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This is a list of [[Swedish language|Swedish-language]] novelists, poets and other writers.
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== A ==
* [[Emmy Abrahamson]] (born 1976)
* [[Alf Ahlberg]] (1892–1979)
* [[Lars Ahlin]] (1915–1997)
* [[Luai Ahmed]] (born 1993)
* [[Astrid Ahnfelt]] (1876–1962)
* [[John Ajvide Lindqvist]] (born 1968)
* {{Interlanguage link|Gallie Åkerhielm |sv|Gallie Åkerhielm}} (1907–1968)
* [[Sonja Åkesson]] (1926–1977)
* [[Hans Alfredson]] (1931–2017)
* [[Karin Alfredsson]] (born 1953)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EvcWDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA401 |title=Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Since 1967 |pages=401–02 |last=Brunsdale |first=Mitzi M |year=2016 |isbn=978-1476622774}}</ref>
* [[Carl Jonas Love Almqvist]] (1793–1866)
* [[Einar Askestad]] (born 1964)
* [[Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom]] (1790–1855)
* [[Dan Andersson]] (1888–1920)
* [[Lena Andersson (author)|Lena Andersson]] (born 1970)
* [[Johannes Anyuru]] (born 1979)
* [[Britt Arenander]] (born 1941)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nordicwomensliterature.net/writers/arenander-britt/ |title=Britt Arenander |work=History of Nordic Women's Literature}}</ref>
* [[Werner Aspenström]] (1918–1997)
* [[Majgull Axelsson]] (born 1947)

== B ==
* [[Carl Michael Bellman]] (1740–1795)
* [[Victoria Benedictsson]] (1850–1888)
* [[Frans G. Bengtsson]] (1894–1954)
* [[Annie Bergman]] (1889–1987)
* [[Bo Bergman]] (1869–1967)
* [[Hjalmar Bergman]] (1883–1931)
* [[Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen]] (1887–1955)
* [[Elsa Beskow]] (1874–1953)
* [[Eva Billow]] (1902–1993)
* [[Marcus Birro]] (born 1972)
* [[Elsa Björkman-Goldschmidt]] (1888–1982)
* [[August Blanche]] (1811–1868)
* [[August Bondeson]] (1854–1906)
* [[Karin Boye]] (1900–1941)
* [[Fredrika Bremer]] (1801–1865)
* [[Annika Bryn]] (born 1945)

== C ==
* [[Bo Carpelan]] (1926–2011)
* [[Camilla Ceder]] (born 1976)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EvcWDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA417 |title=Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Since 1967 |pages=417–18 |last=Brunsdale |first=Mitzi |year=2016 |isbn=978-1476622774}}</ref>
* [[Siv Cedering]] (1939–2007)
* [[Stig Claesson]] (1928–2008)

== D ==
* [[Stig Dagerman]] (1923–1954)
* [[Olof von Dalin]] (1708–1763)
* [[Tage Danielsson]] (1928–1985)
* [[Sven Delblanc]] (1931–1992)
* [[Walter Dickson (author)|Walter Dickson]] (1916–1990)
* [[Ernst Didring]] (1868–1931)
* [[Elmer Diktonius]] (1896–1961)

== E ==
* [[Inger Edelfeldt]] (born 1956)
* [[Johannes Edfelt]] (1904–1997)
* [[Åke Edwardson]]   (born 1953)
* [[Lena Einhorn]] (born 1954)
* [[Gunnar Ekelöf]] (1907–1968)
* [[Vilhelm Ekelund]] (1880–1949)
* [[Kerstin Ekman]] (born 1933)
* [[Sigrid Elmblad]] (1860–1926), journalist, poet and translator.<ref>{{cite book | last1=Bohman | first1=Nils | last2=Dahl | first2=Torsten | title=Svenska män och Kvinnor: Biografisk Uppslagsbok | location=Stockholm | publisher=Bonnier | year=1955 | oclc=1137575928 | language=SV |page=394}}</ref>
* [[Per Olov Enquist]] (1934–2020)
* [[Helena Eriksson]] (born 1962)
* [[Maria Ernestam]] (born 1959)

== F ==
* [[Charlotta Falkman]] (1795–1882),  novelist
* [[Nils Ferlin]] (1898–1961), poet
* [[Torbjörn Flygt]] (born 1964)
* [[Per Anders Fogelström]] (1917–1998)
* [[Lars Forssell]] (1928–2007)
* [[Tua Forsström]] (born 1947)
* [[Marianne Fredriksson]] (1927–2007)
* [[Gustaf Fröding]] (1860–1911), poet

== G ==
* [[Jonas Gardell]] (born 1963)
* [[Anders Abraham Grafström]] (1790–1870)
* [[Elsa Grave]] (1918–2003)
* [[Maria Gripe]] (1923–2007)
* [[Jan Guillou]] (born 1944), journalist, novelist
* [[Hjalmar Gullberg]] (1898–1961)
* [[Lars Gyllensten]] (1921–2006)

== H ==
* [[Carl August Hagberg]] (1810–1864)
* [[Stefan Hammarén]] (born 1963)
* [[Bob Hansson]] (born 1970)
* [[Verner von Heidenstam]] (1859–1940)
* [[Alf Henrikson]] (1905–1995)
* [[Marie Hermanson]] (born 1956)
* [[Rut Hillarp]] (1914–2003)
* [[Sverre Holmsen]] (1906–1992)

== J ==
* [[Tove Jansson]] (1914–2001)
* [[Harry Järv]] (1921–2009)
* [[P. C. Jersild]] (born 1935)
* [[Eyvind Johnson]] (1900–1976)

== K ==
* [[Mons Kallentoft]] (born 1968)
* [[Theodor Kallifatides]] (born 1938)
* [[Mare Kandre]] (1962–2005)
* [[Marit Kapla]] (born 1970)
* [[Erik Axel Karlfeldt]] (1864–1931)
* [[Jonas Hassen Khemiri]] (born 1978)
* [[Agneta Klingspor]] (1946–2022)
* [[Martin Koch (novelist)|Martin Koch]] (1882–1940)
* [[Richert Vogt von Koch]] (1838–1913)
* [[Sara Kristoffersson]] (born 1972)
* [[Niklas Krog]] (born 1965)
* [[Agnes von Krusenstjerna]] (1894–1940)
* [[Elisabeth Kuylenstierna-Wenster]] (1869–1933)
* [[Willy Kyrklund]] (1921–2009)

== L ==
* [[Camilla Läckberg]] (born 1974)
* [[Anna Laestadius Larsson]] (born 1966), novelist
* [[Ann-Helén Laestadius]] (born 1971), Sami journalist and children's novelist
* [[Olof Lagercrantz]] (1911–2002)
* [[Pär Lagerkvist]] (1891–1974)
* [[Selma Lagerlöf]] (1858–1940)
* [[Dagmar Lange]] (Maria Lang) (1914–1991)
* [[Viveca Lärn]] (born 1944)
* [[Stieg Larsson]] (1954–2004)
* [[Stig Larsson (author)|Stig Larsson]] (born 1955)
* [[Anna Maria Lenngren]] (1754–1817)
* [[Oscar Levertin]] (1862–1906)
* [[Li Li (poet and translator)|Li Li]] (born 1961)
* [[Sara Lidman]] (1923–2004)
* [[Elsa Lindberg-Dovlette]] (1874–1944)<ref>{{cite book| last=Åhlen| first=Bengt| title=Svensk bokkalender 1945,:En översikt över 1944 års bokutgivning| location=Stockholm| publisher=Rabén & Sjögre| year=1945| page=82| oclc=924316513| language=sv}}</ref>
* [[Astrid Lindgren]] (1907–2002)
* [[Barbro Lindgren]] (born 1937)
* [[Torgny Lindgren]] (1938–2017)
* [[Herman Lindqvist (journalist)|Herman Lindqvist]] (born 1943)
* [[John Ajvide Lindqvist]] (born 1968)
* [[Sven Lindqvist]] (1932–2019)
* [[Fredrik Lindström (writer)|Fredrik Lindström]] (born 1963)
* [[Jonas Carl Linnerhielm]] (1758–1829)
* [[Ivar Lo-Johansson]] (1901–1990)
* [[Lasse Lucidor]] (1638–1674)
* [[Kristina Lugn]] (1948–2020)
* [[Artur Lundkvist]] (1906–1991)

== M ==
* [[Bertil Malmberg]] (1889–1958)
* [[Bodil Malmsten]] (1944–2016)
* [[Henning Mankell]] (1948–2015)
* [[Gerda Marcus]] (1880–1952), journalist
* [[Liza Marklund]] (born 1962)
* [[Harry Martinson]] (1904–1978)
* [[Moa Martinson]](1890–1964)
* [[Erik Mesterton]] (1903–2004)
* [[Vilhelm Moberg]] (1898–1973)
* [[Lukas Moodysson]] (born 1969), published poetry before becoming a film director
* [[Jan Myrdal]] (1927–2020)

== N ==
* [[Håkan Nesser]] (born 1950)
* [[Mikael Niemi]] (born 1959)
* [[Peter Nilson]] (1937–1998)
* [[Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht]] (1718–1763)
* [[Sven Nordqvist]] (born 1946)
* [[Adolf Noreen]] (1854–1925)
* [[Julia Nyberg]] (1784–1854)

== O ==
* [[Albert Olsson (writer)|Albert Olsson]] (1904–1994)
* [[Jan Olof Olsson]] (1920–1974), pen name Jolo
* [[Vladimir Oravsky]] (born 1947)
* [[Bruno K. Öijer]] (born 1951), poet
* [[Klas Östergren]] (born 1955)
* [[Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna]] (1750–1818)

== P ==
* [[Malte Persson]] (born 1976)
* [[Agneta Pleijel]] (born 1940)
* [[Ida von Plomgren]] (1870 –1960)
* [[Peter Pohl]] (born 1940)

== R ==
* [[Povel Ramel]] (1922–2007)
* [[Björn Ranelid]] (born 1949)
* [[Märta Helena Reenstierna]] (1753–1841)
* [[Ann Rosman]] (born 1973)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EvcWDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA502 |title=Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction |page=502 |last=Brunsdale |first=Mitzi M |year=2016 |isbn=978-1476622774}}</ref>
* [[Johan Ludvig Runeberg]] (1804–1877)
* [[Viktor Rydberg]] (1828–1895)

== S ==
* [[Irmelin Sandman Lilius]] (born 1936)
* [[Eugen Semitjov]] (1923–1987), writer, journalist and artist
* [[Malla Silfverstolpe]] (1782–1861), diarist
* [[Maj Sjöwall]] (1935–2020)
* [[Hjalmar Söderberg]] (1869–1941)
* [[Edith Södergran]] (1892–1923)
* [[Erik Johan Stagnelius]] (1793–1823), Romantic poet
* [[Georg Stiernhielm]] (1598–1672)
* [[Jan Stocklassa]] (born 1965)
* [[Sara Stridsberg]] (born 1972)
* [[August Strindberg]] (1849–1912)
* [[Eva Ström]] (born 1947)
* [[Fredrik Ström]] (1880–1948)
* [[Per Olof Sundman]] (1922–1992)
* [[Maria Sveland]] (born 1974)

== T ==
* [[Evert Taube]] (1890–1976)
* [[Esaias Tegnér]] (1782–1846), poet
* [[Kerstin Thorvall]] (1925–2010)
* [[Carl L. Thunberg]] (born 1963)
* [[Zacharias Topelius]] (1818–1898), poet and writer
* [[Tomas Tranströmer]] (1931–2015), poet
* [[Stieg Trenter]] (1914–1967)
* [[Birgitta Trotzig]] (1929–2011)
* [[Göran Tunström]] (1937–2000)
* [[Helene Tursten]] (born 1954)

== V ==
* [[Carl-Johan Vallgren]] (born 1964)
* [[Gunnel Vallquist]] (1918–2016)

== W ==
* [[Per Wahlöö]] (1926–1975)
* [[Elin Wägner]] (1882–1949)
* [[Eva Waldemarsson]] (1908–1986)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nordicwomensliterature.net/writers/waldemarsson-eva-sylvia/ |title=Eva Sylvia Waldemarsson |work=History of Nordic Women's Literature}}</ref>
* [[Per Wästberg]] (born 1933)
* [[Adéle Weman]] (1844–1936),<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/historyoffinland00geor |url-access=registration |title=A History of Finland's Literature |publisher=U of Nebraska Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/historyoffinland00geor/page/395 395] |last=Schoolfield |first=George C |year=1998 |isbn=0803241895}}</ref> wrote under the names Parus Ater, Inga Storm and Zakarias
* [[Paulina Westdahl]] (1810–1887)
* [[Einar af Wirsén]] (1875–1946)

== Z ==
* [[Joakim Zander]] (born 1975)

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== See also ==
* [[List of Finnish women writers]]
* [[List of Swedish poets]]
* [[List of Swedish women writers]]
* [[List of Swedes]]
* [[Lists of authors]]
* [[Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet]]

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