This is a list of Swedish-language novelists, poets and other writers. __NOTOC__

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* 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 Sonja Åkesson (19April 19265May 1977) was a Swedish poet, writer, and artist born in Buttle, Gotland. Life Sonja Åkesson first discovered her talent for writing at 28 after moving to Stockholm, after her divorce from Nils Westberg, a carpent ...

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Hans Alfredson Hans Folke "Hasse" Alfredson (28 June 1931 – 10 September 2017) was a Swedish actor, film director, writer, and comedian. Born in Malmö, Sweden, he is known for his collaboration with Tage Danielsson as the duo Hasse & Tage and their produ ...

(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)

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* Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795) * Victoria Benedictsson (1850–1888) * Frans G. Bengtsson (1894–1954) * Annie Bergman (1889–1987) *

Bo Bergman Bo Hjalmar Bergman (6 October 1869 – 17 November 1967) was a Swedish writer, literary critic and member of the Swedish Academy, sitting in Seat 12 from 1925 until his death. His works form the inspiration for works by several major Swedish c ...

(1869–1967) * Hjalmar Bergman (1883–1931) * Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen (1887–1955) * Elsa Beskow (1874–1953) * Eva Billow (1902–1993) * Marcus Birro (born 1972) * Elsa Björkman-Goldschmidt (1888–1982) * August Blanche (1811–1868) * August Bondeson (1854–1906) *

Karin Boye Karin Maria Boye (; 26 October 1900 – 24 April 1941) was a Swedish poet and novelist. In Sweden, she is acclaimed as a poet, but internationally, she is best known for the dystopian science fiction novel '' Kallocain'' (1940). Biography Ea ...

(1900–1941) * Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865) * Annika Bryn (born 1945)

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* Bo Carpelan (1926–2011) * Camilla Ceder (born 1976) * Siv Cedering (1939–2007) *

Stig Claesson John Stig Claesson (2 June 1928 – 4 January 2008), also known under his signature Slas, was a Swedish writer, visual artist, and illustrator. Claesson was born on 2 June 1928 in Huddinge, south of Stockholm. He attended the Royal Swedish Academy ...

(1928–2008)

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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 ...

(1923–1954) *

Olof von Dalin Olof von Dalin (29 August 1708 – 12 August 1763) was a Swedish nobleman, poet, historian and courtier. He was an influential literary figure of the Swedish Enlightenment. Background Olof Dalin was born in the parish of Vinberg in Hallan ...

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Tage Danielsson Tage Ivar Roland Danielsson (; 5 February 1928 – 13 October 1985) was a Swedes, Swedish author, actor, comedian, poet and film director. He worked together with Hans Alfredson in the comedy duo Hasse & Tage. Early life Danielsson was bor ...

(1928–1985) * Sven Delblanc (1931–1992) * Walter Dickson (1916–1990) * Ernst Didring (1868–1931) *

Elmer Diktonius Elmer Rafael Diktonius (20 January 1896 – 23 September 1961) was a Finland, Finnish poet and composer, who wrote in both Swedish language, Swedish and in Finnish language, Finnish. He was born in Helsinki. In 1922, he established an avant-gar ...

(1896–1961)

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* Inger Edelfeldt (born 1956) * Johannes Edfelt (1904–1997) *

Åke Edwardson Åke Edwardson (born 10 March 1953 in Eksjö, Småland) is a Swedish author of detective fiction, and was previously a lecturer in journalism at University of Gothenburg, the city where many of his ''Inspector Winter'' novels are set. Edwardso ...

(born 1953) * Lena Einhorn (born 1954) * Gunnar Ekelöf (1907–1968) * Vilhelm Ekelund (1880–1949) * Kerstin Ekman (born 1933) *

Sigrid Elmblad Sigrid Agneta Sofia Elmblad, born Sigrid Agneta Sofia Pettersson, (28 May 1860 – 23 May 1926) was a Swedish journalist, poet, translator and writer, who translated ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (''The Ring of the Nibelung'') into Swedish and prod ...

(1860–1926), journalist, poet and translator. * Per Olov Enquist (1934–2020) * Helena Eriksson (born 1962) * Maria Ernestam (born 1959)

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* Charlotta Falkman (1795–1882), novelist * Nils Ferlin (1898–1961), poet * Torbjörn Flygt (born 1964) * Per Anders Fogelström (1917–1998) * Lars Forssell (1928–2007) * Tua Forsström (born 1947) * Marianne Fredriksson (1927–2007) *

Gustaf Fröding Gustaf Fröding (; 22 August 1860 – 8 February 1911) was a Swedish poet and writer from Alster, Värmland. The family moved to Kristinehamn in the year 1867. He later studied at Uppsala University and worked as a journalist in Karlstad.

(1860–1911), poet

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Jonas Gardell Lars Jonas Holger Gardell (born 2 November 1963) is a Swedish novelist, playwright, screenwriter and comedian. He is the brother of religion scholar Mattias Gardell. He is well known for his books and plays in all of Scandinavia and his books h ...

(born 1963) * Anders Abraham Grafström (1790–1870) * Elsa Grave (1918–2003) * Maria Gripe (1923–2007) *

Jan Guillou Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou (, ; born 17 January 1944) is a French-Swedish author and journalist. Guillou's fame in Sweden was established during his time as an investigative journalist, most notably in 1973 when he and co-reporter Pet ...

(born 1944), journalist, novelist * Hjalmar Gullberg (1898–1961) * Lars Gyllensten (1921–2006)

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Carl August Hagberg Carl August Hagberg (7 July 1810 – 9 January 1864) was a Swedish linguist and translator. He was a member of the Swedish Academy, occupying a seat from 1851 until his death. He was the son of Carl Peter Hagberg. Hagberg is most famous for be ...

(1810–1864) * Stefan Hammarén (born 1963) * Bob Hansson (born 1970) *

Verner von Heidenstam Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam (6 July 1859 – 20 May 1940) was a Swedish poet, novelist and laureate of the 1916 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1912. His poems and prose work are filled with a great j ...

(1859–1940) * Alf Henrikson (1905–1995) * Marie Hermanson (born 1956) * Rut Hillarp (1914–2003) * Sverre Holmsen (1906–1992)

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Tove Jansson Tove Marika Jansson (; 9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author, novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Helsinki, Stockholm, ...

(1914–2001) *

Harry Järv Harry Järv (27 March 1921 – 21 December 2009Harry Järv Obituary
(in Finnish). Retrieved 4 July 2013.

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P. C. Jersild Per Christian Jersild, better known as ''P. C. Jersild'', (born 1935) is a Sweden, Swedish author and physician. He also holds an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Medicine at Uppsala University from 22 January 2000, and another one in engine ...

(born 1935) * Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976)

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* Mons Kallentoft (born 1968) * Theodor Kallifatides (born 1938) * Mare Kandre (1962–2005) * Marit Kapla (born 1970) *

Erik Axel Karlfeldt Erik Axel Karlfeldt (20 July 1864 – 8 April 1931) was a Swedish poet whose highly symbolist poetry masquerading as regionalism was popular and won him the 1931 Nobel Prize in Literature posthumously after he had been nominated by Nathan Söd ...

(1864–1931) * Jonas Hassen Khemiri (born 1978) * Agneta Klingspor (1946–2022) * Martin Koch (1882–1940) * Richert Vogt von Koch (1838–1913) * Sara Kristoffersson (born 1972) * Niklas Krog (born 1965) * Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894–1940) * Elisabeth Kuylenstierna-Wenster (1869–1933) * Willy Kyrklund (1921–2009)

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Camilla Läckberg Jean Edith Camilla Läckberg (; born 30 August 1974), also known as Camilla Läckberg Eriksson, is a Swedish crime writer and screenwriter. She is especially known for her series of novels set in Fjällbacka and featuring husband-and-wife duo ...

(born 1974) * Anna Laestadius Larsson (born 1966), novelist * Ann-Helén Laestadius (born 1971), Sami journalist and children's novelist * Olof Lagercrantz (1911–2002) *

Pär Lagerkvist Pär Fabian Lagerkvist (23 May 1891 – 11 July 1974) was a Swedish author who received the 1951 Nobel Prize in Literature. Lagerkvist wrote poetry, plays, novels, short stories, and essays of considerable expressive power and influence from hi ...

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Selma Lagerlöf Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (, , ; 20 November 1858 – 16 March 1940) was a Swedish writer. She published her first novel, ''Gösta Berling's Saga'', at the age of 33. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which she was ...

(1858–1940) * Dagmar Lange (Maria Lang) (1914–1991) * Viveca Lärn (born 1944) *

Stieg Larsson Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson (, ; 15 August 1954 – 9 November 2004) was a Swedish writer, journalist, and far-left activist. He is best known for writing the ''Millennium'' trilogy of crime novels, which were published posthumously, sta ...

(1954–2004) * Stig Larsson (born 1955) * Anna Maria Lenngren (1754–1817) *

Oscar Levertin Oscar Ivar Levertin (17 July 1862, Norrköping – 22 September 1906) was a Swedish poet, critic and literary historian. Levertin was a dominant voice of the Swedish cultural scene from 1897, when he started writing influential high-profile essay ...

(1862–1906) * Li Li (born 1961) * Sara Lidman (1923–2004) * Elsa Lindberg-Dovlette (1874–1944) *

Astrid Lindgren Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (; ; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil i Lönneberga, Emil of Lönneberga, ...

(1907–2002) * Barbro Lindgren (born 1937) *

Torgny Lindgren Gustav Torgny Lindgren (16 June 1938 – 16 March 2017) was a Swedish writer. Lindgren was the son of Andreas Lindgren and Helga Björk. He studied in Umeå to become a teacher and worked as a teacher until the middle of the 1970s. For several ...

(1938–2017) * Herman Lindqvist (born 1943) * John Ajvide Lindqvist (born 1968) * Sven Lindqvist (1932–2019) * Fredrik Lindström (born 1963) * Jonas Carl Linnerhielm (1758–1829) * Ivar Lo-Johansson (1901–1990) * Lasse Lucidor (1638–1674) * Kristina Lugn (1948–2020) * Artur Lundkvist (1906–1991)

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* Bertil Malmberg (1889–1958) *

Bodil Malmsten Bodil Malmsten (19 August 1944 – 5 February 2016) was a Swedish poet and novelist. Malmsten was born in Bjärme, Östersund Municipality. Due to her parents' early separation, she grew up at her maternal grandparents and at foster care in V� ...

(1944–2016) * Henning Mankell (1948–2015) * Gerda Marcus (1880–1952), journalist * Liza Marklund (born 1962) *

Harry Martinson Harry Martinson (6May 190411February 1978) was a Swedish writer, poet and former sailor. In 1949 he was elected into the Swedish Academy. He was awarded a joint 1974 Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974 together with fellow ...

(1904–1978) * Moa Martinson(1890–1964) * Erik Mesterton (1903–2004) * Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973) *

Lukas Moodysson Karl Fredrik Lukas Moodysson (; born 17 January 1969) is a Swedish filmmaker, novelist, and short story writer. First coming to prominence as an ambitious poet in the 1980s, he had his big domestic and international breakthrough directing the 1 ...

(born 1969), published poetry before becoming a film director * Jan Myrdal (1927–2020)

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Håkan Nesser Håkan Nesser (born 21 February 1950) is a Swedish author and teacher who mainly writes crime fiction. He has won Best Swedish Crime Novel Award three times, and his novel ''Carambole'' won the prestigious Glass Key award in 2000. His books ha ...

(born 1950) * Mikael Niemi (born 1959) * Peter Nilson (1937–1998) * Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718–1763) * Sven Nordqvist (born 1946) *

Adolf Noreen Adolf Gotthard Noreen (13 March 1854 in Östra Ämtervik, Sunne Municipality – 13 June 1925 in Uppsala) was a Sweden, Swedish Linguistics, linguist who served as a member of the Swedish Academy from 1919 until his death. Noreen studied at Upps ...

(1854–1925) * Julia Nyberg (1784–1854)

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* Albert Olsson (1904–1994) * Jan Olof Olsson (1920–1974), pen name Jolo * Vladimir Oravsky (born 1947) *

Bruno K. Öijer Bruno Keats Öijer (born 26 November 1951 in Linköping, Sweden) is a contemporary Sweden, Swedish poet. Biography Öijer was born in Linköping in 1951. His first collection of poems, ''Sång för anarkismen'' (lit. ''Song for Anarchism'') was ...

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Klas Östergren Klas Östergren (born 20 February 1955) is a Swedish novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and translator. Östergren had a breakthrough with his fourth novel ''Gentlemen'' in 1980. He has been awarded numerous Swedish literary prizes, ...

(born 1955) *

Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna Count Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna (19 July 1750 – 29 July 1818) is considered one of the foremost Sweden, Swedish poets of the History of Sweden (1772–1809), Gustavian period. A prominent courtier during the reign of King Gustav III of Sweden, ...

(1750–1818)

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* Malte Persson (born 1976) *

Agneta Pleijel Agneta Pleijel (born 1940, in Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban ...

(born 1940) * Ida von Plomgren (1870 –1960) * Peter Pohl (born 1940)

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* Povel Ramel (1922–2007) * Björn Ranelid (born 1949) * Märta Helena Reenstierna (1753–1841) * Ann Rosman (born 1973) *

Johan Ludvig Runeberg Johan Ludvig Runeberg (; 5 February 1804 – 6 May 1877) was a Finnish priest, lyric and epic poet. He wrote exclusively in Swedish. He is considered a national poet of Finland. He is the author of the lyrics to (''Our Land'', in Finnish) whi ...

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Viktor Rydberg Abraham Viktor Rydberg (; 18 December 182821 September 1895) was a Swedish writer and a member of the Swedish Academy, 1877–1895. "Primarily a classical idealist", Viktor Rydberg has been described as "Sweden's last Romantic" and by 1859 wa ...

(1828–1895)

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* Irmelin Sandman Lilius (born 1936) * Eugen Semitjov (1923–1987), writer, journalist and artist *

Malla Silfverstolpe Magdalena Sofia "Malla" Silfverstolpe (''née'' Montgomery; 8 February 1782 – 17 January 1861) was a Sweden, Swedish writer and Salon (gathering), salon hostess. Her house in Uppsala was a meeting place for many prominent writers, composers ...

(1782–1861), diarist *

Maj Sjöwall Maj Sjöwall (; 25 September 1935 – 29 April 2020) was a Swedish author and translator. She is best known for her novels about the police detective Martin Beck. She wrote these novels in collaborative work with her partner Per Wahlöö. ...

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Hjalmar Söderberg Hjalmar Emil Fredrik Söderberg (2 July 1869 – 14 October 1941) was a Swedish novelist, short story writer, playwright and journalist. His works often deal with melancholy and lovelorn characters, and offer a rich portrayal of contemporary Stoc ...

(1869–1941) * Edith Södergran (1892–1923) *

Erik Johan Stagnelius Erik Johan Stagnelius (14 October 17933 April 1823) was a Swedish Romantic poet, playwright and romantic critic of political economy. 1810 to 1840 was a time of blossoming in Swedish poetry, and there were several writers of distinguished m ...

(1793–1823), Romantic poet * Georg Stiernhielm (1598–1672) *

Jan Stocklassa Jan Stocklassa (born 1965) is a former Swedish diplomat and businessman. He served as the Swedish commercial counsellor for the Swedish Trade Council, the commercial section of the embassy, in Prague, Czech Republic from 1997 to 2003. He is t ...

(born 1965) * Sara Stridsberg (born 1972) *

August Strindberg Johan August Strindberg (; ; 22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, and painter.Lane (1998), 1040. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than 60 pla ...

(1849–1912) * Eva Ström (born 1947) * Fredrik Ström (1880–1948) * Per Olof Sundman (1922–1992) * Maria Sveland (born 1974)

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Evert Taube Axel Evert Taube (; 12 March 1890 – 31 January 1976) was a Swedish author, artist, composer and singer. He is widely regarded as one of Sweden's most respected musicians and the foremost troubadour of the Swedish ballad tradition in the 20th c ...

(1890–1976) * Esaias Tegnér (1782–1846), poet * Kerstin Thorvall (1925–2010) * Carl L. Thunberg (born 1963) * Zacharias Topelius (1818–1898), poet and writer *

Tomas Tranströmer Tomas Gösta Tranströmer (; 15 April 1931 – 26 March 2015) was a Swedish poet, psychologist and translator. His poems captured the long winters in Sweden, the rhythm of the seasons and the palpable, atmospheric beauty of nature. Tranströmer' ...

(1931–2015), poet * Stieg Trenter (1914–1967) *

Birgitta Trotzig Birgitta Trotzig (11 September 1929 – 14 May 2011) was a Sweden, Swedish writer who was elected to the Swedish Academy in 1993. She was one of Sweden's most celebrated authors, and wrote prose fiction and non-fiction, as well as prose poetry. B ...

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Göran Tunström Göran Tunström (14 May 1937 in Borgvik, Grums Municipality – 5 February 2000 in Stockholm) was a Swedish author. He grew up in Sunne, Värmland County. Tunström's style is personal and intimate, and has a clear autobiographical tone. ...

(1937–2000) * Helene Tursten (born 1954)

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* Carl-Johan Vallgren (born 1964) * Gunnel Vallquist (1918–2016)

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* Per Wahlöö (1926–1975) * Elin Wägner (1882–1949) * Eva Waldemarsson (1908–1986) *

Per Wästberg Per Erik Wästberg (born 20 November 1933) is a Swedish writer and a member of the Swedish Academy since 1997. Wästberg was born in Stockholm, son of Erik Wästberg and his wife Greta née Hirsch, and holds a degree in literature from Uppsala ...

(born 1933) * Adéle Weman (1844–1936), wrote under the names Parus Ater, Inga Storm and Zakarias * Paulina Westdahl (1810–1887) * Einar af Wirsén (1875–1946)

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* Joakim Zander (born 1975)

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