List of Swedish-language writers

This is a list of Swedish-language novelists, poets and other writers.
A
John Ajvide Lindqvist (born 1968)
Hans Alfredson (1931-2017)
Karin Alfredsson (born 1953)
Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793-1866)
Einar Askestad (born 1964)
Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790-1855)
Dan Andersson (1888-1920)
Anders Annerfalk (born 1959)
Britt Arenander (born 1941)
Werner Aspenstrom (1918-1997)
Majgull Axelsson (born 1947)
B
Carl Michael Bellman (1740-1795)
Victoria Benedictsson (1850-1888)
Frans G. Bengtsson (1894-1954)
Bo Bergman (1869-1967)
Hjalmar Bergman (1883-1931)
Elsa Beskow (1874-1953)
Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen (1887-1955)
Eva Billow (1902-1993)
Marcus Birro (born 1972)
Elsa Bjorkman-Goldschmidt (1888-1982)
August Blanche (1811-1868)
August Bondeson (1854-1906)
Karin Boye (1900-1941)
Fredrika Bremer (1801-1865)
Annika Bryn (born 1945)
C
Bo Carpelan (1926-2011)
Camilla Ceder (born 1976)
Siv Cedering (1939-2007)
Stig Claesson (1928-2008)
D
Stig Dagerman (1923-1954)
Olof von Dalin (1708-1763)
Tage Danielsson (1928-1985)
Sven Delblanc (1931-1992)
Walter Dickson (1916-1990)
Ernst Didring (1868-1931)
Elmer Diktonius (1896-1961)
E
Inger Edelfeldt (born 1956)
Johannes Edfelt (1904-1997)
Ake Edwardson (born 1953)
Lena Einhorn (born 1954)
Vilhelm Ekelund (1880-1949)
Gunnar Ekelof (1907-1968)
Kerstin Ekman (born 1933)
Sigrid Elmblad (1860-1926), journalist, poet and translator.
Per Olov Enquist (1934-2020)
Helena Eriksson (born 1962)
Maria Ernestam (born 1959)
F
Nils Ferlin (1898-1961), poet
Torbjorn Flygt (born 1964)
Per Anders Fogelstrom (1917-1998)
Lars Forssell (1928-2007)
Tua Forsstrom (born 1947)
Marianne Fredriksson (1927-2007)
Gustaf Froding (1860-1911), poet
G
Jonas Gardell (born 1963)
Anders Abraham Grafstrom (1790-1870)
Elsa Grave (1918-2003)
Maria Gripe (1923-2007)
Jan Guillou (born 1944), journalist, novelist
Hjalmar Gullberg (1898-1961)
Lars Gyllensten (1921-2006)
H
Carl August Hagberg (1810-1864)
Stefan Hammaren (born 1963)
Bob Hansson (born 1970)
Verner von Heidenstam (1859-1940)
Alf Henrikson (1905-1995)
Marie Hermanson (born 1956)
Rut Hillarp (1914-2003)
Sverre Holmsen (1906-1992)
J
Tove Jansson (1914-2001)
P.C. Jersild (born 1935)
Eyvind Johnson (1900-1976)
Harry Jarv (1921-2009)
K
Mons Kallentoft (born 1968)
Theodor Kallifatides (born 1938)
Mare Kandre (1962-2005)
Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864-1931)
Agneta Klingspor (1946-2022)
Martin Koch (1882-1940)
Sara Kristoffersson (born 1972)
Niklas Krog (born 1965)
Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894-1940)
Elisabeth Kuylenstierna-Wenster (1869-1933)
Willy Kyrklund (1921-2009)
L
Camilla Lackberg (born 1974)
Ann-Helen Laestadius (born 1971), Sami journalist and children's novelist
Olof Lagercrantz (1911-2002)
Par Lagerkvist (1891-1974)
Selma Lagerlof (1858-1940)
Dagmar Lange (Maria Lang) (1914-1991)
Viveca Larn (born 1944)
Stieg Larsson (1954-2004)
Stig Larsson (born 1955)
Anna Maria Lenngren (1754-1817)
Oscar Levertin (1862-1906)
Li Li (born 1961)
Sara Lidman (1923-2004)
Elsa Lindberg-Dovlette (1874-1944)
Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002)
Barbro Lindgren (born 1937)
Torgny Lindgren (1938-2017)
Herman Lindqvist (born 1943)
John Ajvide Lindqvist (born 1968)
Sven Lindqvist (1932-2019)
Fredrik Lindstrom (born 1963)
Jonas Carl Linnerhielm (1758-1829)
Ivar Lo-Johansson (1901-1990)
Lasse Lucidor (1638-1674)
Kristina Lugn (1948-2020)
Artur Lundkvist (1906-1991)
M
Bertil Malmberg (1889-1958)
Bodil Malmsten (1944-2016)
Henning Mankell (1948-2015)
Gerda Marcus (1880-1952), journalist
Liza Marklund (born 1962)
Harry Martinson (1904-1978)
Moa Martinson(1890-1964)
Erik Mesterton (1903-2004)
Vilhelm Moberg (1898-1973)
Lukas Moodysson (born 1969), published poetry before becoming a film director
Jan Myrdal (1927-2020)
N
Hakan Nesser (born 1950)
Mikael Niemi (born 1959)
Peter Nilson (1937-1998)
Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718-1763)
Sven Nordqvist (born 1946)
Adolf Noreen (1854-1925)
Julia Nyberg (1784-1854)
O
Albert Olsson (1904-1994)
Jan Olof Olsson (1920-1974), pen name Jolo
Vladimir Oravsky (born 1947)
Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna (1750-1818)
Bruno K. Oijer (born 1951), poet
Klas Ostergren (born 1955)
P
Malte Persson (born 1976)
Agneta Pleijel (born 1940)
Peter Pohl (born 1940)
R
Povel Ramel (1922-2007)
Bjorn Ranelid (born 1949)
Marta Helena Reenstierna (1753-1841)
Ann Rosman (born 1973)
Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804-1877)
Viktor Rydberg (1828-1895)
S
Shamm Shamayi Salih (born 2000), writer
Irmelin Sandman Lilius (born 1936)
Eugen Semitjov (1923-1987), writer, journalist and artist
Malla Silfverstolpe (1782-1861), diarist
Maj Sjowall (1935-2020)
Erik Johan Stagnelius (1793-1823), Romantic poet
Georg Stiernhielm (1598-1672)
Jan Stocklassa (born 1965)
August Strindberg (1849-1912)
Eva Strom (born 1947)
Fredrik Strom (1880-1948)
Per Olof Sundman (1922-1992)
Maria Sveland (born 1974)
Hjalmar Soderberg (1869-1941)
Edith Sodergran (1892-1923)
T
Evert Taube (1890-1976)
Esaias Tegner (1782-1846), poet
Kerstin Thorvall (1925-2010)
Carl L. Thunberg (born 1963)
Zacharias Topelius (1818-1898), poet and writer
Tomas Transtromer (1931-2015), poet
Stieg Trenter (1914-1967)
Birgitta Trotzig (1929-2011)
Goran Tunstrom (1937-2000)
Helene Tursten (born 1954)
V
Gunnel Vallquist (1918-2016)
Carl-Johan Vallgren (born 1964)
W
Per Wahloo (1926-1975)
Elin Wagner (1882-1949)
Eva Waldemarsson (1908-1986)
Per Wastberg (born 1933)
Adele Weman (1844-1936), wrote under the names Parus Ater, Inga Storm and Zakarias
Einar af Wirsen (1875-1946)
Z
Joakim Zander (born 1975)
References
Lists of writers
Swedish people