Authors
Jan Mårtenson
Jan Mårtenson is a distinguished former ambassador, Under-Secretary-General and Director General of the United Nations, Chef de Cabinet to his Majesty the King of Sweden, and Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps. He made his literary debut in 1973, and since then he has published over 50 fiction and non-…
Harry Martinson
Harry Martinson was born in 1904 in Jämshög in Blekinge county and died in Stockholm in 1978. After his father’s death, he was accorded as a parish child. However, he escaped and worked as a sailor 1919-1926.Harry Martinson was awarded many different awards in his life time, including the De Nios Pr…
Ellen Mattson
Ellen Mattson (born 1962) lives on the Swedish West coast. She has published eight novels – the first in 1992 – and received much acclaim from the critics and several prestigious literary prizes. In 1998 Ellen Mattson was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet’s Literary Prize for her novel The Travelers. In…
Vilhelm Moberg
Vilhelm Moberg (1898-1973) was a Swedish journalist, author, playwright, historian, and debater. His literary career, spanning more than 45 years, is associated with the epic series The Emigrants. The four, very loved books, were published between 1949 and 1959 and deal with the Swedish emigration t…
