Ulf Nilsson (author)


Ulf Lennart Nilsson was a Swedish writer who published more than 100 books and picture books, geared mainly to children and adolescents. He was also the longtime president of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books. A number of his works have been translated into English by Gecko Press.
Nilsson died on 22 September 2021, at the age of 73.

Books

  • 1979 – Pojkjävlarna
  • 1982 – Älskade lilla gris
  • 1983 – Lilla syster Kanin
  • 1983 – En kamp för frihet
  • 1985 – If You Didn't Have Me
  • 1985 – Den fräcka kråkan
  • 1986 – Boeing 747
  • 1994 – Mästaren och de fyra skrivarna
  • 1996 – En dag med mössens brandkår
  • 2001 – Varg nosar och jagar
  • 1998 – En frälsare är född
  • 2002 – Adjö, herr Muffin
  • 2004 – En ängel vid din sida
  • 2005 – En halv tusenlapp
  • 2005 – Liten mus trycker på knappar
  • 2006 – Den döde talar
  • 2006 – Lilla syster kanin går alldeles vilse
  • 2006 – Alla döda små djur
  • 2007 – Ensam bland rävar

English translations

  • 2006 – All the Dear Little Animals, 32pp.,
  • *2020 – All the Dear Little Animals, chapter book edition 64pp.,
  • 2015 – Detective Gordon: The First Case, 96pp.,
  • 2016 – Detective Gordon: A Complicated Case, 96pp.,
  • 2017 – Detective Gordon: A Case in Any Case, 108pp.,
  • 2018 – Detective Gordon: A Case for Buffy, 112pp.,

Spanish translations

  • 2021 – Inspector Gordon. El primer caso, 96pp.,

Awards

Nilsson has received the August Prize twice, the only writer for children and young adults to have been so recognized, and a distinction he shares with only four other writers for readers of any age.