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 Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Favorite Translated Literature
1,046 books — 504 voters

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
Egenmäktigt förfarande by Lena AnderssonKorparna by Tomas BannerhedPopular Music from Vittula by Mikael NiemiUnderdog by Torbjörn FlygtSvinalängorna by Susanna Alakoski
August Prize Fiction Category Winners
32 books — 14 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
Becoming Leidah by Michelle GriersonCoral by Margot McMahonCarl and Karin Larsson by Michael SnodinThe Elves and the Otterskin by Elizabeth H. BoyerHappiness Is by Mette Odderskov
Scandinavian Roots
13 books — 13 voters


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