Swedish Bookshelf
Welcome to explore our bookshelf! Here you can read about new books, older books, prose, poetry, comics, nonfiction, drama, books for young readers and much more. We are currently building it and the shelves will hold articles, publications and book presentations.
Publications
More Swedish Books for Young Readers
In our new publication we introduce you to exciting children’s and YA authors writing in Swedish today. They are authors who have already found readers in other languages and have the potential to reach even more. The publication is a standalone follow-up to the edition from 2020.
Swedish Contemporary Nonfiction
What’s the latest in Swedish nonfiction? Which authors are available to international readers? What are they writing about? In this overview publication, we give you the answers.
New Swedish Voices
Are you curious about which new voices in Swedish fiction we’re listening to right now? Then this publication is for you!
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More Swedish Books for Young Readers
In our new publication we introduce you to exciting children’s and YA authors writing in Swedish today. They are authors who have already found readers in other languages and have the potential to reach even more. The publication is a standalone follow-up to the edition from 2020.
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Swedish Contemporary Nonfiction
What’s the latest in Swedish nonfiction? Which authors are available to international readers? What are they writing about? In this overview publication, we give you the answers.
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New Swedish Voices
Are you curious about which new voices in Swedish fiction we’re listening to right now? Then this publication is for you!
Trends and Topics in Swedish Literature
Themes and tendencies in contemporary Swedish drama
Swedish Literature Exchange asked theatre critic Kristina Lindquist to survey the latest themes and tendencies in contemporary Swedish drama.
Work, Sex, Exile and Exofiction
Swedish Literature Exchange asked critic Kristina Lindquist to bring us up to date on the latest themes and tendencies in Swedish fiction. How is current fiction depicting the world of today?
What’s up in Swedish children’s literature?
Values, concepts, themes and titles … Bleak humour, rebellious children, gender issues, winter landscapes… Are there any particular themes or motives that might be seen as characteristic of Swedish children’s and young adult literature? A reflection by Malin Nauwerck.
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Themes and tendencies in contemporary Swedish drama
Swedish Literature Exchange asked theatre critic Kristina Lindquist to survey the latest themes and tendencies in contemporary Swedish drama.
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Work, Sex, Exile and Exofiction
Swedish Literature Exchange asked critic Kristina Lindquist to bring us up to date on the latest themes and tendencies in Swedish fiction. How is current fiction depicting the world of today?
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What’s up in Swedish children’s literature?
Values, concepts, themes and titles … Bleak humour, rebellious children, gender issues, winter landscapes… Are there any particular themes or motives that might be seen as characteristic of Swedish children’s and young adult literature? A reflection by Malin Nauwerck.
Translator's Choice
The House with the Two Towers
In The House with the Two Towers (Huset med de två tornen), Maciej Zaremba dissects the events of his parents’ lives and how their war experiences led to an inevitable separation. Janny Middelbeek-Oortgiesen, who translates into Dutch, recommends a book that draws a finely nuanced portrait of childhood in post-war Poland.
Who Does Suzanne Osten Think She Is?
Who Does Suzanne Osten Think She Is? is more than a magnificent and colourful portrait of one of the greatest theatre and film directors of our time. It is a portrait of a zeitgeist. Ana Valdés, who translates into Spanish, recommends Suzanne Osten’s autobiography published in 2021.
W by Steve Sem-Sandberg
Emöke Andersson Lipcsey, who translates into Hungarian, recommends a book based on the life of the historical figure Johann Christian Woyzeck. The author Steve Sem-Sandberg uses W.’s fate to paint a shocking, true picture of how the brutality of war can affect and warp the character of the individual.
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Translator's Choice
The House with the Two Towers
In The House with the Two Towers (Huset med de två tornen), Maciej Zaremba dissects the events of his parents’ lives and how their war experiences led to an inevitable separation. Janny Middelbeek-Oortgiesen, who translates into Dutch, recommends a book that draws a finely nuanced portrait of childhood in post-war Poland.
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Translator's Choice
Who Does Suzanne Osten Think She Is?
Who Does Suzanne Osten Think She Is? is more than a magnificent and colourful portrait of one of the greatest theatre and film directors of our time. It is a portrait of a zeitgeist. Ana Valdés, who translates into Spanish, recommends Suzanne Osten’s autobiography published in 2021.
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Translator's Choice
W by Steve Sem-Sandberg
Emöke Andersson Lipcsey, who translates into Hungarian, recommends a book based on the life of the historical figure Johann Christian Woyzeck. The author Steve Sem-Sandberg uses W.’s fate to paint a shocking, true picture of how the brutality of war can affect and warp the character of the individual.
Subtitled author conversations
Ten subtitled author conversations
For the second year running, the Swedish Literature Exchange, the Gothenburg Book Fair, and the Swedish Institute are continuing our collaboration to share conversations about Swedish literature with a global audience.
Author talks in five languages
In line with our work promoting literature in translation we are collaborating with the Gothenburg Book Fair and the Swedish Institute by making available 15 conversations with Swedish authors in five different languages.
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Ten subtitled author conversations
For the second year running, the Swedish Literature Exchange, the Gothenburg Book Fair, and the Swedish Institute are continuing our collaboration to share conversations about Swedish literature with a global audience.
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Author talks in five languages
In line with our work promoting literature in translation we are collaborating with the Gothenburg Book Fair and the Swedish Institute by making available 15 conversations with Swedish authors in five different languages.