalist and musicianSara Stridsberg (born 1972), novelist, poetEva Ström (born 1947), poet, novelist, biographer, criticAmelie von Strussenfelt (1803–1847)Ulrika von Strussenfelt (1801–1873)Elsa Stuart-Bergstrom (1889-1970)Margareta Suber (1892–1984), novelist, travel writer, children's writer, poetAnnakarin Svedberg (born 1934), novelistMaria Sveland (born 1974), novelist and journalist
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Gunhild Tegen (1889–1970), short story writer, editor, pacifistKerstin Thorvall (1925–2010), children's writer, novelist, journalist, illustratorJohanna Thydell (born 1980), children's and youth writerAnna-Clara Tidholm (born 1946), children's and youth writer, illustratorMia Törnblom (born 1967), columnist, non-fiction writer, educatorRita Tornborg (born 1926), novelist, short story writerUlla Trenter (1936–2019), novelist, translator, politicianBirgitta Trotzig (1929–2011), celebrated writer of fiction, non-fiction and poetryHelene Tursten (born 1954), crime fiction writer
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Bea Uusma (born 1966), children's writer, non-fiction writer, illustrator, medical doctor
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Gunnel Vallquist (1918–2016), essayist, non-fiction writer, translator, religious commentary
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Elin Wägner (1882–1949), novelist, journalist, pacifist, feministAnna Westberg (1946–2005), novelist, non-fiction writerJosefina Wettergrund (1830–1903)Eva Wigström (1832–1901), writer, poet and pioneering folkloristLiselott Willén (born 1972), novelistGunilla Wolde (1939–2015), children's writer, illustrator
See also
References
Literature
Lists of women writers by nationality