Herman Lindqvist
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Category: General Non-Fiction
Herman Lindqvist
Herman Lindqvist (b. 1943) was born in Stockholm and raised in Helsinki, and worked as a journalist and war– and foreign correspondent before becoming a full-time author. His expansive authorship of 63 titles covers mostly history, but also biographies, fiction, and journalism.
Books by Herman Lindqvist
Erik – Ruler of the North and Pirate King
Herman Lindqvist
By Sweden’s pre-eminent historian, who has sold over 650 000 copies across the authorship.When he was only fourteen years old he became the king of Sweden and just a year later he was crowned the king of all the Nordic countries—the man who is now fa…
Sweden—Poland
Herman Lindqvist
By Sweden’s pre-eminent historian, who has sold over 650,000 copies across his authorship.For a thousand years, Swedes and Poles have met in war and love, yet their story and connection is not well known or obvious to many. Twice, Swedish armies have…
Bernadotte
Herman Lindqvist
Sweden’s best-loved historian charts the golden reign of a royal dynasty2018 marks the 200th anniversary of the House of Bernadotte’s reign on the Swedish throne, longer than any other dynasty in written history. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia…
Mannerheim
Herman Lindqvist
The story of ‘the father of modern Finland’ told by renowned historian Herman LindqvistThis is the story of the legendary marshal of Finland, Gustaf Mannerheim. It is common knowledge to most Swedes that he was the supreme commander in four of Finlan…
The Wild & Violent Vasa Dynasty
Herman Lindqvist
When Gustav Eriksson was elected regent in 1521, he was alone and destitute – his relatives had been executed in the infamous Stockholm Bloodbath and all of the family’s assets were seized. But Gustav was used to wielding influence, and he came to th…
Erik XIV
Herman Lindqvist
Erik XIV, the oldest son of Swedish king Gustav Vasa, might be Sweden’s most misunderstood monarch. Today we remember him as the king who went mad, married a common woman, disowned his brothers and died of poisoning. But, there was much more to K…
When Finland Was Sweden
Herman Lindqvist
For almost 700 years Sweden and Finland were one and the same country. Yet in Sweden this period remains strangely unknown. But Herman Lindqvist fills the hole in the Swedes’ knowledge about the country’s long kinship with Finland – and he does so in…
Victoria – future queen of Sweden
Herman Lindqvist
Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria is unique. Not only because she just married a commoner. On June 19th 2010, the wedding took place between the future Queen Victoria I and Daniel Westling from Ockelbo. This year, the Bernadotte family have been on th…
Madame de Pompadour
Herman Lindqvist
Intelligence, Beauty, Power”She was a lady that every man would have liked as a mistress”Follow our most prominent and entertaining popular historian Herman Lindqvist on a journey through the 1800th century. Get to know the royal mistress of Versaill…
