Most Famous Swedish Writers
Sweden has produced 487 notable writers throughout history, led by August Strindberg. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
AS
August Strindberg Swedish Playwright 1849 – 1912
#
1,429
SL
Selma Lagerlöf Swedish Novelist 1858 – 1940
#
1,636
SL
Stieg Larsson Swedish Journalist 1954 – 2004
#
2,122
CL
Camilla Läckberg Swedish Writer Born 1974
#
7,246
JG
Jan Guillou Swedish Writer Born 1944
#
7,270
HM
Harry Martinson Swedish Writer 1904 – 1978
#
8,741
VV
Verner von Heidenstam Swedish Writer 1859 – 1940
#
9,277
AM
Axel Munthe Swedish Writer 1857 – 1949
#
10,551
LM
Liza Marklund Swedish Writer Born 1962
#
12,677
EJ
Eyvind Johnson Swedish Novelist 1900 – 1976
#
13,162
VM
Vilhelm Moberg Swedish Author 1898 – 1973
#
13,581
EK
Ellen Key Swedish Writer 1849 – 1926
#
14,346
SD
Stig Dagerman Swedish Writer 1923 – 1954
#
14,903
HN
Håkan Nesser Swedish Writer Born 1950
#
15,295
KE
Kerstin Ekman Swedish Writer Born 1933
#
19,408
TL
Torgny Lindgren Swedish Writer 1938 – 2017
#
19,770
CJ
Carl Jonas Love Almqvist Swedish Writer 1793 – 1866
#
20,122
VR
Viktor Rydberg Swedish Writer 1828 – 1895
#
20,796
MG
Maria Gripe Swedish Writer 1923 – 2007
#
22,032
MM
Moa Martinson Swedish Writer 1890 – 1964
#
22,851