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  Selma Lagerlöf

  Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈsɛlma ʊˈtiːlɪa lʊˈviːsa ˈlɑːɡərˌløːv]  ( listen); 20 November 1858–16 March 1940) was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons...

• Agnes von Krusenstjerna

  Agnes von Krusenstjerna (October 9, 1894 - March 10, 1940) was a Swedish writer and noble. She was a controversial writer whose books challenged the moral standards of the day and was the center of a great litterary controversy of the freedom of speach. Krusenstjerna was born in Växjö and brought...

• Margareta Clausdotter

  Margareta Clausdotter (died 10 December 1486) was a nun and from 1473 until her death abbess of the Bridgettine Abbey of Vadstena. Margareta, who is said to have been from Söderköping and probably born in a family of German origin, participated in the process to get Saint Bridget's daughter...

• Maria Gripe

  Maria Gripe, born Maria Walter (25 July 1923, Vaxholm – 5 April 2007), was a Swedish author of books for children and young people, often written in a magical and mystical tone. Her books have won many awards, including in 1974 the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, and are translated into about 30...

• Sara Lidman

  Sara Lidman (December 30, 1923 - June 17, 2004) was a Swedish writer. Born in the village Missenträsk in the northern parts of Skellefteå Municipality, Lidman was raised in the Västerbotten region of northern Sweden. She studied at the University of Uppsala where her studies were interrupted by her...

• Mare Kandre

  Mare Kandre was a writer of Swedish and Estonian stock. She was born on May 27, 1962 in Söderala, a small place in mid-Sweden and grew up in Gothenburg and Stockholm. A few years between 1967 and 1969 she lived with her family in B.C., Canada, a period which made a very deep impression on her and...