Mats Berggren

Mats Berggren (born 1957, in Södertälje) is a Swedish writer. He specializes in children's and young adult literature.

He has been a jury member of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.

Biography
Mats Berggren was born and raised in Södertälje where he lived until 1997. He then studied cultural studies at Stockholm University from 1985 to 1987 and has made a living as a writer since his debut with Orent ackord. Mats Berggren has mainly written books for young people but also novels for adults. He has been a member of the Swedish Academy of Children's Books and a member of the jury for the Literature Prize in Memory of Astrid Lindgren.

Selected works

 * 1987 – Orent ackord
 * 1989 – När blodrosen slår ut
 * 1991 – Kalsonger med gröna älgar
 * 1993 – Bilder från ett osynligt Sverige (photographs by Lars Lind)
 * 1993 – Varken varken eller eller
 * 1994 – Välfärdslandet?: 18 röster från Sverige i dag (editor)
 * 1995 – Trosor med röda rosor
 * 1999 – Blåögd
 * 2000 – Behå med vita spetsar
 * 2001 – Sent ute (with Bawer Coskun)
 * 2002 – Det finns inga skridskor i öknen
 * 2004 – Svennehora (with Dea Berisha)
 * 2006 – En enda kväll
 * 2008 – Sista berättelsen om oss
 * 2011 – Språkresan
 * 2013 – Jag ljuger bara på fredagar
 * 2014 – Onsdag kväll strax för sju
 * 2015 – Generation 55+
 * 2017 – Din syster måste dö