Ingrid Carlberg


Ingrid Margareta Carlberg is a Swedish author and journalist.
She was elected into the Swedish Academy on 13 October 2020, filling the last vacant post in the academy. She replaced Göran Malmqvist on chair number 5. Beginning on June 2026, Carlberg will succeed Mats Malm as the Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, becoming the second woman ever to hold the office after Sara Danius.
She is married to former Swedish politician and Minister for Finance Pär Nuder. On 1 July 2021, Carlberg hosted an episode of the radio show Sommar.

Selected works

  • 2002 – Jag heter Rosalie, children's book
  • 2003 – Rosalie på djupt vatten, children's book
  • 2004 – Min bror Benjamin, YA
  • 2005 – Rosalies hemliga kompis, children's book
  • 2008 – Pillret, reportagebok om antidepressiva läkemedel
  • 2012 – "Det står ett rum här och väntar på dig...": berättelsen om Raoul Wallenberg
  • 2019 – Nobel: den gåtfulle Alfred, hans värld och hans pris
English translations:
  • 2015 – Raoul Wallenberg: the biography
  • 2023 – ''Nobel: the enigmatic Alfred and his prizes''