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Swedish Poets
This is a list of Swedish-language novelists, poets and other writers. __NOTOC__ A * Emmy Abrahamson (born 1976) * Alf Ahlberg (1892–1979) * Lars Ahlin (1915–1997) * Luai Ahmed (born 1993) * Astrid Ahnfelt (1876–1962) * John Ajvide Lindqvist (born 1968) * (1907–1968) * Sonja Åkesson (1926–1977) * Hans Alfredson (1931–2017) * Karin Alfredsson (born 1953) * Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793–1866) * Einar Askestad (born 1964) * Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790–1855) * Dan Andersson (1888–1920) * Lena Andersson (born 1970) * Johannes Anyuru (born 1979) * Britt Arenander (born 1941) * Werner Aspenström (1918–1997) * Majgull Axelsson (born 1947) B * Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795) * Victoria Benedictsson (1850–1888) * Frans G. Bengtsson (1894–1954) * Annie Bergman (1889–1987) * Bo Bergman (1869–1967) * Hjalmar Bergman (1883–1931) * Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen (1887–1955) * Elsa Beskow (1874–1953) * Eva Billow (1902†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Language
Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic languages, North Germanic language from the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, making it the Germanic_languages#Statistics, fourth most spoken Germanic language, and the first among its type in the Nordic countries overall. Swedish, like the other North Germanic languages, Nordic languages, is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Age. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian language, Norwegian and Danish language, Danish, although the degree of mutual intelligibility is dependent on the dialect and accent of the speaker. Standard Swedish, spoken by most Swedes, is the national language that evolved from the Central Swedish dialects in the 19th century, and was well established by the beginning of the 20th century. While distinct regional Variety ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Aspenström
Karl Werner Aspenström (13 November 1918 – 25 January 1997) was a Swedish poet. Born at Norrbärke, he was a member of the Swedish Academy, where he held Seat 12 from 1981 to 1997. Following his breakthrough in 1949 with ''Snölegend'' (''"Snow legend"'') he was considered one of the leading 20th-century Swedish poets, and his poetry has often been compared to the works of the Nobel Prize laureates Harry Martinson and Tomas Tranströmer. Aspenström claimed that his motivation for writing was "writing for his cat". He was a friend of Stig Dagerman Stig Halvard Dagerman (5 October 1923 – 4 November 1954) was a Swedish author and journalist prominent in the aftermath of World War II. Biography Stig Dagerman was born Stig Halvard Andersson in Älvkarleby, Uppsala County. He later took h .... His widow died in 2015. Selected works * ''Förberedelse'' (1943) * ''Oändligt är vårt äventyr'' (prose, 1945) * ''Skriket och tystnaden'' (1946) * ''Snölegend'' (194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Blanche
August Blanche (17 September 1811 – 30 November 1868) was a Swedish journalist, novelist, and politician. Life August Theodor Blanche was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the illegitimate child of a servant girl and a priest. His mother eventually married Johan Jacob Blanck, a blacksmith, and the boy took his stepfather's name. A brilliant student, in 1838 he obtained a law degree and for a time, worked as a civil servant until taking up journalism. In the early 1840s, he began writing plays for the theater as well as translating plays from foreign languages into Swedish. By the middle of the decade, he was writing novels and short stories of intrigue, all of which met with a great deal of success. An activist, in 1859 Blanche was elected to the Riksdag of the Estates where he served until 1866. He died of unknown causes two years later, on 30 November 1868, on the way to participate in the unveiling of the statue of King Charles the XII, which he had lobbied for. August Blanche i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsa Björkman-Goldschmidt
Elsa Andrea Elisabeth Björkman-Goldschmidt (1888–1982) was a Swedish artist and writer who was active in Sweden and Austria. After attending Stockholm's Art Academy, she worked as an engraver and etcher. In 1916, while assisting the Red Cross in Russia, she met her future husband, the Austrian surgeon Waldemar Goldschmidt. They married in Vienna where she was involved with Save the Children and started working as a correspondent for the Swedish press. In 1938, anti-Semitism forced the couple to move to Sweden where she published a number of books about her life in Vienna. Early life and education Born in Linköping on 16 April 1888, Elsa Andrea Elisabeth Björkman-Goldschmidt was the daughter of Maria (née Heyman), who was Jewish and army officer Daniel Magnus Fredrik Björkman. Childhood friends included Elsa Brändström and Honorine Hermelin. After attending a teacher training course at the Anna Sandström Seminary in Stockholm (1906–1908), she travelled abroad to impro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Birro
Marcus Adriano Birro (born 15 June 1972 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish-Italian (Italian citizen) poet, author and columnist and former frontman of cult punk band The Christer Petterssons. Birro blogged at Expressen and was a presenter on at Sveriges Radio Östergötland, where he was the host of ''Karlavagnen'' on Sveriges Radio P4. He is the brother of author Peter Birro. Marcus Birro lives in Södermalm, is divorced from his wife of 4 years, they have two children together. In 2015, Birro told the press about his ongoing relationship with a married woman, Micaela Kinnunen, wife of politician Martin Kinnunen Martin Anders Kinnunen, (born 15 May 1983) is a Swedish-Finnish member of parliament for the Sweden Democrats party. He was previously the press secretary for the party, as well as leader for the party's youth organisation the Sweden Democratic ..., and later Kinnunen confirmed the relationship and her divorce via her Facebook page. Bibliography * ''Lämna mig a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Billow
Eva Hildegard Maria Billow née Forss (1902–1993) was an influential Swedish illustrator, cartoonist and children's writer. She is remembered for writing and illustrating rhyming Swedish Children's literature, children's stories, including ''Pojkarna Igelkotts vinterskor'' (1948) and ''Nickes lediga dag'' (1950). They depict everyday life in a playful, humorous style, often with animals as the principal characters. Her poetry collections are inspired by children in the home environment, sometimes depicted as animals, sometimes as human beings. Biography Born on 2 May 1902 in Övre Ullered, Värmland County, Värmland, in west central Sweden, Eva Hildegard Maria Forss was the youngest child of the factory owner and agronomist, Johan Albin Forss and Gerda Ingeborg Tereseia née Kjellmark. After completing her school education, she attended the Konstfack, Technical School in Stockholm where she trained as a drawing instructor and advertising artist. She remained at the school teachi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsa Beskow
Elsa Beskow ( Maartman; 11February 187430June 1953) was a famous Swedes, Swedish author and illustrator of Children's literature, children's books. Among her better known books are ''Tale of the Little Little Old Woman'' and ''Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender''. Background Born in Stockholm her parents were businessman Bernt Maartman (1841–1889), whose family came from Bergen, Norway, and teacher Augusta Fahlstedt (1850–1915). Beskow studied Art Education at Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, then called ''Tekniska skolan'', or the Technical school, in Stockholm. She married former minister and social worker, doctor of theology Natanael Beskow in 1897. Elsa Beskow met her future husband at Djursholms samskola while serving as a teacher where he served as head master. From 1900 they lived in Villa Ekeliden in Djursholm which had initially been built for the author Viktor Rydberg. They had six sons, including the artist Bo Beskow (1906–1989) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen
Anna Elisabeth Albertina Bergstrand-Poulsen (12 November 1887 – 18 February 1955) was a Swedish writer, painter, illustrator and textile artist who lived in Denmark after marrying the sculptor Axel Poulsen in 1917. As a painter, she exhibited from 1922, initially specializing in child portraits, later in religious works including altarpieces. She embarked on writing in 1926 with a copiously illustrated book on people from her native Småland, the first of many successful works influenced by her strong Christian beliefs and childhood memories. Several were translated into Danish, Dutch, German or English. Early life and education Born on 12 November 1887 in the village of Långasjö in south-eastern Sweden, Anna Elisabeth Albertina Bergstrand was the daughter of the schoolteacher and organist Per Magnus Bergstrand (1855–1927) and Anna Hammargren (1861–1946), a devout Christian. She was the second of six children. Brought up in a musical family, her father taught her school sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
