List of Swedish People - Writers

Writers

  • Frans G. Bengtsson (1894–1954), novelist
  • Bo Bergman (1869–1967), poet
  • Elsa Beskow (1874–1953), children's author
  • Karin Boye (1900–1941), poet and novelist
  • Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865), writer
  • Stig Dagerman (1923–1954), writer
  • Gunnar Ekelöf (1907–1968), poet
  • Nils Ferlin (1898–1961), poet
  • Gustaf Fröding (1860–1911), poet
  • Jonas Gardell, writer, comedian
  • Jan Guillou (born 1944), novelist, journalist
  • Verner von Heidenstam (1859–1940), poet, novelist and Nobel Prize laureate
  • Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864–1931), poet and Nobel Prize laureate
  • Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976), novelist and Nobel Prize laureate
  • Pär Lagerkvist (1891–1974), writer
  • Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940), novelist and Nobel Prize laureate
  • Stieg Larsson (1954–2004), writer
  • Anna Maria Lenngren (1754–1817), poet
  • Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002), children's author
  • Wendela Hebbe (1808–1899), reporter and novelist
  • Henning Mankell, novelist
  • Harry Martinson (1904–1978), poet and Nobel Prize laureate
  • Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973), novelist
  • Per Nilsson (born 1953)
  • Julia Nyberg (1784–1854)
  • Peter Pohl (born 1940)
  • August Strindberg (1849–1912), novelist and playwright
  • Hjalmar Söderberg (1868–1941),
  • Fredrik Strömberg (1968-), journalist and writer
  • Esaias Tegnér (1782–1846), writer
  • Tomas Tranströmer (born 1931), writer, poet and Nobel Prize laureate

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