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  • It is 75 years today since Ingrid Hedström was born.

    TThe Swedish journalist and author Ingrid Hedström were born in Söderhamn in the central Swedish province of Hälsingland, and then moved to Avesta in nearby Dalarna when she was five years old. She is said to be one of the 1960’s so-called "welfare-state princesses", meaning that she was the first in her family to graduate from high school. She completed her final exam at Avesta Grammar School in...

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Portrait of Peter Corris

Corris, Peter
1942 - 2018

Peter Robert Corris was an Australian author, historian, journalist and pioneering author of crime fiction in Australia....

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Författarporträtt av Rönkä, Matti

Rönkä, Matti
1959 -

The Finnish journalist and novelist Matti Rönkä was born and raised in Kuusjärvi – today part of Outokumpu– near the Russia...

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Författarporträtt av Lövestam, Sara

Lövestam, Sara
1980 -

The author, queer activist, radio presenter, linguist and language teacher Sara Maria Kristina Lövestam was born in ...

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Portrait image of Matti Yrjänä Joensuu

Joensuu, Matti Yrjänä
1948 - 2011

Matti Yrjänä Joensuu was a Finnish crime writer and criminal investigator. He was born and lived most of his life in H...

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