Jens Liljestrand

This biography by Jens Liljestrand places the author Vilhelm Moberg in his historical and cultural context and demonstrates the ways in which he was often determinedly and independently at odds with his times.

In this short story a group of boys with various personality disorders are sent to a remote island for an unorthodox form of therapy.
Translated by Fiona Graham

A curated list of recent highlights in narrative non-fiction, as reviewed in Swedish Book Review.

Set on the Danish island of Bornholm in 1945, Jens Liljestrand’s Liberation is a historical crime novel that shines a light on a lesser-known part of the second world war.