List of Swedish women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Sweden or whose writings are closely associated with the country. == A == Sophie Adlersparre (1823–1895), journalist, editor, women's rights activist Charlotte Agell (born 1959), English-language works for children and young adults Catharina Ahlgren (1734–1800) Astrid Ahnfelt (1876–1962), writer, translator and editor, fostered cultural relations between Sweden and Italy Sonja Åkesson (1926–1977), poet, dramatist Susanna Alakoski (born 1962), Finnish-born author now in Sweden, novelist, author of Svinalängorna filmed as Beyond Eva Alexanderson (1911–1994), novelist, translator, publisher Elsa Alkman (1878–1975), suffragist, women's rights activist, writer and composer Barbro Alving (1909–1987), journalist, feminist, screenwriter Fanny Alving (1874–1955), journalist, novelist Karin Alvtegen (born 1965), crime fiction writer, some works now in English Lena Anderson (born 1939), children's writer and illustrator Pamela Andersson (born 1965), journalist Stina Aronson (1892–1956), novelist, her Hitom himlen features women in the farms of northern Sweden Suzanne Axell (born 1955), journalist, television presenter Majgull Axelsson (born 1947), journalist, best-selling novelist == B == Victoria Benedictsson (1850–1888), realist novelist Anne-Marie Berglund (1952–2020), poet, novelist, short story writer Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen (1887–1955), writer, artist, illustrator Gunilla Bergström (1942–2021), journalist, widely translated children's author, creator of Alfie Atkins (Alfons Aberg) Charlotta Berger (1784–1852) Elsa Beskow (1874–1953), children's writer, novelist, illustrator Eva Billow (1902–1993), writer and illustrator of children's literature Margareta Birgersdotter Grip (1538–1586), genealogist, early documentalist Elsa Björkman-Goldschmidt (1888–1982), writer and lithographer Ellen-Sylvia Blind (1925–2009), Swedish Sami writer Louise Boije af Gennäs (born 1961), novelist, feminist, co-creator of Swedish soap opera Rederiet Sophie Bolander (1807–1869) Hilma Borelius (1869–1932), literary historian, academic and suffragist Karin Boye (1900–1941), novelist, poet, Swedes know her poems by heart Eva Brag (1829–1913), novelist, poet, journalist Agnes Branting (1862–1930), textile artist and writer Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865), novelist, feminist writer Irja Agnes Browallius (1901–1968), teacher, novelist, short story writer Annika Bryn (born 1945), journalist, short story writer, crime-fiction author Maj Bylock (1931–2019), children's writer, translator, teacher == C == Gunnel Carlson (born 1956), gardening journalist, author, television presenter Charlotte Cecilia af Tibell (1820–1901), author, hymn writer Siv Cedering (1939–2007), children's writer, poet, writes in both English and Swedish Sigrid Combüchen (born 1942), novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, author of Byron (1988) == D == Tora Dahl (1886–1982), novelist, teacher, gained fame with her autobiographic Fosterbarn (Foster Child) in 1954 == E == Inger Edelfeldt (born 1956), novelist, short story writer, children's writer, illustrator Cordelia Edvardson (1929–2012), memoirist and poet Brita Egardt (1916–1990), ethnologist and folklorist Lena Einhorn (born 1954), director, writer and physician Hedda Ekman (1860–1929), writer and photographer Kerstin Ekman (born 1933), novelist, detective story writer, several English translations Margareta Ekström (1930–2021), poet, novelist, children's writer, critic Elaine Eksvärd (born 1981), non-fiction writer specializing in rhetoric Sigrid Elmblad (1860–1926), journalist, poet, translator and writer.

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List of Swedish women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Sweden or whose writings are closely associated with the country. == A == Sophie Adlersparre (1823–1895), journalist, editor, women's rights activist Charlotte Agell (born 1959), English-language works for children and young adults Catharina Ahlgren (1734–1800) Astrid Ahnfelt (1876–1962), writer, translator and editor, fostered cultural relations between Sweden and Italy Sonja Åkesson (1926–1977), poet, dramatist Susanna Alakoski (born 1962), Finnish-born author now in Sweden, novelist, author of Svinalängorna filmed as Beyond Eva Alexanderson (1911–1994), novelist, translator, publisher Elsa Alkman (1878–1975), suffragist, women's rights activist, writer and composer Barbro Alving (1909–1987), journalist, feminist, screenwriter Fanny Alving (1874–1955), journalist, novelist Karin Alvtegen (born 1965), crime fiction writer, some works now in English Lena Anderson (born 1939), children's writer and illustrator Pamela Andersson (born 1965), journalist Stina Aronson (1892–1956), novelist, her Hitom himlen features women in the farms of northern Sweden Suzanne Axell (born 1955), journalist, television presenter Majgull Axelsson (born 1947), journalist, best-selling novelist == B == Victoria Benedictsson (1850–1888), realist novelist Anne-Marie Berglund (1952–2020), poet, novelist, short story writer Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen (1887–1955), writer, artist, illustrator Gunilla Bergström (1942–2021), journalist, widely translated children's author, creator of Alfie Atkins (Alfons Aberg) Charlotta Berger (1784–1852) Elsa Beskow (1874–1953), children's writer, novelist, illustrator Eva Billow (1902–1993), writer and illustrator of children's literature Margareta Birgersdotter Grip (1538–1586), genealogist, early documentalist Elsa Björkman-Goldschmidt (1888–1982), writer and lithographer Ellen-Sylvia Blind (1925–2009), Swedish Sami writer Louise Boije af Gennäs (born 1961), novelist, feminist, co-creator of Swedish soap opera Rederiet Sophie Bolander (1807–1869) Hilma Borelius (1869–1932), literary historian, academic and suffragist Karin Boye (1900–1941), novelist, poet, Swedes know her poems by heart Eva Brag (1829–1913), novelist, poet, journalist Agnes Branting (1862–1930), textile artist and writer Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865), novelist, feminist writer Irja Agnes Browallius (1901–1968), teacher, novelist, short story writer Annika Bryn (born 1945), journalist, short story writer, crime-fiction author Maj Bylock (1931–2019), children's writer, translator, teacher == C == Gunnel Carlson (born 1956), gardening journalist, author, television presenter Charlotte Cecilia af Tibell (1820–1901), author, hymn writer Siv Cedering (1939–2007), children's writer, poet, writes in both English and Swedish Sigrid Combüchen (born 1942), novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, author of Byron (1988) == D == Tora Dahl (1886–1982), novelist, teacher, gained fame with her autobiographic Fosterbarn (Foster Child) in 1954 == E == Inger Edelfeldt (born 1956), novelist, short story writer, children's writer, illustrator Cordelia Edvardson (1929–2012), memoirist and poet Brita Egardt (1916–1990), ethnologist and folklorist Lena Einhorn (born 1954), director, writer and physician Hedda Ekman (1860–1929), writer and photographer Kerstin Ekman (born 1933), novelist, detective story writer, several English translations Margareta Ekström (1930–2021), poet, novelist, children's writer, critic Elaine Eksvärd (born 1981), non-fiction writer specializing in rhetoric Sigrid Elmblad (1860–1926), journalist, poet, translator and writer.

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