''Berömda män som varit i Sunne'' (lit. Famous Men Who Have Visited Sunne) is a 1998 novel by Swedish author Göran Tunström about Sunne. It won the

August Prize The August Prize () is an annual Swedish literary prize awarded each year since 1989 by the Swedish Publishers' Association. The prize is awarded to the best Swedish book of the year, in three categories. The Swedish Publishers' Association also ...

in 1998.

Plot

The book is about ''Stellan Jonsson Lök'', a merchant who is commissioned to write a text for an anniversary book. The text should be about famous men who have been to Sunne. Lök, who is also an autograph hunter, begins his work with great enthusiasm, but the more he digs, he soon finds the people behind these famous men. Among other things, the astronaut Ed Odin who comes back to his hometown to bury his mother, the artist Pihlgren who can no longer paint, the priest Cederblom who no longer believes. All the research also leads to Lök starting to find himself.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beromda man som varit i Sunne 1998 Swedish novels Swedish-language novels August Prize–winning works Novels set in Värmland County Albert Bonniers Förlag books