Per Björn Sigvardson Ranelid (born 21 May 1949) is a Swedish author from

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. Since the beginning of his career in 1983, Ranelid has published twenty novels and written about five hundred articles in different magazines and newspapers. The author has also made numerous speeches throughout the years since his debut. He has been living in

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since 1989. His works have been translated into French, English,

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, Norwegian and Finnish.

Biography

Education and teaching career

Ranelid has been a

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in literature at

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. He has taught literature, Swedish, and philosophy at the high school level.

Football career

Ranelid played professional

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for

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...

and

Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs Idrottsförening, commonly referred to as Helsingborgs IF, Helsingborg or (especially locally) HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish second tier, Superettan, following releg ...

however only with limited appearances in each club's first team. He started as a youth player in Håkanstorps BK before moving to Malmö FF in his teenage years, Ranelid transferred to Helsingborgs IF in 1970.

Musical career

Ranelid took part in

Melodifestivalen 2012 Melodifestivalen 2012 is a Swedish song contest that was held between 4 February and 10 March 2012. It selected the fifty-second Swedish entry to be internationally represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 (ESC 2012). As in the editions ...

with "Mirakel". The lyrics are by Björn Ranelid himself and music by Fredrik Andersson. The song features Sara Li in vocals. The song reached the Final 10.

Bibliography

* ''Den överlevande trädgårdsmästaren'' (1983) * ''I glastiden'' (1985) * ''David Hills obotliga minne'' (1987) * ''Mellan mörker och ljus. Erik Höglunds 80-tal'' (1988) * ''Påfågelns längtan'' (1989) * ''Mördarens öga'' (1990) * ''Mästaren'' (1992) * ''Mitt namn skall vara Stig Dagerman'' (1993) * '' Synden'' (1994) * ''I Bögens namn'' (1994) * ''Kärlekens innersta rum'' (1996) * ''Till alla människor på jorden och i himlen'' (1997) * ''Tusen kvinnor och en sorg'' (1998) * ''Min son fäktas mot världen'' (2000) * '' Krigaren'' (2001) * ''David Puma och drottning Silvia'' (2002) * ''Kvinnan är första könet'' (2003) * ''Ord'' (2003) * ''Bär ditt barn som den sista droppen vatten'' (2004) * ''Lustmördarna'' (2005) * ''Hjärtat som vapen'' (2006) * ''Öppet brev till George W Bush: paradisets nycklar hänger i helvetet – en sann berättelse'' (2007) * ''Ansikte av eld'' (2008) * ''I Gift You My Finest Words: Aphorisms and Metaphors in Swedish, French, English and German'' (2009) * ''Kniven i hjärtat'' (2010) * ''Tyst i klassen!'' (2012) * ''Förbjuden frukt från ett fruset träd'' (2013) * ''Kärleken och de sista människorna på jorden'' (2014) * ''Överbefälhavarens hemlighet'' (2016)

Discography

*2012: "Mirakel" (feat. Sara Li) (

)

References

External links

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