Klas Östergren, Karolina Ramqvist and Inger Edelfeldt could all win their first August Prize. But the year’s most talked-about novel, Tone Schunesson’s “Ultravåld,” was not nominated.
EntertainmentThe graphic novel "Stina's Yoik" by Mats Jonsson and the picture book "No One but Me" by Sara Lundberg are competing for Sweden in the Nordic Council Children's and Young People's Literature Prize 2025.
EntertainmentKikki Danielsson becomes theater, First Aid Kit meets the Radio Symphony Orchestra and Lukas Moodysson releases his first poetry collection in nearly two decades. Here are the cultural treats of 2025.
EntertainmentFrom Astrid Lindgren's classics to contemporary authors such as Nora Khalil and Ann-Helén Laestadius. Now, the National Agency for Education and the Arts Council are presenting the reading lists with 250 works of fiction that have been developed to support teachers.
EntertainmentTony Samuelsson receives the August Prize in the fiction category for "The King of Nostratien". Thus, he beats pre-favourites such as Karolina Ramqvist and Mirja Unge.
EntertainmentNon-fiction literature is experiencing a sales crisis, according to some because it is too poor. And when the August Prize for "Sweden's Book of the Year" is awarded on Monday, perhaps the "wrong" book will win.
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