Kaj Gunnar Wolter Mattsson (5 May 1937 – 9 August 1989) was a

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writer and journalist.Mattsson, Gunnar.
''Uppslagsverket Finland'' . Mattsson rose to fame as a result of his book ''Prinsessan''. The book was translated into some thirty languages, including English, it was a bestseller in Finland and was filmed as '' A Time in the Sun'' in Sweden.

Biography

Mattsson was born in

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. He worked as a journalist for ''

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'' newspaper. Suffering from

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, he committed suicide at the age of 52 in Helsinki.

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