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
Kallocain by Karin BoyeDoctor Glas by Hjalmar SöderbergDen allvarsamma leken by Hjalmar SöderbergGösta Berling's Saga by Selma LagerlöfThe Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg
Sweden - minus crime/children's books
73 books — 22 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

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
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 Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenA Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Swedish authors
352 books — 117 voters
Hvem sa hva? Kvinner, menn og språk by Helene UriThe Real Valkyrie by Nancy Marie BrownFactfulness by Hans RoslingOm muser og menn by Marta BreenLife 3.0 by Max Tegmark
Best Scandinavian Nonfiction
6 books — 2 voters


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