Linda Eleonora von Essen (née Söderberg; born 9 June 1978) is a Swedish food writer and cookbook author. Von Essen is the daughter of journalist and priest Bo Söderberg and author

Anna Wahlgren Anna Martha Sofia Wahlgren ( Karlsson, 6 October 1942 – 7 October 2022) was a Swedish author and public debater. Wahlgren was best known for her book Barnaboken, which was published in 1983. She also wrote novels, short story collections, poe ...

. She was the eighth of nine full and half siblings and the younger half-sister of literary scholar

Sara Danius Sara Maria Danius (5 April 1962 – 12 October 2019) was a Swedish literary critic and philosopher, and a scholar of literature and aesthetics. Danius was professor of aesthetics at Södertörn University, docent of literature at Uppsala Univers ...

, author Felicia Feldt and game developer Linus Feldt. She is also the granddaughter of builder Harry Karlsson and the niece of photographer Stig T. Karlsson and builder Sven-Harry Karlsson. After graduating as a journalist, von Essen was food editor for the magazine ''Leva!'' for five years. She has since freelanced for a number of different magazines and has had her own food blog since 2008. As a food writer, she has often signed under the name Pytte. Von Essen has published the books ''Bjud hem! Kokbok för glada, lata och sociala'' (2012), ''Flexitarianens kokbok – mycket grönt, lite kött'' (2014), ''Smarta snacks – nyttigare mellanmål, tilltugg och godis'' (2016) and ''Smartare mat för hela familjen'' (2017).

Personal life

Since 2007, von Essen has been married to journalist Christian von Essen (born 1979), who is the nephew of Gustaf von Essen and the grandson of Per Erik von Essen. They have three children.Christian von Essens hemsida.
Åtkomst 8 June 2018.

References

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