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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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Childers, Erskine
1870 - 1922
The British author Robert Erskine Childers (not to be confused with his son Erskine Hamilton Childers, the fourth president...
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Schulman, Ninni
1972 -
The Swedish author Ninni Schulman was born as Karin Jessica Christina Olofsdotter-Jansson at Rämmen in Värmland province, a...
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Kantor, MacKinlay
1904 - 1977
The author and journalist MacKinlay Kantor was born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor in Webster City, Iowa. His father, John Martin...
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Leonard, Elmore
1925 - 2013
The American author Elmore John Leonard, Jr. was born in New Orleans, but because his father worked for the automobile...
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