List of Swedish-language writers
This is a list of Swedish-language novelists, poets and other writers.
A
- Emmy Abrahamson
- Alf Ahlberg
- Lars Ahlin
- Luai Ahmed
- Astrid Ahnfelt
- John Ajvide Lindqvist
- Sonja Åkesson
- Hans Alfredson
- Karin Alfredsson
- Carl Jonas Love Almqvist
- Einar Askestad
- Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom
- Dan Andersson
- Lena Andersson
- Johannes Anyuru
- Britt Arenander
- Werner Aspenström
- Majgull Axelsson
B
- Carl Michael Bellman
- Victoria Benedictsson
- Frans G. Bengtsson
- Annie Bergman
- Bo Bergman
- Hjalmar Bergman
- Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen
- Elsa Beskow
- Eva Billow
- Marcus Birro
- Elsa Björkman-Goldschmidt
- August Blanche
- August Bondeson
- Karin Boye
- Fredrika Bremer
- Annika Bryn
C
D
- Stig Dagerman
- Olof von Dalin
- Tage Danielsson
- Sven Delblanc
- Walter Dickson
- Ernst Didring
- Elmer Diktonius
E
- Inger Edelfeldt
- Johannes Edfelt
- Cordelia Edvardson
- Åke Edwardson
- Lena Einhorn
- Gunnar Ekelöf
- Vilhelm Ekelund
- Kerstin Ekman
- Sigrid Elmblad, journalist, poet and translator.
- Per Olov Enquist
- Helena Eriksson
- Maria Ernestam
F
- Charlotta Falkman, novelist
- Nils Ferlin, poet
- Torbjörn Flygt
- Per Anders Fogelström
- Lars Forssell
- Tua Forsström
- Marianne Fredriksson
- Gustaf Fröding, poet
G
- Jonas Gardell
- Anders Abraham Grafström
- Elsa Grave
- Maria Gripe
- Jan Guillou, journalist, novelist
- Hjalmar Gullberg
- Lars Gyllensten
H
- Carl August Hagberg
- Stefan Hammarén
- Bob Hansson
- Verner von Heidenstam
- Alf Henrikson
- Marie Hermanson
- Rut Hillarp
- Sverre Holmsen
J
K
- Mons Kallentoft
- Theodor Kallifatides
- Mare Kandre
- Marit Kapla
- Erik Axel Karlfeldt
- Jonas Hassen Khemiri
- Agneta Klingspor
- Martin Koch
- Richert Vogt von Koch
- Sara Kristoffersson
- Niklas Krog
- Agnes von Krusenstjerna
- Elisabeth Kuylenstierna-Wenster
- Willy Kyrklund
L
- Camilla Läckberg
- Anna Laestadius Larsson, novelist
- Ann-Helén Laestadius, Sami journalist and children's novelist
- Olof Lagercrantz
- Pär Lagerkvist
- Selma Lagerlöf
- Dagmar Lange
- Viveca Lärn
- Stieg Larsson
- Stig Larsson
- Anna Maria Lenngren
- Oscar Levertin
- Li Li
- Sara Lidman
- Elsa Lindberg-Dovlette
- Astrid Lindgren
- Barbro Lindgren
- Torgny Lindgren
- Herman Lindqvist
- John Ajvide Lindqvist
- Sven Lindqvist
- Fredrik Lindström
- Jonas Carl Linnerhielm
- Ivar Lo-Johansson
- Lasse Lucidor
- Kristina Lugn
- Artur Lundkvist
M
- Bertil Malmberg
- Bodil Malmsten
- Henning Mankell
- Gerda Marcus, journalist
- Liza Marklund
- Harry Martinson
- Moa Martinson
- Erik Mesterton
- Vilhelm Moberg
- Lukas Moodysson, published poetry before becoming a film director
- Jan Myrdal
N
- Håkan Nesser
- Mikael Niemi
- Peter Nilson
- Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht
- Sven Nordqvist
- Adolf Noreen
- Julia Nyberg
O
- Albert Olsson
- Jan Olof Olsson, pen name Jolo
- Vladimir Oravsky
- Bruno K. Öijer, poet
- Klas Östergren
- Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna
P
R
S
- Irmelin Sandman Lilius
- Eugen Semitjov, writer, journalist and artist
- Malla Silfverstolpe, diarist
- Maj Sjöwall
- Hjalmar Söderberg
- Edith Södergran
- Erik Johan Stagnelius, Romantic poet
- Georg Stiernhielm
- Jan Stocklassa
- Sara Stridsberg
- August Strindberg
- Eva Ström
- Fredrik Ström
- Per Olof Sundman
- Maria Sveland
- Sven G. Svenson
T
- Evert Taube
- Esaias Tegnér, poet
- Kerstin Thorvall
- Carl L. Thunberg
- Zacharias Topelius, poet and writer
- Tomas Tranströmer, poet
- Stieg Trenter
- Birgitta Trotzig
- Göran Tunström
- Helene Tursten
V
W
- Elin Wägner
- Mats Wahl
- Per Wahlöö
- Eva Waldemarsson
- Per Wästberg
- Adéle Weman, wrote under the names Parus Ater, Inga Storm and Zakarias
- Paulina Westdahl
- Einar af Wirsén