| Bob Hansson | |
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| Hansson in 2008 | |
| Born | 1970 (age 54–55)  Helsingborg, Sweden | 
| Occupation(s) | Poet, author | 
Bob Hansson (born 1970) is a Swedish poet and author.
Hansson was born in Helsingborg. He won the Swedish championship in poetry slam in 1995 in Falkenberg. [1] He debuted in 1998 with the poetry collection Heja världen!. [1] He has published several poetry collections, novels, made shows and been a panelist in the Sveriges Radio programme Allvarligt talat. [2] In 2003, he released an album with poetry to the music of Fläskkvartetten. [1]
In 2010, Hansson received the Sveriges Radios novellpris for best short story. [3] The same year he was named Yttrandefrihetens hjälte (Hero of the free speech) by ALIS. [4]