This is a list of Swedish-language novelists, poets and other writers. Among them are representatives of both Swedish literature and Finland-Swedish literature.
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A Emmy Abrahamson (born 1976) Alf Ahlberg (1892–1979) Lars Ahlin (1915–1997) Luai Ahmed (born 1993) Astrid Ahnfelt (1876–1962) John Ajvide Lindqvist (born 1968) (1907–1968) Sonja Åkesson (1926–1977) 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) Lena Andersson (born 1970) Gerda Antti (1929–2026) Johannes Anyuru (born 1979) Britt Arenander (born 1941) Werner Aspenström (1918–1997) Majgull Axelsson (born 1947)
B Fredrik Backman (born 1981) Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795) Victoria Benedictsson (1850–1888) Frans G. Bengtsson (1894–1954) Annie Bergman (1889–1987) Bo Bergman (1869–1967) Hjalmar Bergman (1883–1931) Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen (1887–1955) Elsa Beskow (1874–1953) Eva Billow (1902–1993) Marcus Birro (born 1972) Elsa Björkman-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) Cordelia Edvardson (1929–2012) Åke Edwardson (born 1953) Lena Einhorn (born 1954) Gunnar Ekelöf (1907–1968) Vilhelm Ekelund (1880–1949) 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 Charlotta Falkman (1795–1882), novelist Nils Ferlin (1898–1961), poet Torbjörn Flygt (born 1964) Per Anders Fogelström (1917–1998) Lars Forssell (1928–2007) Tua Forsström (born 1947) Marianne Fredriksson (1927–2007) Gustaf Fröding (1860–1911), poet
G Jonas Gardell (born 1963) Bo Giertz (1905–1998) Anders Abraham Grafström (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 Hammarén (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) Harry Järv (1921–2009) P. C. Jersild (born 1935) Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976)
K Mons Kallentoft (born 1968) Theodor Kallifatides (born 1938) Mare Kandre (1962–2005) Marit Kapla (born 1970) Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864–1931) Jonas Hassen Khemiri (born 1978) Agneta Klingspor (1946–2022) Martin Koch (1882–1940) Richert Vogt von Koch (1838–1913) Sara Kristoffersson (born 1972) Niklas Krog (born 1965) Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894–1940) Elisabeth Kuylenstierna-Wenster (1869–1933) Willy Kyrklund (1921–2009)
L Camilla Läckberg (born 1974) Anna Laestadius Larsson (born 1966), novelist Ann-Helén Laestadius (born 1971), Sami journalist and children's novelist Olof Lagercrantz (1911–2002) Pär Lagerkvist (1891–1974) Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) Dagmar Lange (pen name: Maria Lang; 1914–1991) Viveca Lärn (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 Lindström (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) Axel Munthe (1857–1949)
N Håkan 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 (pen name; Jolo; 1920–1974) Vladimir Oravsky (born 1947) Bruno K. Öijer (born 1951), poet Klas Östergren (born 1955) Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna (1750–1818)
P Malte Persson (born 1976) Sara Pfeiffer (1829-1913), novelist Agneta Pleijel (born 1940) Ida von Plomgren (1870–1960) Peter Pohl (born 1940)
R Povel Ramel (1922–2007) Björn Ranelid (born 1949) Märta Helena Reenstierna (1753–1841) Ann Rosman (born 1973) Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804–1877) Viktor Rydberg (1828–1895)
S Irmelin Sandman Lilius (born 1936) Eugen Semitjov (1923–1987), writer, journalist and artist Malla Silfverstolpe (1782–1861), diarist Birger Sjöberg (1885–1929) Maj Sjöwall (1935–2020) Hjalmar Söderberg (1869–1941) Edith Södergran (1892–1923) Erik Johan Stagnelius (1793–1823), Romantic poet Georg Stiernhielm (1598–1672) Jan Stocklassa (born 1965) Sara Stridsberg (born 1972) August Strindberg (1849–1912) Eva Ström (born 1947) Fredrik Ström (1880–1948) Per Olof Sundman (1922–1992) Maria Sveland (born 1974) Sven G. Svenson (1919–1997)
T Evert Taube (1890–1976) Esaias Tegnér (1782–1846), poet Kerstin Thorvall (1925–2010) Carl L. Thunberg (born 1963) Zacharias Topelius (also known as Zachris Topelius; 1818–1898), historical novelist, librettist, poet Tomas Tranströmer (1931–2015), poet Stieg Trenter (1914–1967) Birgitta Trotzig (1929–2011) Göran Tunström (1937–2000) Helene Tursten (born 1954)
V Carl-Johan Vallgren (born 1964) Gunnel Vallquist (1918–2016)
W Elin Wägner (1882–1949) Mats Wahl (1945–2025) Per Wahlöö (1926–1975) Eva Waldemarsson (1908–1986) Per Wästberg (born 1933) Adéle Weman (1844–1936), wrote under the names Parus Ater, Inga Storm and Zakarias Paulina Westdahl (1810–1887) Einar af Wirsén (1875–1946)
Z Joakim Zander (born 1975)
References
See also
List of Finnish women writers List of Swedish poets List of Swedish women writers List of Swedes Lists of writers Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet (The Swedish Society for Belles-Lettres)