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Born November 12, 1921 • Stockholm • Sweden
Died May 25, 2006 (aged 84) • Solna
Notable Works “Barnabok” • “Senilia”
Sven Delblanc
Swedish novelist
Per Wahlöö
Swedish journalist and author
Maj Sjöwall
Swedish journalist and author
August Strindberg
August Strindberg
Swedish dramatist
Stieg Larsson
Swedish writer and activist
Hjalmar Fredrik Elgérus Bergman
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Henning Mankell
Henning Mankell
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Tranströmer, Tomas
Tomas Tranströmer
Swedish poet
Viktor Rydberg
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Per Olov Enquist, 2011
Per Olov Enquist
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Sara Lidman
Sara Lidman
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Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
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Lagerkvist
Pär Lagerkvist
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Almqvist, detail of an oil painting by C.P. Mazer, 1836, in the Nordiska Museet,Stockholm
Carl Jonas Love Almqvist
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Artur Lundkvist
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Birgitta Trotzig
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Per Olof Sundman
Swedish novelist
Ludvig Anselm Nordström
Ludvig Anselm Nordström
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Ivar Lo-Johansson
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Eyvind Johnson
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