List of Swedish women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Sweden or whose writings are closely associated with the country.

A

 * Sophie Adlersparre (1823–1895), journalist, editor, women's rights activist
 * Charlotte Agell (born 1959), English-language works for children and young adults
 * Catharina Ahlgren (1734–1800)
 * Astrid Ahnfelt (1876–1962), writer, translator and editor, fostered cultural relations between Sweden and Italy
 * Sonja Åkesson (1926–1977), poet, dramatist
 * Susanna Alakoski (born 1962), Finnish-born author now in Sweden, novelist, author of Svinalängorna filmed as Beyond
 * Eva Alexanderson (1911–1994), novelist, translator, publisher
 * Elsa Alkman (1878–1975), suffragist, women's rights activist, writer and composer
 * Barbro Alving (1909–1987), journalist, feminist, screenwriter
 * Fanny Alving (1874–1955), journalist, novelist
 * Karin Alvtegen (born 1965), crime fiction writer, some works now in English
 * Lena Anderson (born 1939), children's writer and illustrator
 * Pamela Andersson (born 1965), journalist
 * Stina Aronson (1892–1956), novelist, her Hitom himlen features women in the farms of northern Sweden
 * Suzanne Axell (born 1955), journalist, television presenter
 * Majgull Axelsson (born 1947), journalist, best-selling novelist

B

 * Victoria Benedictsson (1850–1888), realist novelist
 * Anne-Marie Berglund (1952–2020), poet, novelist, short story writer
 * Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen (1887–1955), writer, artist, illustrator
 * Gunilla Bergström (1942–2021), journalist, widely translated children's author, creator of Alfie Atkins (Alfons Aberg)
 * Charlotta Berger (1784–1852)
 * Elsa Beskow (1874–1953), children's writer, novelist, illustrator
 * Eva Billow (1902–1993), writer and illustrator of children's literature
 * Margareta Birgersdotter Grip (1538–1586), genealogist, early documentalist
 * Elsa Björkman-Goldschmidt (1888–1982), writer and lithographer
 * 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
 * Eva Brag (1829–1913), novelist, poet, journalist
 * Agnes Branting (1862–1930), textile artist and writer
 * Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865), novelist, feminist writer
 * Irja Agnes Browallius (1901–1968), teacher, novelist, short story writer
 * Annika Bryn (born 1945), journalist, short story writer, crime-fiction author
 * Maj Bylock (1931–2019), children's writer, translator, teacher

C

 * Gunnel Carlson (born 1956), gardening journalist, author, television presenter
 * Charlotte Cecilia af Tibell (1820-1901), author, hymn writer
 * Siv Cedering (1939–2007), children's writer, poet, writes in both English and Swedish
 * Sigrid Combüchen (born 1942), novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, author of Byron (1988)

D

 * Tora Dahl (1886–1982), novelist, teacher, gained fame with her autobiographic Fosterbarn (Foster Child) in 1954

E

 * Inger Edelfeldt (born 1956), novelist, short story writer, children's writer, illustrator
 * Brita Egardt (1916–1990), ethnologist and folklorist
 * Lena Einhorn (born 1954), director, writer and physician
 * Hedda Ekman (1860–1929), writer and photographer
 * Kerstin Ekman (born 1933), novelist, detective story writer, several English translations
 * Margareta Ekström (1930–2021), poet, novelist, children's writer, critic
 * Elaine Eksvärd (born 1981), non-fiction writer specializing in rhetoric
 * Sigrid Elmblad (1860–1926), journalist, poet, translator and writer.
 * Helena Eriksson (born 1962), expressionist poet, author of Strata
 * Maria Ernestam (born 1959), journalist, widely translated novelist

F

 * Charlotta Falkman (1795–1882), novelist
 * Phebe Fjellström (1924–2007), ethnologist
 * Emilie Flygare-Carlén (1807–1892), novelist
 * Maja Forsslund (1878–1967), folklorist and local historian
 * Tua Forsström (born 1947), highly acclaimed Swedish-language poet, widely translated, author of Efter att ha tillbringat en natt bland hästar (After Spending a Night among Horses)
 * Marianne Fredriksson (1927–2007), journalist, novelist, most works translated into English
 * Inger Frimansson (born 1944), crime fiction writer, children's writer, journalist
 * Katarina Frostenson (born 1953), one of Sweden's foremost poets since the 1980s

G

 * Christina Garsten (born 1962), social anthropologist, non-fiction writer
 * Wilhelmina Gravallius (1809–1884)
 * Caroline Giertz (born 1958), writer and TV presenter
 * Elsa Grave (1918–2003), novelist, poet, artist
 * Maria Gripe (1923–2007), children's writer
 * Abela Gullbransson (1775–1822), revivalist writer
 * Madeleine Gustafsson (born 1937), poet, critic, translator

H

 * Anna Hamilton Geete (1848–1913), translator, biographer
 * Carola Hansson (born 1942), novelist, translator
 * Gunnel Hazelius-Berg (1905–1997), museum curator and writer, specializing in textiles and folk costumes
 * Barbro Hedvall (born 1944), journalist, non-fiction writer
 * Marie Hermanson (born 1956), thriller writer, author of The Devil's Sanctuary
 * Rut Hillarp (1914–2003), modernist poet evoking sexual relationships in a man's world
 * Sara Holmsten (1713–1795), memoirist
 * Karin Hübinette (born 1966), journalist, television presenter

I

 * Ulla Isaksson (1916–2000), novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, caused controversy among feminists with Paradistorg (Paradise Place, 1973)

J

 * Ann Jäderlund (born 1955), poet, playwright, children's writer
 * Ann Henning Jocelyn, (born 1948), writer, playwright and translator
 * Klara Johanson (1875–1948), literary critic, essayist, translator
 * Majken Johansson (1930–1993), now regarded as one of Sweden's greatest mid-20th century poets
 * Molly Johnson (1931–2018), novelist, known for Pansarkryssaren
 * Mari Jungstedt (born 1962), popular crime fiction writer, journalist, translated 15 languages including English

K

 * Mare Kandre (1962–2005), novelist, short story writer, several works translated into English
 * Marit Kapla (born 1970), writer, journalist
 * Kristina Kappelin (born 1958), journalist, columnist, non-fiction writer
 * Amanda Kerfstedt (1835–1920), novelist, playwright, translator
 * Ellen Key (1849–1926), feminist writer, advocate of child-centred education
 * Elisabet Kjellberg (1821-1914), publicist, editor, and author
 * Ellen Kleman (1867–1943), novelist, journal editor, women's rights activist
 * Linde Klinckowström-von Rosen (1920–2000), columnist, letter writer, non-fiction writer
 * Sophie von Knorring (1797–1848), pioneer of the realistic novel in Sweden
 * Thekla Knös (1815–1880)
 * Anja Kontor (born 1964), journalist, television presenter
 * Elisabeth Krey-Lange (1878–1965), journalist and women's rights activist
 * Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894–1940), novelist, short story writer, often causing controversy with accounts of sexual intercourse
 * Annette Kullenberg (1939–2021), journalist, novelist, playwright

L

 * Camilla Läckberg (born 1974), best-seller crime writer, translated into 33 languages
 * Anna Laestadius Larsson (born 1966), historical novelist
 * Ann-Helén Laestadius (born 1971), Sami journalist and children's novelist, writing in Swedish
 * Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940), children's writer, novelist, Nobel prize winner
 * Dagmar Lange (1914–1991), successful crime fiction writer under the pen name Maria Lang
 * Viveca Lärn (born 1944), journalist, children's writer
 * Åsa Larsson (born 1966), crime fiction writer
 * Lisbeth Larsson (1949–2021), literary historian focusing on gender studies
 * Zenia Larsson (1922–2007), writer and sculptor, one of the first Holocaust survivors in Sweden to describe their war experiences
 * Anne Charlotte Leffler (1849–1892), novelist, biographer
 * Anna Maria Lenngren (1754–1817), well-known poet, works in support of intellectual freedom of expression for women
 * Sara Lidman (1923–2004), novelist, several works translated into English
 * Birgitta Lillpers (born 1958), poet, novelist
 * Gunnel Linde (1924–2014), writer
 * Gurli Linder (1865–1947), writer, feminist, children's literature critic
 * Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002), world-famous children's writer, best known for her Pippi Longstocking stories
 * Barbro Lindgren (born 1937), children's writer
 * Anna Lindmarker (born 1961), journalist, broadcaster
 * Elin Lindqvist (born 1982), novelist
 * Eva Lindström (born 1952), illustrator and writer
 * Aurora Ljungstedt (1821–1908), crime horror writer
 * Kristina Lugn (1948–2020), poet, dramatist, critic

M

 * Bodil Malmsten (1944–2016), novelist, at least two works translated into English
 * Rosa Malmström (1906–1995), librarian and gender studies specialist
 * Edda Manga (born 1969), historian of ideas
 * Gerda Marcus (1880–1952), journalist, philanthropist
 * Liza Marklund (born 1962), best-seller crime fiction writer, works translated into 30 languages
 * Moa Martinson (1890–1964), ever popular novelist, writer of articles and books in support of women's rights
 * Ellen Mattson (born 1962), novelist, critic
 * Katarina Mazetti (born 1944), widely translated novelist, journalist
 * Margareta Momma (1702–1772)
 * Edita Morris (1902–1988), Swedish-American pacifist, short story writer, journalist, novelist
 * Alva Myrdal (1902–1986), welfare state proponent, author of Crisis in the Population Question

N

 * Anna T. Nilsson (1869–1869), educator, peace activist, writer
 * Kerstin Norborg (born 1961), novelist
 * Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718–1763), revered poet, works defending women's rights, first self-supporting female writer in Sweden
 * Anna Nordgren (1847–1916), painter
 * Astrid Nyberg (1877–1928), pioneering newspaper editor and suffragist
 * Julia Nyberg (1784–1854), poet, songwriter, used the pen name Euphrosyne

O

 * Linda Olsson (born 1948), best-selling novelist, now in New Zealand
 * Rosalinde von Ossietzky-Palm (1919–2000), German-born Swedish non-fiction writer and pacifist
 * Nan Inger Östman (1923–2015), novelist, children's writer

P

 * Agneta Pleijel (born 1940), novelist, poet, playwright, journalist, critic, author of the philosophical novel Fungi

R

 * Karolina Ramqvist (born 1976), journalist
 * Märta Helena Reenstierna (1753–1841), diarist
 * Christina Rogberg (1832–1907), author and courtier
 * Eva Runefelt (born 1953), novelist, poet
 * Carina Rydberg (born 1962), novelist, author of the controversial Den högsta kasten
 * Elisabeth Rynell (born 1954), poet, novelist, English translation of her novel Mervas

S

 * Hilda Sachs (1857–1935), journalist, novelist and women's rights activist
 * Marie Sophie Schwartz (1819–1894), novelist
 * Malla Silfverstolpe (1782–1861), diarist
 * Maj Sjöwall (1935–2020), novelist, some works written in collaboration with Per Wahlöö
 * Cecilia Skingsley (born 1968), journalist and economist
 * Edith Södergran (1892–1923), widely recognized Swedish-language modernist poet
 * Pernilla Stalfelt (born 1962), children's author and illustrator
 * Ingela Strandberg (born 1944), poet, children's writer, novelist, playwright, translator, journalist and musician
 * Sara Stridsberg (born 1972), novelist, poet
 * Eva Ström (born 1947), poet, novelist, biographer, critic
 * Amelie von Strussenfelt (1803–1847)
 * Ulrika von Strussenfelt (1801–1873)
 * Elsa Stuart-Bergstrom (1889-1970)
 * Margareta Suber (1892–1984), novelist, travel writer, children's writer, poet
 * Annakarin Svedberg (born 1934), novelist
 * Maria Sveland (born 1974), novelist and journalist

T

 * Gunhild Tegen (1889–1970), short story writer, editor, pacifist
 * Kerstin Thorvall (1925–2010), children's writer, novelist, journalist, illustrator
 * Johanna Thydell (born 1980), children's and youth writer
 * Anna-Clara Tidholm (born 1946), children's and youth writer, illustrator
 * Mia Törnblom (born 1967), columnist, non-fiction writer, educator
 * Rita Tornborg (born 1926), novelist, short story writer
 * Ulla Trenter (1936–2019), novelist, translator, politician
 * Birgitta Trotzig (1929–2011), celebrated writer of fiction, non-fiction and poetry
 * Helene Tursten (born 1954), crime fiction writer

U

 * Bea Uusma (born 1966), children's writer, non-fiction writer, illustrator, medical doctor

V

 * Gunnel Vallquist (1918–2016), essayist, non-fiction writer, translator, religious commentary

W

 * Elin Wägner (1882–1949), novelist, journalist, pacifist, feminist
 * Anna Westberg (1946–2005), novelist, non-fiction writer
 * Josefina Wettergrund (1830–1903)
 * Eva Wigström (1832–1901), writer, poet and pioneering folklorist
 * Liselott Willén (born 1972), novelist
 * Gunilla Wolde (1939–2015), children's writer, illustrator