Features

George Schoolfield, the witty king of Scandinavian Studies outside of Scandinavia, passed away after a long illness at his home on July 21, 2016.

Ian Giles interviews Sarah Death, literary translator and editor of SBR from 2003 to 2014, who was awarded the Order of the Polar Star in 2014 for her services to Swedish literature and language abroad.

This article on Elin Wägner was to be the last of Helena Forsås-Scott’s many collaborative projects for Swedish Book Review.
Introduced with translated extracts by Sarah Death

SBR interviews Norvik Press publisher Janet Garton

SBR interviews the Bookwitch, aka Ann Giles

Helena Forsås-Scott was a deeply committed academic and a devotee of Swedish literature. An active, advisory editor of SBR and a major contributor from the outset.

A collective tribute to Laurie Thompson (1938-2015) by his friend and colleagues

As well as being a distinguished academic, Laurie Thompson (1938-2015) was also a prolific translator.

Laurie Thompson was an outstanding and prolific literary translator. He also had a distinguished academic
career, and had a major impact on the promotion of Swedish language, literature and culture in the UK.

SBR interviews children’s book publisher Julia Marshall

Silvester Mazzarella reports on Tove Jansson Centennial Conference held at the University of Stockholm, 27-28 November 2014.

Agnes Broomé and Nichola Smalley explore the rise of crossover fiction in Swedish.

Charlotte Berry investigates the world of author and illustrator Irmelin Sandman Lilius.

An introduction to cool Swedish titles from Finland.
by Tiia Strandén

There is more to Tove Jansson than the Moomins. Claire Dickenson looks at the short stories and novels she wrote for adults.

Ruth Urbom reports on a 2013 literary translation workshop featuring a novel by Anna-Karin Palm.

Ian Giles examines the impact of receptive multilingualism on practising translators and uncovers some other details about their careers.

Helena Forsås-Scott examines Kerstin Ekman's Grand final i skojarbranschen and looks at why novels still matter.