Johan Ludvig Runeberg

Johan Ludvig Runeberg

male, deceased (1877)
Swedish-speaking Finn, Lutheran hymnwriter, poet, Swedishlanguagepoet, Finnish War, Fennomans…Swedish-language writer, Swedish-speaking Finns
Johan Ludvig Runeberg written between 1848 and 1860. It is considered the greatest Finnish epic poem outside the native Kalevala tradition and...

Edith Södergran

female, deceased (1923)
poet, Finnish, Swedish-speaking Finn, death by tuberculosis, st petersburg, sanatorium…Swedishlanguagepoet, Swedish-speaking Finns
Edith Irene Södergran was a Finland-Swedish poet. Södergran was born in St Petersburg on April 4, 1892, the daughter of Matts and Helena Sö...
Ture Nerman

Ture Nerman

male, deceased (1969)
Marxist journalist, swedish, vegetarian, socialist, Teetotaler, communist…Swedish Social Democratic politician, Swedishlanguagepoet, poet
Ture Nerman was a Swedish socialist. As a journalist and author, he was a well-known political activists in his time. He also wrote poems and...
Carl Michael Bellman

Carl Michael Bellman

male, deceased (1795)
poet, Mowitz, composer, swedish, Fader Berg, sexual pleasure…Swedishlanguagepoet, Swedish song, Swedish music
Carl Michael Bellman was a Swedish poet and composer. Bellman is a central figure in the Swedish song tradition and remains a very important...
Bengt Lidner

Bengt Lidner

male, deceased (1793)
poet, cape town, swedish, swedish language, Swedishlanguagepoet, medea…Swedish Academy, Swedish Pomerania, Swedish East India Company
Bengt Lidner (March 16, 1757-January 4, 1793), was a Swedish poet, born in Gothenburg. Apparently very talented, he lived his life in the fast lane...
Oscar Levertin

Oscar Levertin

male, deceased (1906)
poet, writer, middle eastern, Naturalist, swedish, naturalism…Swedishlanguagepoet
Oscar Ivar Levertin (July 17, 1862 - September 22, 1906) was a Swedish poet, critic and literary historian. Levertin was a dominant voice of the...
Karin Boye

Karin Boye

female, deceased (1941)
poet, novelist, writer, Drug-related death, swedish, Drug-related suicide…Swedishlanguagepoet
Karin Maria Boye was a Swedish poet and novelist.
Artur Lundkvist

Artur Lundkvist

male, deceased (1991)
poet, writer, Maria Wine, Om natten, Literary critic, Swedishlanguagepoet…swedish, Swedish Academy
Artur Lundkvist (March 3, 1906 in Perstorp Municipality, Skåne County - December 11, 1991 in Solna, Stockholm County) was a Swedish writer, poet a...
Verner von Heidenstam

Verner von Heidenstam

male, deceased (1940)
nobel prize in literature, swedish, Swedish nobility, Member of the Swedish Academy, Swedishlanguagepoet, Nobel laureate in Literature…Swedish Academy
Verner von Heidenstam was a Swedish poet and novellist, a laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1916. He was a member of the Swedish Academy...

Tomas Tranströmer

male, 78 years old
Psychologist, Minnena ser mig, Den stora gåtan, Södra Latin School, The Great Enigma New Collected Poems, air mail…Swedish-language writer, Swedishlanguagepoet, swedish
Tomas Tranströmer is a Swedish writer, poet and translator, whose poetry has been deeply influential in Sweden, as well as around the world. T...