Nils Hasselskog (1892–1936) was a Swedish poet, writer and humourist. He debuted as a writer for

Grönköpings Veckoblad ''Grönköpings Veckoblad'' is a Swedish satirical monthly magazine. The name translates as "''The Grönköping Weekly''", or "''The Greenville Weekly''", Grönköping being a fictional Swedish town. The name Grönköping predates the magazine; i ...

in 1925. Hasselskog's years at the magazine are considered its artistic peak. He was the creator of the parody language

Transpiranto Transpiranto is a parody language, a caricature of the international auxiliary language Esperanto. The name contains a play on the Swedish verb ''transpirera'', to perspire. The parody language was developed from 1929 by contributors to the pub ...

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Swedish-language writers Swedish male writers 1892 births 1936 deaths {{Sweden-writer-stub