List of Swedish women writers

A

• Sophie Adlersparre, journalist, editor, women's rights activist
• Charlotte Agell, English-language works for children and young adults
• Catharina Ahlgren
• Sonja Åkesson, poet, dramatist
• Susanna Alakoski, Finnish-born author now in Sweden, novelist, author of Svinalängorna filmed as Beyond
• Eva Alexanderson, novelist, translator, publisher
• Barbro Alving, journalist, feminist, screenwriter
• Fanny Alving, journalist, novelist
• Karin Alvtegen, crime fiction writer, some works now in English
• Lena Anderson, children's writer and illustrator
• Pamela Andersson, journalist
• Stina Aronson, novelist, her Hitom himlen features women in the farms of northern Sweden
• Suzanne Axell, journalist, television presenter
• Majgull Axelsson, journalist, best-selling novelist

  B

• Victoria Benedictsson, realist novelist
• Anne-Marie Berglund, poet, novelist, short story writer
• Gunilla Bergström, journalist, widely translated children's author, creator of Alfie Atkins
• Charlotta Berger
• Elsa Beskow, children's writer, novelist, illustrator
• Margareta Birgersdotter Grip, genealogist, early documentalist
• Louise Boije af Gennäs, novelist, feminist, co-creator of Swedish soap opera Rederiet
• Sophie Bolander
• Karin Boye, novelist, poet, Swedes know her poems by heart
• Eva Brag, novelist, poet, journalist
• Fredrika Bremer, novelist, feminist writer
• Irja Agnes Browallius, teacher, novelist, short story writer
• Annika Bryn, journalist, short story writer, crime-fiction author
• Maj Bylock, children's writer, translator, teacher

  C

• Gunnel Carlson, gardening journalist, author, television presenter
• Siv Cedering, children's writer, poet, writes in both English and Swedish
• Sigrid Combüchen, novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, author of Byron

  D

• Tora Dahl, novelist, teacher, gained fame with her autobiographic Fosterbarn in 1954

  E

• Inger Edelfeldt, novelist, short story writer, children's writer, illustrator
• Kerstin Ekman, novelist, detective story writer, several English translations
• Margareta Ekström, poet, novelist, children's writer, critic
• Elaine Eksvärd, non-fiction writer specializing in rhetoric
• Helena Eriksson, expressionist poet, author of Strata
• Maria Ernestam, journalist, widely translated novelist

  F

• Emilie Flygare-Carlén, novelist
• Tua Forsström, highly acclaimed Swedish-language poet, widely translated, author of Efter att ha tillbringat en natt bland hästar
• Marianne Fredriksson, journalist, novelist, most works translated into English
• Inger Frimansson, crime fiction writer, children's writer, journalist
• Katarina Frostenson, one of Sweden's foremost poets since the 1980s

  G

• Wilhelmina Gravallius
• Elsa Grave, novelist, poet, artist
• Maria Gripe, children's writer
• Madeleine Gustafsson, poet, critic, translator

  H

• Carola Hansson, novelist, translator
• Barbro Hedvall, journalist, non-fiction writer
• Marie Hermanson, thriller writer, author of The Devil's Sanctuary
• Rut Hillarp, modernist poet evoking sexual relationships in a man's world
• Karin Hübinette, journalist, television presenter

  I

• Ulla Isaksson, novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, caused controversy among feminists with Paradistorg

  J

• Ann Jäderlund, poet, playwright, children's writer
• Ann Henning Jocelyn,, writer, playwright and translator
• Klara Johanson, literary critic, essayist, translator
• Majken Johansson, now regarded as one of Sweden's greatest mid-20th century poets
• Mari Jungstedt, popular crime fiction writer, journalist, translated 15 languages including English

  K

• Mare Kandre, novelist, short story writer, several works translated into English
• Kristina Kappelin, journalist, columnist, non-fiction writer
• Amanda Kerfstedt, novelist, playwright, translator
• Ellen Key, feminist writer, advocate of child-centred education
• Ellen Kleman, novelist, journal editor, women's rights activist
• Linde Klinckowström-von Rosen, columnist, letter writer, non-fiction writer
• Sophie von Knorring, pioneer of the realistic novel in Sweden
• Thekla Knös
• Anja Kontor, journalist, television presenter
• Agnes von Krusenstjerna, novelist, short story writer, often causing controversy with accounts of sexual intercourse
• Annette Kullenberg, journalist, novelist, playwright

  L

• Camilla Läckberg, best-seller crime writer, translated into 33 languages
• Ann-Helén Laestadius, Sami journalist and children's novelist, writing in Swedish
• Selma Lagerlöf, children's writer, novelist, Nobel prize winner
• Dagmar Lange, successful crime fiction writer under the pen name Maria Lang
• Viveca Lärn, journalist, children's writer
• Åsa Larsson, crime fiction writer
• Anne Charlotte Leffler, novelist, biographer
• Anna Maria Lenngren, well-known poet, works in support of intellectual freedom of expression for women
• Sara Lidman, novelist, several works translated into English
• Birgitta Lillpers, poet, novelist
• Gunnel Linde, writer
• Gurli Linder, writer, feminist, children's literature critic
• Astrid Lindgren, world-famous children's writer, best known for her Pippi Longstocking stories
• Barbro Lindgren, children's writer
• Anna Lindmarker, journalist, broadcaster
• Eva Lindström, illustrator and writer
• Aurora Ljungstedt, crime horror writer
• Kristina Lugn, poet, dramatist, critic

  M

• Bodil Malmsten, novelist, at least two works translated into English
• Liza Marklund, best-seller crime fiction writer, works translated into 30 languages
• Moa Martinson, ever popular novelist, writer of articles and books in support of women's rights
• Ellen Mattson, novelist, critic
• Katarina Mazetti, widely translated novelist, journalist
• Margareta Momma
• Edita Morris, Swedish-American pacifist, short story writer, journalist, novelist
• Alva Myrdal, welfare state proponent, author of Crisis in the Population Question

  N

• Kerstin Norborg, novelist
• Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, revered poet, works defending women's rights, first self-supporting female writer in Sweden
• Anna Nordgren, painter
• Julia Nyberg, poet, songwriter, used the pen name Euphrosyne

  O

• Linda Olsson, best-selling novelist, now in New Zealand
• Nan Inger Östman, novelist, children's writer

  P

• Agneta Pleijel, novelist, poet, playwright, journalist, critic, author of the philosophical novel Fungi

  R

• Karolina Ramqvist, journalist
• Märta Helena Reenstierna, diarist
• Christina Rogberg, author and courtier
• Eva Runefelt, novelist, poet
• Carina Rydberg, novelist, author of the controversial Den högsta kasten
• Elisabeth Rynell, poet, novelist, English translation of her novel Mervas

  S

• Marie Sophie Schwartz, novelist
• Malla Silfverstolpe, diarist
• Maj Sjöwall, novelist, some works written in collaboration with Per Wahlöö
• Cecilia Skingsley, journalist and economist
• Edith Södergran, widely recognized Swedish-language modernist poet
• Pernilla Stalfelt, children's author and illustrator
• Ingela Strandberg, poet, children's writer, novelist, playwright, translator, journalist and musician
• Sara Stridsberg, novelist, poet
• Eva Ström, poet, novelist, biographer, critic
• Amelie von Strussenfelt
• Ulrika von Strussenfelt
• Margareta Suber, novelist, travel writer, children's writer, poet
• Annakarin Svedberg, novelist
• Maria Sveland, novelist and journalist

  T

• Kerstin Thorvall, children's writer, novelist, journalist, illustrator
• Johanna Thydell, children's and youth writer
• Anna-Clara Tidholm, children's and youth writer, illustrator
• Mia Törnblom, columnist, non-fiction writer, educator
• Rita Tornborg, novelist, short story writer
• Ulla Trenter, novelist, translator, politician
• Birgitta Trotzig, celebrated writer of fiction, non-fiction and poetry
• Helene Tursten, crime fiction writer

  U

• Bea Uusma, children's writer, non-fiction writer, illustrator, medical doctor

  V

• Gunnel Vallquist, essayist, non-fiction writer, translator, religious commentary

  W

• Elin Wägner, novelist, journalist, pacifist, feminist
• Anna Westberg, novelist, non-fiction writer
• Josefina Wettergrund
• Gunilla Wolde, children's writer, illustrator

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