#swedish literature

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

"Summer is growing old and everything is flowing into a single melancholy murmur"

~ Tomas Tranströmer, from "The Cuckoo"

#tomas tranströmer #quotes #literature quotes #lit quotes #literary quotes #literary quotations #poetry #poem #swedish literature #swedish poetry #swedish author #poem excerpt #summer #summer aesthetic #summer quotes #august quotes #august

[megairea]

It’s funny about paths and rivers,’ he mused. ‘You see them go by, and suddenly you feel upset and want to be somewhere else — wherever the path or the river is going perhaps.’

Tove Jansson, Comet in Moominland (tr. by Elizabeth Portch), 1946

#tove jansson #comet in moominland #finnish literature #swedish literature #prose #literature

[beljar]

I’ve always been somewhat isolated. I’ve borne my isolation with me through the crowd as the snail bears its house.

For some people isolation isn’t a circumstance in which they find themselves, it’s an innate characteristic.

Биткин Евгений Петрович - Evgeny Petrovich Bitkin (1932-2017) Пригородная станция - Suburban Station (1962) oil on canvas 43 x 34 cm // photo from Everyday Parisian // Silence (1908) by Arthur Beecher Carles // text by Hjalmar Söderberg, from Doctor Glas, 1905

#isolation #evgeny petrovich bitkin #photography #oil paintings #artworks #paris aesthetic #blue academia #web weaving #silence #dark academia aesthetic #swedish literature #translated literature #parallels #arthur beecher carles #hjalmar soderberg #blue

[thebluesthour]

What's happened? she asks the blue infinity; but there's no one there to answer. Only emptiness.

Stig Dagerman, The Snake (trans. Laurie Thompson)

#lit #quotes #words #prose #Stig Dagerman #The Snake #the most human colour #translations #swedish literature #m #queued #Je suis hanté

[chiara-klara-claire]

Men jag kan inte döda någon’, sa Jonatan, ’det vet du, Orvar!’ […] ’Om alla vore som du’, sa Orvar, ’då skulle ju ondskan få regera i all evinnerlighet!’ Men då sa jag att om alla vore som Jonatan, så skulle det inte finnas någon ondska.

— Astrid Lindgren, Bröderna Lejonhjärta

But I can’t kill anyone,” said Jonathan. “You know that, Orvar.” […] “If everyone were like you,” said Orvar, “then evil would reign forever.” But then I said that if everyone were like Jonathan, there wouldn’t be any evil.

#Swedish #astrid lindgren #brothers lionheart #bröderna Lejonhjärta #literature #swedish literature #quote #found this when I was writing abt Astrid in 2021 I think #polyglot #langblr #language blog #se

[kattahj]

Wealthy people complaining about taxes are in 99.99% of the cases just assholes...

And then there's Astrid Lindgren, who, due to an unfortunate combination of old and new taxes for self-employed people, one year ended up with a marginal tax rate of 102%, meaning that the MORE books she sold, the LESS money she had.

She wrote a fairytale about it that she published in the newspaper, and the minister of finance rather condescendingly claimed that she had miscalculated.

Only she hadn't. And this is considered a contributing reason why the social democrats lost the next election, for the first time in 40 years.

Ironically, Astrid Lindgren otherwise supported the social democrats.

#astrid lindgren #swedish history #swedish politics #swedish literature

[shakespear-esque]

Poems written by Z. Topelius

#my photos #classic academia #light academia #romantic academia #art academia #literature academia #academia aesthetic #classic academia aesthetic #light acadamia aesthetic #romantic academia aesthetic #finnish literature #swedish literature #poetry #bookblr

[yslitera]

— Fredrik Backman, Beartown

i love this book with all my heart. five stars, ten stars, a hundred stars, a thousand stars, a million stars. stars don’t even begin to encapsulate my love for this book.

excerpt: but what the hell is life, peter, apart from moments?

#beartown #literature #bookblr #quotes #quote #book #swedish literature #fredrik backman #beartown trilogy #life #hockey #sports

[cinematic-literature]

Decision to Leave (2022) by Park Chan-wook

Book title: Mannen på balkongen (The Man on the Balcony in English; 1967) by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö

#books in movies #decision to leave #park chan-wook #the man on the balcony #mannen pa balkongen #per wahloo #maj sjowall #swedish literature

[hoyatype]

I was attracted to it, I inhaled it, I let myself be impregnated by her way of speaking and being. I adapted, made my own version of it, let her change me forever. That’s all there is to the self, or the so-called “self”: traces of the people we rub up against. I loved Johanna’s words and gestures and let them become part of me, intentionally or not. I suppose that is at the core of every relationship, and the reason that in some sense no relationship ever ends.

ia genberg, details, trans. kira josefsson

#quotes #litblr #contemporary literature #swedish literature

[gennsoup]

The ride on the Witches-Sabbath to the Dark Tower where we meet only ourselves, ourselves, ourselves.

Dag Hammarskjöld, Markings

#Dag Hammarskjold #Markings #Witches Sabbath #flying #spooky season #witch #witches #witch quotes #Swedish literature #poetry #poetry quotes #spooky #Halloween #Halloween season #quotes #quotes blog #literary quotes #literature quotes #literature #book quotes #Black Sabbath

[birdisland]

Hi Birdisland,

Since you mentioned sweden/Swedish, I wonder if you have any tv shows/films/books that aren't well known internationally (Swedish, or nordic) or really would deserves to be more heard about.

Had this in mind since I fell in love with the movie Aniara! Not rush or pressure. Have the same interest towards African, East Asian, South Asian (in my particular interest non traditional Bollywood) , Latam cinema/media.

If I have missed a previous post or ask. I apologise in advance.

Gräns (Border) from 2018 is a fantastic film. As is Hets (1944).

As for books... my favorite authors are John Ajvide Lindqvist and Astrid Lindgren, both very well known. Another author I like is Inger Edelfeldt, but she's kind of hit-or-miss, 50% of her stuff is pretty bad tbh. Her earlier books are best.

#swedish film #swedish literature

[megairea]

Red and yellow leaves danced round his head and from far away in the hills came another autumn downpour to wash away the last of everything he didn’t want to remember.

Tove Jansson, Moomin Valley in November (tr. by Kingsley Hart), 1970

#tove jansson #moomin valley in november #finnish literature #swedish literature #prose #literature

[dendro80]

Took a stroll in the neighbourhood. Went to Karlfeldts gården and looked for signs of spring. Tibasten is soon blooming but otherwise it was nothing to be found.

Erik Axel Karlfeldts childhood home, a swedish author and poet (1864-1931). He lived here as a child and later in life he bought it back. Now owned by the community and is open for everyone. Have during the summer a herbgarden and a smal museum.

April 2023

Karlfeldts gården, Karlbo, Avesta, Dalarna, Sweden

#sweden #swedish #dalarna #my photos #my life #enjoythelittlethings #gaylife #culturalheritage #swedish design #swedish landscape #swedish literature #swedish culture #garden #cultural history #culture #april 2023 #springtime #old houses #old building #old house #cultural heritage #swedish home #swedish language #swedish history #swedish photographer #gay #cold days #cold weather #gayguy #snow

[notallsandmen]

The epitome of 19th century literary bromance: August Strindberg writing to Verner von Heidenstam and asking whether he would like to order condoms from the pharmacy together, to save on shipping costs

#august strindberg #strindberg #verner von heidenstam #heidenstam #oscarian literature #19th century literature #19th century #swedish literature

[whilereadingandwalking]

Scandinavian literature is famous for its crime novels and bleak landscapes. But looking past Stieg Laarson, what Swedish books available in English translation should you read? Please don’t assume that all Swedish literature is cold crime investigation and psychological thrillers—you should know that childhood classic Pippi Longstocking came from Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, translated by Florence Lamborn. 

I spent much of my March reading excellent Swedish literature, from emotional contemporaries to creative, thrilling speculative fiction, from Karin Tidbeck to Johannes Anyuru to Fredrik Bachman, to give you my most recent list of books in translation for Book Riot.

#swedish literature #books in translation #karin tidbeck #the family clause #johannes anyuru #amatka #valerie #book stack