Authors
Linn Asterby
Linn Asterby is an experienced journalist with a particular interest in science and popular education. Together Bertil and Linn hosts the popular Swedish podcast How to Live Longer and provides training in promotive health work to healthcare professionals.
Christian Benedict
Christian Benedict is a docent in neuro science at Uppsala University, where he studies the importance of sleep for health and performance. Christian has received several scientific awards for his sleep research, including the Oscar prize from Uppsala University and the Young Sleep Researcher Award…
Lars Berge
Lars Berge (b. 1974) is a Stockholm-based writer, journalist and documentary film maker. His debut novel, Office Ninja was translated into five languages and his first non-fiction work, Project Wolf became an instant national bestseller and was nominated for the international Ryszard Kapuściński Awa…
Nina Burton
Nina Burton (b. 1946) is a poet and essayist, famous for her unique style of combining lyric poetry and the natural sciences. In 2016 she won the prestigious August Prize for Non-Fiction for The Gutenberg Galaxy Nova, and has also been awarded amongst others the Swedish Nobel Academy’s Essay Prize,…
Sven Carlsson
Sven Carlsson (b. 1986) is a reporter at Dagens Industri Digital, where he monitors companies such as Spotify and Uber. He has previously worked at SvD Business, AFP and Swedish National Radio.
Lisa dos Santos
Lisa dos Santos (b. 1980) is a prosecutor in Sweden who first became widely known when she wrote a debate article about the corruption of defense lawyers who were employed directly by crime organizations and sometimes even helped with the crimes. She has been involved with many high-profile cases in…
Kerstin Ekman
Kerstin Ekman (b. 1933) debuted in 1959 as a crime writer. In 1978 she was elected to the Swedish Nobel Academy, and left her chair in 1989. Her rich narratives, often rooted in the everyday, have made her one of the most widely read Swedish writers of the twentieth century. Her works are translated…
Horace Engdahl
Horace Engdahl is one of Sweden’s most prominent literary figures, and in 1999 he was elected to be Secretary of The Swedish Academy, a position he held for 10 years. He has written several essay collections on literature, dramatic writing and poetry and has also translated plays by Heinrich von Kle…