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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 John D. MacDonald

MacDonald, John D.
1916 - 1986

The American author John Dann MacDonald was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania. His father (who was of Scottish ancestry) pursued...

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Portrait image of André Bjerke

Bjerke, André
1918 - 1985

André Bjerke was a prominent figure on the Norwegian culture scene in the 1990s. He was an authority on Norwegian post-war ...

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Portrait image of Camilla Ceder

Ceder, Camilla
1976 -

Camilla Ceder grew up in Olofstorp near Gothenburg. She studied social work and psychotherapy and now lives in Gothenburg...

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Författarporträtt av Wright, Willard Huntington

Wright, Willard Huntington
1888 - 1939

Willard Huntington Wright was an American critic and editor. He was born in Virginia, attended Harvard and later studied...

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