Linnea Axelsson (born 10 December 1980) is a Sami-Swedish art scholar, novelist and poet. Axelsson was born in

Porjus Porjus is a locality situated in Jokkmokk Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 328 inhabitants in 2010. Geographically it is situated by the shores of Lule River at 499 meter height. Porjus is known for having one of the oldest hydrop ...

(Bårjås in Lule Sami) in

Jokkmokk Municipality Jokkmokk Municipality (, , , ) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Jokkmokk. The name ''Jokkmokk'' is Sami for the words "river" and "bend", since the town is situated close to a bend in the nearby r ...

. She made her literary debut in 2010 with the novel ''Tvillingsmycket''. Her

epic poem In poetry, an epic is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants. With regard to ...

''Ædnan'' from 2018 earned her the

Svenska Dagbladet Literature Prize The Svenska Dagbladets litteraturpris is a Swedish literature prize given by the newspaper ''Svenska Dagbladet (, "The Swedish Daily News"), abbreviated SvD, is a daily List of Swedish newspapers, newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. Hist ...

, as well as the

August Prize The August Prize () is an annual Swedish literary prize awarded each year since 1989 by the Swedish Publishers' Association. The prize is awarded to the best Swedish book of the year, in three categories. The Swedish Publishers' Association also ...

for best fiction in 2018. Its 2024 English translation by

Saskia Vogel Saskia Maria Desiree Vogel (born September 17, 1981) is an American-Swedish author, translator, and editor. Her debut novel, ''Permission'', explores the question “How do I want to be loved?” through the story of a grieving young woman’s rel ...

was longlisted for the

National Book Award for Translated Literature The National Book Award for Translated Literature, is one of five annual National Book Awards in the USA, recognising outstanding literary works of translation into English and administered by the National Book Foundation. This award was previousl ...

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* 1980 births Living people People from Jokkmokk Municipality Swedish scholars and academics Umeå University alumni Swedish novelists Swedish poets Sámi women writers Writers from Norrbotten County {{Sweden-writer-stub