Swedish Literature

Sweden ranks third in the list of countries with most Nobel Prize laureates in literature. Famous Swedish writers include Astrid Lindgren, Gustaf Fröding, Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Vilhelm Moberg, and August Strindberg.

When the Cranes Fly South
The Sisters
The Colony
Jävla karlar
Liken vi begravde
Hidden in Memories (The Åre Murders #3)
The Distinctly Competent District Councillor
The Couples Trip
The Details
El mentalista (Mina Dabiri & Vincent Walder, #1)
Vitön.
The Mountain King (The Asker, #1)
Spindeln (Joona Linna, #9)
The Divorce
Kult (Mina Dabiri & Vincent Walder, #2)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
A Man Called Ove
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (The Hundred-Year-Old Man, #1)
Let the Right One In
Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1)
Beartown (Beartown, #1)
Anxious People
Doctor Glas
The Brothers Lionheart
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
Kallocain
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
The Nordic Cookbook by Magnus NilssonFire and Ice by Darra GoldsteinScandinavian Comfort Food by Trine HahnemannScandinavian Christmas by Trine HahnemannThe New Nordic by Simon Bajada
Best Scandinavian Cookbooks
45 books — 5 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Book Mentioned Books
149 books — 28 voters

En man som heter Ove by Fredrik BackmanExpeditionen by Bea UusmaDoktor Glas by Hjalmar SöderbergUtvandrarna by Vilhelm MobergKärleken by Jonas Gardell
Svensk Litteratur
61 books — 13 voters
Popular Music from Vittula by Mikael NiemiEn man som heter Ove by Fredrik BackmanLyckan (Het geluk)  by Ivar Lo-JohanssonThe Dog by Kerstin EkmanNotre besoin de consolation est impossible à rassasier by Stig Dagerman
Swedish books I read
28 books — 6 voters


Marcel Proust
Även då hon var tvungen att ge någon en så kallad nyttig present, såsom en fåtölj, bordssilver, en käpp, valde hon alltid antika föremål, som om det faktum att de länge varit ur bruk hade kunnat utplåna deras nyttighet och de snarare tycktes ägnade att förtälja om människors liv i forna tider än att tjäna ett praktiskt ändamål i nuet.
Marcel Proust

David Levithan
You were in Sweden?" Boomer asked. "No," I said. "The trip got called off at the last minute. Because of political the unrest" "In Sweden?" Priya seemed skeptical. "Yeah-isn't it strange how the Times isn't covering it? Half the country's on strike because of that thing the crown prince said about Pippi Longstocking Which means no meatballs for Christmas, if you know what I mean." "That's so sad!" Boomer said. ...more
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