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Lists of Important Swedish 20th Century Books

In 1997 Biblioteket i fokus, a magazine aimed at libraries, organized a poll to determine the Swedish books of the century. 27,000 people voted to produce a list of 100 books. The top 20 books were:
  1. Vilhelm Moberg, Emigrants series, 1949–59
  2. Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking, 1945
  3. Astrid Lindgren, The Brothers Lionheart, 1973
  4. Per Anders Fogelström, City (Stad) series, 1960–1968
  5. Selma Lagerlöf, The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige), 1906–07
  6. Astrid Lindgren, Emil of Maple Hills (Emil i Lönneberberga), 1963
  7. Frans G. Bengtsson, The Long Ships (Röde Orm), 1941–45
  8. Astrid Lindgren, Mio, My Son (Mio, min Mio), 1954
  9. Astrid Lindgren, Ronia the Robber's Daughter (Ronja Rövardotter), 1981
  10. Göran Tunström, Juloratoriet, 1983
  11. Selma Lagerlöf, Jerusalem, 1901–02
  12. Harry Martinson, Aniara, 1956
  13. Marianne Fredriksson, Simon and the Oaks (Simon och ekarna), 1985
  14. Kerstin Ekman, Blackwater (Händelser vid vatten), 1993
  15. Jan Guillou, Ondskan, 1981
  16. Ulf Lundell, Jack, 1976
  17. Hjalmar Söderberg, Den allvarsamma leken, 1912
  18. Moa Martinson, Mor gifter sig, 1936
  19. Jonas Gardell, En komikers uppväxt, 1992
  20. Anders Jacobsson, Sören Olsson, Bert-diaries, 1987-
 In 1998, a poll to determine the most important Swedish 20th century books was conducted on the show Röda rummet on the public television Sveriges television. 17,000 people voted to produce a list of 100 books. The top 20 books were:
  1. Vilhelm Moberg, Emigrants series
  2. Harry Martinson, Aniara
  3. Frans G. Bengtsson, The Long Ships
  4. Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking
  5. Per Anders Fogelström, City series
  6. Selma Lagerlöf, The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
  7. Selma Lagerlöf, Kejsaren av Portugallien
  8. Hjalmar Söderberg, Den allvarsamma leken
  9. Selma Lagerlöf, Jerusalem
  10. Eyvind Johnson, Hans nådes tid, 1960
  11. Vilhelm Moberg, Din stund på jorden
  12. Göran Tunström, Juloratoriet
  13. Astrid Lindgren, The Brothers Lionheart
  14. Eyvind Johnson, Return to Ithaca (Strändernas svall), 1946
  15. Harry Martinson, Flowering Nettle (Nässlorna blomma), 1935
  16. Hjalmar Söderberg, Doctor Glas (Doktor Glas), 1905
  17. Anders Jacobsson, Sören Olsson, Bert-diaries
  18. Harry Martinson, Vägen till Klockrike, 1948
  19. Astrid Lindgren, Emil of Maple Hills
  20. Vilhelm Moberg, Ride This Night! (Rid i natt), 1941

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