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List Of Novels Set In Stockholm
This article provides an incomplete list of novels set in Stockholm. Included is the date of first publication. Nineteenth century 1830s * ''Det går an'' – Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1839) 1870s * '' The Red Room'' – August Strindberg (1879) 1880s * ''The Son of a Servant'' – August Strindberg (1886) 1890s * '' Förvillelser'' – Hjalmar Söderberg (1895) Twentieth century 1900s * ''Martin Birck's Youth'' – Hjalmar Söderberg (1901) * ''Alone'' – August Strindberg (1903) * '' Doctor Glas'' – Hjalmar Söderberg (1905) * '' Norrtullsligan'' – Elin Wägner (1908) 1910s * ''The Serious Game'' – Hjalmar Söderberg (1912) * ''The Emperor of Portugallia'' – Selma Lagerlöf (1914) 1920s 1930s * '' England Made Me'' – Graham Greene (1935) * '' Kungsgatan'' – Ivar Lo-Johansson (1935) * '' Sömnlös'' – Vilhelm Moberg (1937) 1940s * '' Grupp Krilon'' – Eyvind Johnson (1941) * '' Krilons resa'' – Eyvind Johnson (1942) * '' Krilon själv'' – Ey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Greene
Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic novels, and of thrillers (or "entertainments" as he termed them). He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times. Through 67 years of writing, which included over 25 novels, he explored the conflicting moral and political issues of the modern world. He was awarded the 1968 Shakespeare Prize and the 1981 Jerusalem Prize. He converted to Catholicism in 1926 after meeting his future wife, Vivien Dayrell-Browning. Later in life he took to calling himself a "Catholic agnostic". He died in 1991, at age 86, of leukemia, and was buried in Corseaux cemetery. Early years (1904–1922) Henry Graham Greene was born in 1904 in St John's House, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irving Wallace
Irving Wallace (March 19, 1916 – June 29, 1990) was an American best-selling author and screenwriter. He was known for his heavily researched novels, many with a sexual theme. Early life Wallace was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Bessie Liss and Alexander Wallace (an Americanized version of the original family name of Wallechinsky). The family was Jewish and originally from Russia. Wallace was named after his maternal grandfather, a bookkeeper and Talmudic scholar of Narewka, Poland. Wallace grew up at 6103 Eighteenth Avenue in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he attended Kenosha Central High School. He was the father of Olympic historian David Wallechinsky and author Amy Wallace. Career Wallace began selling stories to magazines when he was a teenager. In the Second World War Wallace served in the Frank Capra unit in Fort Fox along with Theodor Seuss Geisel – better known as Dr. Seuss – and continued to write for magazines. He also served in the First Motion Picture Unit of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prize (novel)
''The Prize'' is a novel written by Irving Wallace in 1962 concerning the annual prize-giving ceremony of the Nobel award, Nobel Prize. A The Prize (1963 film), film, based on the book and starring Paul Newman, was made later in 1963. Six people all around the world are catapulted to international fame as they receive the most important telegraph of their lives, which invites them to Stockholm to receive the prize. This will be a turning point in their lives, in which personal affairs and political intrigue will engulf every one of the characters. 1962 American novels Novels set in Stockholm Nobel Prize Novels by Irving Wallace American novels adapted into films Simon & Schuster books {{1960s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of Their City
''Children of Their City'' ( sv, Barn av sin stad) is a 1962 novel by Swedish author Per Anders Fogelström Per Anders Fogelström (22 August 1917, Stockholm – 20 June 1998 Stockholm) was a Swedish writer, and one of the leading figures in modern Swedish literature. He spent his whole life in Stockholm, and the most famous of the more than 40 books he .... It is the second novel of the ''City'' novels. References 1962 Swedish novels Swedish-language novels Novels set in Stockholm Family saga novels {{1960s-family-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Anders Fogelström
Per Anders Fogelström (22 August 1917, Stockholm – 20 June 1998 Stockholm) was a Swedish writer, and one of the leading figures in modern Swedish literature. He spent his whole life in Stockholm, and the most famous of the more than 40 books he wrote in total is a series of five novels set in the Swedish capital that he dearly loved, describing the lives of successive generations of Stockholmers between 1860 and 1968: *''Mina Drömmars stad'' ('' City of My Dreams''), published in 1960, covers the period from 1860-1880. *''Barn av sin stad'' ('' Children of Their City''), published in 1962, covers 1880-1900. *''Minns du den stad'' ('' Remember the City''), published in 1964, covers 1900-1925. *''I en förvandlad stad'' ('' In a City Transformed''), published in 1966, covers 1925-1945. *''Stad i världen'' ('' City in the World''), published in 1968, covers 1945-1968. All five novels have been published in an English translation by Jennifer Brown Bäverstam. A film adaptatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of My Dreams
''City of My Dreams'' ( sv, Mina drömmars stad) is a 1960 novel by the Swedish writer Per Anders Fogelström. The narrative follows a group of working-class people on Södermalm in Stockholm between 1860 and 1880. It was the first novel in a series of five. It was adapted into a 1976 film with the same title, directed by Ingvar Skogsberg. See also * 1960 in literature * Swedish literature Swedish literature () refers to literature written in the Swedish language or by writers from Sweden. The first literary text from Sweden is the Rök runestone, carved during the Viking Age circa 800 AD. With the conversion of the land to Chri ... References 1960 Swedish novels Novels set in Stockholm Albert Bonniers Förlag books Swedish-language novels Family saga novels {{1960s-family-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krilon Själv
Krilon is a trilogy of novels by the Swedish author Eyvind Johnson, ''Grupp Krilon'' ("Group Krilon", 1941), ''Krilons resa'' ("Krilon's journey", 1942), ''Krilon själv'' ("Krilon himself", 1943), published in one volume as ''Krilon'' in 1948. Written and published during World War II, the novel is partly a realistic story set in contemporary Stockholm and partly an allegory of the events during the war that criticises nazism and fascism as well as Sweden's neutrality during the war. Plot summary The main character is Johannes Krilon, a middle aged real estate broker in Stockholm. He has formed a conversation group with six middle class friends that regularly meet to discuss various topics. Krilon's business is eventually attacked by two real estate rivals and he struggles to keep his group united against the aggression. Critical reception The novel was generally praised by the leading contemporary Swedish critics. Anders Österling wrote that it was "the most original achievemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
