Gunhild Margareta Strömstedt ( Henriksson; 19 May 1931 − 28 March 2023) was a Swedish author, journalist and translator.The History of Nordic Women's Literature, Margareta Strömstedt
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Family and education

Strömstedt was born in

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on 19 May 1931, to August Henriksson, a

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minister, and Sigrid Bergma. She qualified as a teacher in

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before continuing her university studies, graduating in 1956. In 1953 she married the publisher

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(1929–2016). She was the mother of the musician

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and the journalist Lotten Strömstedt.

Career

In the 1960s Strömstedt worked as a children's theatre critic for the newspaper '' Dagens Nyheter''. In 1969 she trained with the broadcaster

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, and worked as a producer there until 1985. Strömstedt's debut work for children, ''Fjärilar i klassen'', was published in 1961, followed in 1962 by ''Kom tillbaka, lilla Jenny!''. Her major breakthrough was in 1982 with the publication of the first book in a prize-winning series about a girl called Majken (''Majken, den nittonde december''). She also wrote books for adults, her first, the autobiographical novel ''Julstädningen och döden'', appearing in 1980. Many of her works reflected an interest in child welfare. She also wrote a biography of

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, published in 1977.

Recognition and later life

Strömstedt was awarded the Gulliver Prize in 1969 and was also the recipient of the

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on two occasions, in 1986 and 2002. In 2007 she was awarded an honorary

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from Linnaeus University.https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/forfattaren-margareta-stromstedt-ar-dod/ Strömstedt's final work, ''Jag skulle så gärna vilja förföra dig – men jag orkar inte'', was published in 2013. She died in

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on 28 March 2023, at the age of 91.

References

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