Ylva Karlsson (born 3 February 1978) is a Swedish children's writer. She received the

Astrid Lindgren Prize The Astrid Lindgren-priset, or Astrid Lindgren Prize in English, is a Swedish literary award for children's literature named after the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren. The prize was instituted by the publishing house Rabén & Sjögren in 1967 to ...

in 2021. She was a member of the

Swedish Academy for Children's Books The Swedish Academy for Children's Books ( sv, Svenska barnboksakademin) is a nonprofit society, established on 26 May 1989 at the Skärholmen Library in Stockholm, Sweden. Based on the Swedish Academy The Swedish Academy ( sv, Svenska Akad ...

from 2009 to 2012. She was born in

Hallonbergen Hallonbergen (meaning "Raspberry Hill") is a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. Hallonbergen, which has about 5,400 inhabitants, located in Sundbyberg Municipality in the north west of Stockholm, is a fairly typical 1960-1970s area of dense ''Milli ...

and now lives in

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. She made her literary debut at the age of 20 with the novel ''Tova'', for which she received the Slangbellan prize. She wrote the book as an 18-year-old, and it depicts a 17-year-old girl's problem-filled summer, where she is let down by her mother and abandoned by her boyfriend. The trilogy about the eight-year-old Malin (2001-2003) is everyday realism, but she has also written art adventures and fantasy books. She was nominated to the

Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize The Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize is awarded for a work of children's or young adult literature written in one of the languages of the Nordic countries. It was established by the Nordic Council in 2012 after an in ...

in 2021.Ylva Karlsson og Sara Lundberg (ill.)
/ref> She holds a degree in literature from

Stockholm University Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, so ...

Works

* ''Tova'' (Alfabeta, 1998) *''Josefin, Horisontvägen 29'' (Alfabeta 2000) *''När mormor glömde att hon var död'' (Alfabeta 2001) *''En liten bok om Malin'' (Alfabeta 2001) *''Dit man längtar'' (Alfabeta 2001) *''Malins andra bok'' (Alfabeta 2002) *''Tredje boken om Malin'' (Alfabeta 2003) *''Resan till Kejsaren'' (Alfabeta 2004) *''Om man heter Robin'' (Alfabeta 2006) *''De röda drakarnas land'' (Alfabeta 2007) *''Skriv om och om igen'' (X Publishing 2009) *''Ossians ovanliga nanny'' (Hippo bokförlag 2012) *''Samuels sällsamma kalender'' (Hippo bokförlag 2013) *''Mikaels märkvärdiga resa'' (Hippo bokförlag 2015) *''Här är världen'' (Hippo bokförlag 2016) *''Vantarna - en julsaga'' (Urax förlag 2016) *''Den stora vännen'' (Urax förlag 2017) *''Nattstjärnorna'' (Urax förlag 2018) *''Jag och alla'' (

Rabén & Sjögren Rabén & Sjögren is a book publishing company in Sweden. It was established in 1942 by and . Since 1998 it has been part of Norstedts förlag. The publishing focus is on children's and youth literature. Rabén & Sjögren was very successful, pu ...

2019) *''Månen, varelsen och jag'' (

2020) *''Nappresan'' (

2020) *''Krokodiljakten eller när Ester kom bort i affären'' (

2021)

Awards

* Slangbellan (1998) *

Expressens Heffaklump Expressens Heffaklump (Heffaklumpen) is a Swedish annual award for children's and youth culture, especially children's and youth literature, that is awarded by the newspaper Expressen. The award was established in 1966 and the original award statue ...

(2004) *

August Prize The August Prize ( sv, Augustpriset) is an annual Swedish literary prize awarded each year since 1989 by the Swedish Publishers' Association. The prize is awarded to the best Swedish book of the year, in three categories. Prize In the years 1989- ...

(2009) *

(2021)

References

External links

Ylva Karlsson
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karlsson, Ylva 1978 births Living people Swedish children's writers Swedish women children's writers Recipients of the Astrid Lindgren Prize