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Swedish literature is the literature written in the Swedish language or by writers from Sweden.
The Rök runestone, the start of Swedish literature
The Gök runestone.
The novelist and playwright August Strindberg, painted by Richard Bergh, 1906
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August Strindberg
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Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than 60 plays and m
Swedish literature
…Kellgren (18th century), the first to write fluent Swedish prose; Carl Michael Bellman (late 18th century), the first writer of burlesque ballads; and August Strindberg (late 19th century), a socio-realistic writer and playwright who won worldwide fame. In Sweden, the period starting in 1880 is known as realism because…
August Strindberg
The school in Klara, Stockholm, whose harsh discipline haunted Strindberg in his adult life
Portrait of Strindberg in 1874, age 25
Strindberg, 1875.