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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