Translations

Ellen Nordmark's ambitious poetic epic interrogates the cosmos, underworld, and current global political landscape through the intermingling of contemporary tragedy and ancient mythologies. Translated by Gina Abelkop.

A regular feature on Helsinki's theatre scene, Bengt Ahlfors weaves the story of an entire life into this gentle, delicately crafted monologue on one elderly man’s unconventional search for connection.
Translated by Henning Koch.

Based on the accounts of dozens of young people originally from Afghanistan, Kabul Sthlm Paris is a polyphonic, multi-media piece of documentary theatre that shines a light on the disorienting and at times dehumanising asylum process.
Adapted and translated by Johanna Larsson.

Written by one of Sweden’s foremost playwrights and an acclaimed poet making her dramatic debut, King Mother interrogates the many facets of familial love, and what happens to them in the absence of memory.
Translated by Anna McGroarty.

Taking up the drama where Euripides' Medea ends, Farrokhzad places her protagonist in a poetic dialogue with a personified Morality, as she grapples with the import of what she has done.
Translated by Jennifer Hayashida.

Delving into themes of motherhood and hope in a troubling age, She’ll Be Named Minou is a thought-provoking piece on life and death, and the world that future generations will come to inherit.
Translated by Robert Lyons.

An ingeniously crafted comedy that plays out like a thriller, Alejandro Leiva Wenger's masterful play explores loss, the malleability of memory and the narratives we tell ourselves about those we love.
Translated by May-Brit Akerholt.

Drawn in a style inspired by manga but with a twisted and expressionistic flair, Cecilia Vårhed's eagerly anticipated debut Fattigt skryt is a trippy saga about broken love, class, friendship and the quest to land on one’s feet. Translated by Corinne Platten.

One of the most prominent voices in twentieth and twenty-first century Swedish literature, Kerstin Ekman enters into dialogue with her own literary heroes, detailing the works that have influenced her own reading and writing life. Translated by Linda Schenck.

Magnus Florin's latest novel plays out during the philosopher René Descartes’ last journey, a month-long voyage from Holland to Stockholm in the autumn of 1649. Translated by Harry D. Watson.

In his debut novel, which won the 2023 Borås Tidning's Debut Prize, Yvesand has perfectly captured the dreaminess not only of bright, long summers but also the voice and energy of a thirteen-year-old. Translated by Sophie Ruthven.

In this short story, a disagreement between a clergyman and his wife in a rural parish serves as a prelude to an incisive exploration of the clashes that inevitably occur between tradition and innovation, faith, superstition and reason. Translated by Sarah Death.

In her explosive second poetry collection, Aya Kanbar offers a heady, romantic and often dark exploration of love, loneliness, destruction and the search for identity. Translated by Elizabeth Clark Wessel.

Lisa Röstlund, an experienced, award-winning journalist, has spent years investigating concerns about modern forest management. The many lines of thought and inquiry in her largest, most complicated, and politically charged story all come together in Forestland. Translated by Anna Paterson.

Robert Åsbacka uses gentle humour to satirise elements of contemporary society and the increasing commercialisation of all aspects of life, even under a Social Democratic government.
Translated by Ruth Urbom.

Maria Turtschaninoff’s first work of literary fiction for adults, Inherited Land is an enchanting novel that depicts human relationships with nature across the generations.
Translated by Annie Prime.

Written in a beautiful prose with a comic melancholy, Peter Sandström's Autumn Apples is the portrait of a middle-aged man reflecting on his past and trying to make sense of the present. Translated by Deborah Bragan-Turner.

Coloured by magical realism, Giraffe Island is a tale of longing to be part of a family, to find one’s place in the world, and to be loved as one is.
Translated by Julia Marshall.