Ann-Charlotte Alverfors


Ann-Charlotte Alverfors was a Swedish writer. She was best known for her autobiographical trilogy, which became the basis for a six-episode miniseries, titled Sparvöga, in 1989.
The daughter of Tor Alverfors and Margaret Andersson, she was born in Eksjö and was educated at a folk high school. In 1972, she published a collection of poetry Paternosterhissar; she published a second collection Jönköping 6 in 1975. Alverfos authored a trilogy of autobiographical novels: Sparvöga, Hjärteblodet and Snabelros ; the novels formed the basis for a television series. She lived in Uppsala.
Alverfos was married to professor Arnulf Merker, who died in 2010.

Selected works