Ebbe Schön (13 December 1929 – 4 August 2022) was a Swedish author, folklorist and associate professor in literature at Stockholm University. Besides literature, he studied

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and Slavonic languages at Stockholm University. Among other things, he worked as a naval radio operator and as a press officer and film producer at the Swedish Naval Staff, and was a radio and TV producer at Swedish Radio and

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. Schön was the head of Sweden's largest folklore collection at the

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in Stockholm for almost two decades. He wrote many books about literature, folklore and Norse mythology, both for adults and children.

Bibliography

* ''Jan Fridegård och forntiden'' (doctor's dissertation) (1973) * ''Jan Fridegård'' (1978) * ''Julen förr i tiden'' (1980) * ''Folktro i Bohuslän'' (1983) * ''Älvor, vättar och andra väsen'' (1986) * ''Trollguld'' (1986) * ''Karolinens pojke'' (1988) * ''Folktrons år'' (1989) * ''Roddarpojken'' (1990) * ''Häxor och trolldom'' (1991) * ''Luffar-Olas rim och ramsor'' (1991) * ''Kungar, krig och katastrofer'' (1993) * ''Älskogens magi'' (1996) * ''Vår svenska tomte'' (1996) * ''Troll'' (1997) * ''Sjöjungfrur, stenhuggare och gnistapor'' (1997) * ''Svensk folktro A-Ö'' (1998) * ''Svenska traditioner'' (1998) * ''Troll och människa'' (1999) * ''Drakar och trollormar'' (1999) * ''De döda återvänder'' (2000) * ''Älvor, troll och talande träd'' (2000) * ''Folktro från förr'' (2001) * ''Skepnader i skymningen'' (2001) * ''Folktro om ödet och lyckan'' (2002) * ''Silverpipan'' (2002) * ''Trollkistan'' (2003) * ''Asa-Tors hammare'' (2004) * ''Folktrons ABC'' (2004) * ''Kungar, krig och katastrofer'' (new enlarged edition) (2005) * ''Vår svenske tomte'' (new enlarged edition) (2006) * ''Folktro på fäbodvall'' (2006) * ''Jätten i Brofjäll'' (2007) * ''Svenska sägner'' (2008) * ''Häxkonster och kärleksknep'' (2008) * ''Ödet och lyckan'' (new edition of Folktro om ödet och lyckan) (2009) * ''Erotiska väsen'' (2010) * ''Kungar, krig och katastrofer'' (new enlarged edition) (2011) * ''Fotspår på röd granit'' (2012) * ''Gårdstomtens långa minne'' (2014) * ''Fan i båten'' (2015) * ''Mat, dryck och magi'' (2016) * ''Gårdstomten på Ryk'' (2018) * ''Vår svenske tomte'' (new enlarged edition) (2018) * ''Ängel med bockfot'' (2019) * ''Gårdstomtens tårar'' (2022) Besides, Ebbe Schön participates in a number of anthologies, newspapers, magazines and yearbooks.

Awards and honours

* Studieförbundet Vuxenskolans folkbildningsstipendium (1989) * Bohuslandstingets kulturpris (1990) * Mickelpriset awarded by Berättarnätet Kronoberg and Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan in Ljungby (1999) * Kungl. Patriotiska Sällskapets Gösta Berg-medalj (2004) * Jöran Sahlgren-pris awarded by Kungl. Gustav Adolfs Akademien för svensk folkkultur (2005) * Bohusläningens kulturpris (2011)

References

* * Berättarnätet Kronoberg
''Mickelpriset''

Författarförmedlingen: Ebbe Schön
* Ekman, Arne. ''NE i tjugo band: En modern och komprimerad version av det stora uppslagsverket''. Malmö: Nationalencyklopedin (NE), 2009. * Heurling, Bo. ''Författaren själv: Ett biografiskt lexikon av och om 1189 samtida svenska författare''. Höganäs: Wiken, 1993. * ''Vem är det: Svensk biografisk handbok''. Stockholm: Norstedt, 1912–.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schön, Ebbe 1929 births 2022 deaths People from Lysekil Municipality Swedish-language writers Swedish folklorists Folklore writers Swedish literary scholars Academic staff of Stockholm University Writers on Germanic paganism Swedish Navy officers