List of Swedish-language writers

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This is a list of Swedish-language novelists, poets and other writers.

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References

  1. Brunsdale, Mitzi M (2016). Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Since 1967. pp. 401–02. ISBN   978-1476622774.
  2. "Britt Arenander". History of Nordic Women's Literature.
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  4. Bohman, Nils; Dahl, Torsten (1955). Svenska män och Kvinnor: Biografisk Uppslagsbok (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier. p. 394. OCLC   1137575928.
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  7. "Eva Sylvia Waldemarsson". History of Nordic Women's Literature.
  8. Schoolfield, George C (1998). A History of Finland's Literature . U of Nebraska Press. p.  395. ISBN   0803241895.

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