List of Swedish-language writers

A

• Alf Ahlberg
• Lars Ahlin
• John Ajvide Lindqvist
• Sonja Åkesson
• Hans Alfredson
• Karin Alfredsson
• Carl Jonas Love Almqvist
• Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom
• Dan Andersson
• Anders Annerfalk
• Britt Arenander
• Werner Aspenström
• Majgull Axelsson

  B

• Carl Michael Bellman
• Victoria Benedictsson
• Frans G. Bengtsson
• Bo Bergman
• Hjalmar Bergman
• Elsa Beskow
• Marcus Birro
• August Blanche
• August Bondeson
• Karin Boye
• Fredrika Bremer
• Annika Bryn

  C

• Bo Carpelan
• Camilla Ceder
• Siv Cedering
• Stig Claesson

  D

• Stig Dagerman
• Olof von Dalin
• Tage Danielsson
• Sven Delblanc
• Walter Dickson
• Ernst Didring
• Elmer Diktonius

  E

• Inger Edelfeldt
• Johannes Edfelt
• Åke Edwardson
• Vilhelm Ekelund
• Gunnar Ekelöf
• Kerstin Ekman
• Per Olov Enquist
• Helena Eriksson
• Maria Ernestam

  F

• Nils Ferlin, poet
• Torbjörn Flygt
• Per Anders Fogelström
• Lars Forssell
• Tua Forsström
• Marianne Fredriksson
• Gustaf Fröding, poet

  G

• Jonas Gardell
• Anders Abraham Grafström
• Elsa Grave
• Maria Gripe
• Jan Guillou, journalist, novelist
• Hjalmar Gullberg
• Lars Gyllensten

  H

• Carl August Hagberg
• Stefan Hammarén
• Bob Hansson
• Verner von Heidenstam
• Alf Henrikson
• Marie Hermanson
• Rut Hillarp
• Sverre Holmsen

  J

• Tove Jansson
• P.C. Jersild
• Eyvind Johnson
• Harry Järv

  K

• Mons Kallentoft
• Theodor Kallifatides
• Mare Kandre
• Erik Axel Karlfeldt
• Martin Koch
• Sara Kristoffersson
• Agnes von Krusenstjerna
• Willy Kyrklund

  L

• Camilla Lackberg
• Ann-Helén Laestadius, Sami journalist and children's novelist
• Olof Lagercrantz
• Pär Lagerkvist
• Selma Lagerlöf
• Dagmar Lange
• Viveca Lärn
• Stieg Larsson
• Stig Larsson
• Anna Maria Lenngren
• Oscar Levertin
• Li Li
• Sara Lidman
• Astrid Lindgren
• Barbro Lindgren
• Torgny Lindgren
• Herman Lindqvist
• John Ajvide Lindqvist
• Sven Lindqvist
• Fredrik Lindström
• Jonas Carl Linnerhielm
• Ivar Lo-Johansson
• Lasse Lucidor
• Kristina Lugn
• Artur Lundkvist

  M

• Bertil Malmberg
• Bodil Malmsten
• Henning Mankell
• Liza Marklund
• Harry Martinson
• Moa Martinson
• Erik Mesterton
• Vilhelm Moberg
• Lukas Moodysson, published poetry before becoming a film director
• Jan Myrdal

  N

• Håkan Nesser
• Mikael Niemi
• Peter Nilson
• Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht
• Sven Nordqvist
• Adolf Noreen
• Julia Nyberg

  O

• Albert Olsson
• Jan Olof Olsson, pen name Jolo
• Vladimir Oravsky
• Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna
• Bruno K. Öijer, poet
• Klas Östergren

  P

• Malte Persson
• Agneta Pleijel
• Peter Pohl

  R

• Povel Ramel
• Björn Ranelid
• Märta Helena Reenstierna
• Ann Rosman
• Johan Ludvig Runeberg
• Viktor Rydberg

  S

• Shamm Shamayi Salih, writer
• Irmelin Sandman Lilius
• Eugen Semitjov, writer, journalist and artist
• Malla Silfverstolpe, diarist
• Maj Sjöwall
• Erik Johan Stagnelius, Romantic poet
• Georg Stiernhielm
• Jan Stocklassa
• August Strindberg
• Eva Ström
• Fredrik Ström
• Per Olof Sundman
• Maria Sveland
• Hjalmar Söderberg
• Edith Södergran

  T

• Evert Taube
• Esaias Tegnér, poet
• Kerstin Thorvall
• Zacharias Topelius, poet and writer
• Tomas Tranströmer, poet
• Stieg Trenter
• Birgitta Trotzig
• Göran Tunström
• Helene Tursten

  V

• Gunnel Vallquist
• Carl-Johan Vallgren

  W

• Per Wahlöö
• Elin Wägner
• Eva Waldemarsson
• Per Wästberg
• Adéle Weman, wrote under the names Parus Ater, Inga Storm and Zakarias
• Einar af Wirsén

  Z

• Joakim Zander