Anna Westberg (14 September 1946 – 26 October 2005) was a Swedish journalist, novelist and non-fiction writer. She grew up in in

Gästrikland Gästrikland () is a historical province or ''landskap'' on the eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Uppland, Västmanland, Dalarna, Hälsingland and the Gulf of Bothnia. Gästrikland is the southernmost and the most densely populated of the No ...

. She made her literary debut in 1978, with the novel ''Paradisets döttrar''. She co-edited the two-volume ''Kvinnornas litteraturhistoria'' from 1981/1983. She was awarded the

Dobloug Prize The Dobloug Prize (, ) is a literature prize awarded for Swedish and Norwegian fiction. The prize is named after Norwegian businessman and philanthropist Birger Dobloug (1881–1944) pursuant to his bequest. The prize sum is 4 * 150,000 Swedish crow ...

in 1992.

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* 1946 births 2005 deaths 20th-century Swedish novelists Swedish women non-fiction writers Dobloug Prize winners Swedish women novelists 20th-century Swedish women writers 20th-century Swedish non-fiction writers People from Sandviken Municipality {{Sweden-writer-stub