Lars Widding, born 31 October 1924 in

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, U ...

Västerbotten Västerbotten (), known in English as West Bothnia or Westrobothnia, is a province (''landskap'') in the north of Sweden, bordering Ångermanland, Lapland, North Bothnia, and the Gulf of Bothnia. It is known for the cheese named after the p ...

, died 3 March 1994, was a Swedish author and journalist, best known for his historic novels. He worked for '' Expressen'' from 1950 to 1985. Widding was one of the most read authors of the 20th century in Sweden.

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1924 births 1994 deaths Swedish-language writers Swedish male writers Writers from Västerbotten {{Sweden-writer-stub