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 Colony
The Sisters
Jävla karlar
The Details
Hidden in Shadows  (The Åre Murders #2)
El mentalista (Mina Dabiri & Vincent Walder, #1)
Sömngångaren (Joona Linna, #10)
The Couples Trip
Liken vi begravde
Kult (Mina Dabiri & Vincent Walder, #2)
Döda kvinnor förlåter inte (Sekelskiftesmorden, #1)
Gökungen
Stolen
Kun til navlen
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)
Doctor Glas
Anxious People
The Brothers Lionheart
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
Kallocain
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
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
Cirkeln by Mats StrandbergHär ligger jag och blöder by Jenny JägerfeldI taket lyser stjärnorna by Johanna ThydellI Miss You, I Miss You! by Peter PohlSyskonkärlek by Katarina von Bredow
Swedish youth novels
154 books — 58 voters

Allt by Martina LowdenOkunskapens arkeologi by Naima ChahbounBli som folk by Stina StoorDu är rötterna som sover vid mina fötter och håller jorden på... by Eli LevénFörlossningen by Måns Wadensjö
Catapult Prize Winners
17 books — 3 voters

The Little Book of Hygge by Meik WikingThe Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta MagnussonLagom by Niki BrantmarkNorwegian Wood by Lars MyttingLagom by Linnea Dunne
Scandinavian Lifestyle Books
53 books — 34 voters
Tystheten by Emma RendelIce by V.C. AndrewsOm ett missfoster by Pauline WågströmScener ur hjärtat by Malena ErnmanPersona Medusa by D.J. Sharry
Selektiv mutism
7 books — 2 voters


Ineke Botter
The former banker helped us with the financial plans, figuring out how much we could afford to bid in the auction. We concluded that we could certainly bid USD 45 million for a 20-year license in Hungary. Swedish Telecom was very confident, their CEO had said in radio interviews that he thought that 1 in 4 people would have a mobile phone by the year 2000. This was overly optimistic according to the other consortium partners. They were more conservative and we had difficulty persuading them to p ...more
Ineke Botter, Your phone, my life: Or, how did that phone land in your hand?

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
David Levithan, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

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