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)
Doctor Glas
Anxious People
The Brothers Lionheart
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
Kallocain
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
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
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

The Sky Over Rebecca by Matthew    FoxA Faraway Island by Annika ThorThe Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma LagerlöfPancakes for Findus by Sven NordqvistLucia Morning in Sweden by Ewa Rydåker
Sweden in Juvenile Fiction
109 books — 5 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
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe Ice Princess by Camilla LäckbergThe Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell
Best Swedish Crime
190 books — 70 voters


Jean   Koning
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Jean Koning, Quotes and Thoughts

Och tydligen krävdes bara fyra ord för att börja berätta om mammor som dog, pappor som gick sönder och om känslan av att stå ensam och blicka ut på en framtid som borde vara ljus, men som i stället bestod av falnande kol och aska.
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