Authors
Gösta Knutsson
Gösta Knutsson (1908-1973) Gösta Knutsson read a lot as a child, for example Alice in Wonderland, and he made magazines for the family. Later her studied in Uppsala and was planning to become a teacher or a librarian. Through his studies he came to work work with a radio program. Since he wanted to…
Rose Lagercrantz
Rose Lagercrantz is a popular Swedish author of books for children as well as for adults. Known for the beloved children’s book series about Dunne and Metteborg, Rose has written over 40 books since her debut in 1973. She has received many of the top Swedish literary awards, including the August Pri…
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940) was born in Östra Emterwik, Värmland, Sweden. She was brought up on Mårbacka, the family estate, which she did not leave until 1881, when she went to a teachers’ college at Stockholm. In 1885 she became a teacher at the girls’ secondary school in Landskrona. She had been w…
Malin Landqvist
MALIN LANDQVIST has published a number of books and contributes to Sweden’s biggest food magazines. She combines this with recipe assignments as a food stylist. Malin Landqvist is also a trained sommelier.
Petter Lidbeck
Petter Lidbeck is a journalist and critically acclaimed author of the books about Vinni, charming and humorous stories for 6-9 years olds. He also writes for teenagers and together with illustrator Lisen Adbåge he has enjoyed considerable success for his picture books.
Unni Lindell
Unni Lindell is one of Norway’s best-selling crime writers, with more than 7.5 million books sold. She has won the Riverton Prize twice: for The Dream Catcher in 1999 and for The Drone in 2019.
Pija Lindenbaum
Pija Lindenbaum made her major breakthrough in 1990 with Else-Marie och småpapporna and has continued to surprise her readers with stories you could only dream about before. In 2000 Pija was awarded the August Prize for Gittan och gråvargarna.
Ola Lindholm
Ola Lindholm, born 1970, has created TV programs, music, shows och journals for children since the beginning of the 90’s. He’s been awarded mutiple times for his work: the Swedish Grammies, two “Kristaller” for the best TV show and both gold and platinum discs for his children records. Between class…
