Grethe Rottböll
Grethe Inga Rottböll Sund is a Swedish singer and author. She lives and works in Sweden and writes books for adults and children. During the 1990s, she worked as a singer in operas and operettas. Since May 2018 she is the chairman of the Swedish Writers’ Union.
Biography
Grethe Rottböll grew up in a family who were all singers. She lost both her parents at a young age and decided to take her father's family name Rottböll as her last name. In 1979 she moved to Stockholm, and in 1981 published her first book called Att vara Emilia. In 1988, Rottböll published the book Rosenodlaren.During many years in the 1990s, Rottböl' worked as a mezzosoprano singer. She sang a.o. "Cherubino" in The Marriage of Figaro, Prince Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus, and Orpheus in Orpheus and Eurydice.
Rottböll along with her husband Håkan Sund started the Bergslagenoperan in Bergslagen.
In the early 2000s, she started publishing children's books. She has also written factual books about animals and nature. Rottböll has published two books about the boy character Ole, with illustrations by Anna-Karin Garhamn. She has also published factual books on subjects like singing, rhetoric, theatre, traffic, circus and dragons. With illustration work by Lisen Ådbåge, Rottböll has published the much liked books about Tio vilda hästar. In 2013, she published the book Jon har ett svart hål i sitt röda hjärta ; the book tells about death in a way which is understandable for children.
Novels
Att vara Emilia, 1981, Norstedts]Rosenodlaren, 1988, NorstedtsBooks
Sant och sagolikt om sång, children's book, 1999, AlfabetaHallå! tala berätta rappa, children's book, 1999, Rabén & SjögrenScenrävar och teaterapor, 2002, Rabén & SjögrenHitteboken, 2005, Rabén & SjögrenHenrys cirkus, 2005, Rabén & SjögrenPang! sa det, 2007, Rabén & SjögrenBarnvagnsgaloppen, 2008, Rabén & SjögrenOle- * Ole hos doktor Semla och Syster Bella, 2008, Rabén & Sjögren
- * Ole får en hamster, 2009, Rabén & Sjögren
- * Ole är hungrig på godis, 2010, Egmont KärnanVad händer med jorden, 2008, Rabén & SjögrenHäng med i trafiken, 2009, Rabén & SjögrenHäng med på cykel, 2010, Rabén & SjögrenAlla vill ha mat!, 2011, Bonnier CarlsenTio vilda hästar, 2011, Rabén & SjögrenAlla vill ha ett bo, 2012, Bonnier CarlsenKryp som är små Var då?, 2013, Bonnier CarlsenHästfesten, 2013, Rabén & SjögrenJon har ett svart hål i sitt röda hjärta, 2013, Bonnier CarlsenAllt det här kan jag, 2014, Lilla Piratförlaget Tio vilda hästar till toppen, 2015, Rabén & SjögrenVulkanen och kalven som Po räddade, 2016, VombatVinge äger hela havet, 2017, Rabén & Sjögren Första Naturhjälpen räddar djuren, 2017, Bonnier CarlsenTio vilda hästar firar jul, 2017, Rabén & Sjögren