24 Facts About Swedish literature

Swedish literature refers to literature written in the Swedish language or by writers from Sweden.

Swedish literature only flourished after the Swedish literary language was developed in the 16th century, which was largely due to the full translation of the Christian Bible into Swedish in 1541.

In recent decades, a handful of Swedish literature writers have established themselves internationally, such as the detective novelist Henning Mankell and thriller writer Stieg Larsson.

The earliest works written in Swedish literature were provincial laws, first written down in the 13th century.

Swedish Reformation literature is considered to have been written between 1526 and 1658.

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Apart from Christian Reformation Swedish literature there was one other significant ideological movement.

Secondly, the introduction of the printing press resulted in Swedish literature being spread to groups it had previously been unable to reach.

Renaissance Swedish literature is considered to have been written between 1658 and 1732.

The Swedish literature language became enriched by French words, and ideas of liberalization were based on the English model.

Swedish literature consolidated around 1750; this is considered the start of a linguistic period called Late Modern Swedish.

Swedish literature was the first to refine the language for practical purposes, in comparison with the laboured poetry of the 17th century, and he was the first author to be read and appreciated by the general public.

Swedish literature would continue to write several books and dramas until his death in Stockholm.

Swedish literature agriculture had a system with labourers called statare, who were paid in kind only, with product and housing, comparable with the Anglo-Saxon truck system.

Swedish literature usually wrote about the lives of ordinary people and in particular the peasant population.

Swedish literature's novels, set in the remote countryside of northern Sweden often deals with questions of power, oppression, and the nature of evil, such as Ormens vag pa halleberget.

Swedish literature wrote many mystical and Christian-influenced collections, such as Andliga ovningar and others.

Swedish literature continued to write until his old age, and was to attain a dominant position in Swedish poetry.

Swedish literature's style has been described as heavy with symbolism and enigmatic, while at the same time tormented and ironical.

Swedish literature wrote novels, a classic work being the partly autobiographical Flowering Nettles, in 1935.

Swedish literature's poetry is distinguished by a Christian mysticism, moving on the verge between dream and reality, the physical and the metaphysical.

Swedish literature established himself as a performing artist in 1920 and toured Sweden for about three decades.

Swedish literature is best known for songs about sailors, ballads about Argentina, and songs about the Swedish countryside.

Nationalteatern were significant because they were not only a musical group, but theatre performers; and in the talented leftist artist Mikael Wiehe of Hoola Bandoola Band, there was a renewal of Swedish literature ballad writing, in the direction of high quality proletarian lyrics.

Swedish literature language is an official language in Finland, with approximately 5.