Nils Hasselskog (1892–1936) was a Swedish poet, writer and

humourist A humorist (American) or humourist (British spelling) is an intellectual who uses humor, or wit, in writing or public speaking, but is not an artist who seeks only to elicit laughs. Humorists are distinct from comedians, who are show business ...

. He debuted as a writer for

Grönköpings Veckoblad ''Grönköpings Veckoblad'' is a Swedish satirical monthly magazine. The name translates as "''The Grönköping Weekly''", or "''The Greenville Weekly''", Grönköping being a fictional Swedish town. The name Grönköping predates the magazine; ...

in 1925. Hasselskog's years at the magazine are considered its artistic peak. He was the creator of the parody language

Transpiranto Transpiranto is a parody language, a caricature of the international auxiliary language Esperanto. The name contains a play on the Swedish verb ''transpirera'', to perspire. The parody language was developed from 1929 by contributors to the publ ...

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Swedish-language writers Swedish male writers 1892 births 1936 deaths {{Sweden-writer-stub