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Catharina Ahlgren (1734 – c. 1800), feminist writer, poet, translator, editor, and one of the first identifiable female journalists in Sweden; Per Ahlmark (1939-2018), writer and former leader of the Liberal People's Party; Kurt Almqvist (1912–2001), poet, academic and spiritual figure; August Bernhard Andersson (1877–1961) Dan Andersson ...
Alma Katarina Frostenson Arnault (born 5 March 1953) is a Swedish poet and writer. She was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1992 to 2019. In 2003, Frostenson was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in France in recognition of her services to literature.
Historically, literature has been a male-dominated sphere, and any poetry written by a woman could be seen as feminist. Often, feminist poetry refers to that which was composed after the 1960s and the second wave of the feminist movement. [1] [2] This list focuses on poets who take explicitly feminist approaches to their poetry.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Swedish poets. It includes poets that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Swedish women poets"
The poem opens by describing the flight of three swan-maidens identified in stanza 1 as meyjar, drósir, alvitr and suðrœnar ('young women, stately women, foreign beings, southerners') to a 'sævar strǫnd' ('lake/sea-shore') where they meet the three brothers Egill, Slagfiðr and Vǫlundr. Each maid takes one of the brothers as her own.
Carl Michael Bellman (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈkɑːɭ ˈmîːkaɛl ˈbɛ̌lːman] ⓘ; 4 February 1740 – 11 February 1795) [1] was a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, poet, and entertainer. He is a central figure in the Swedish song tradition and remains a powerful influence in Swedish music , as well as in Scandinavian literature ...
Ellen-Sylvia Blind (1925–2009), Swedish Sami writer; Louise Boije af Gennäs (born 1961), novelist, feminist, co-creator of Swedish soap opera Rederiet; Sophie Bolander (1807–1869) Hilma Borelius (1869–1932), literary historian, academic and suffragist; Karin Boye (1900–1941), novelist, poet, Swedes know her poems by heart [1]
Moa Martinson, born Helga Maria Swarts sometimes spelt Swartz, (2 November 1890 – 5 August 1964) was one of Sweden's most noted authors of proletarian literature. [w 1] Her ambition was to change society with her authorship and to portray the conditions of the working class, and also the personal development of women. [1]