Ten Swedes Must Die

Like its predecessor Ask No Mercy, Ten Swedes Must Die is a novel that integrates a multiplicity of character perspectives and settings and was inspired by dramatic and still-controversial real events that shaped relationships among Baltic states in the twentieth century.

Ten Swedes Must Die is a translation of Tio svenskar måste dö, the middle book of Martin Österdahl’s Max Anger trilogy. Four years after the events of Ask No Mercy, Österdahl’s troubled protagonist must once again seek to uncover the truth behind a wave of violence that threatens the very existence of Sweden as a sovereign nation. Once again, Max Anger learns of complex connections linking international intrigue in the last years of the twentieth century with his own childhood experiences on the small island of Arholma in the Stockholm archipelago and actions taken by Sweden during the Second World War and its immediate aftermath. Of central importance in Ten Swedes Must Die is the Swedish extradition of Baltic soldiers to the Soviet Union in 1946, an event that is also the subject of Per Olov Enquist’s 1968 documentary novel LegionärernaTio svenskar måste dö has been translated into languages including Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, and Spanish. Ten Swedes Must Die is available as a paperback, an e-book, and an audiobook.

Audience – An Anthology on Art, Culture and Development

An edited volume with contemporary reflections on audience development in arts and culture

An edited volume (eds. Nils Wiklander, Johanna Hagerius, Anneli Abrahamsson, Dag Rosenqvist, Malin Enberg) published by Swedish public body Culture in the West reflecting on concepts of audience development in the contemporary arts and culture world. I prepared translations of all Scandinavian-language chapters for the English edition, including significant rounds of feedback with contributors and the editorial team.

The Polyglot Lovers

Winner of the 2016 August Prize and the English Pen Award.

Ellinor is thirty-six. She wears soft black sweatpants and a Michelin Man jacket. She fights. Smart and unsentimental, she tries her hand at online dating, only to be stranded by a snowstorm with a literary critic. Cut to Max Lamas, an author who dreams of a polyglot lover, a woman who will understand him in every tongue. His search takes him to Italy, where he befriends a marchesa whose old Roman family is on the brink of ruin. At the heart of this literary intrigue is a handwritten manuscript that leaves no one unaffected. The Polyglot Lovers is a fiercely witty and nuanced contribution to feminism in the #metoo era. Pleasure is an elusive thing, love even more so.

Letters from Tove

One bumps into old mymbles, friends and enemies everywhere. It’s so ridiculously cramped – and Finnish intellectuals and artists in particular are forever stumbling over each other. And getting hopelessly tangled up in each other.

Tove Jansson: artist, cartoonist, Moomin-creator, author, correspondent, archipelago-dweller, challenger of convention. Out of the thousands of letters Jansson wrote, a cache remains that she addressed to her family, her dearest confidantes, and her lovers, male and female. Into these she spilled her innermost thoughts, defended her ideals and revealed her heart. To read these letters is both an act of startling intimacy and a rare privilege. Penned with grace and humour, Letters from Tove offers an almost seamless commentary on  Jansson’s life as it unfolds within Helsinki’s bohemian circles and her beloved island home.

‘A unique and authentic voice that speaks to the reader across time and culture, heart to heart’. Boyd Tonkin, The Independent.

The Faculty of Dreams

“I’ll give you some advice if you’re sad, because the story ends here. Invite home a ragged girl panhandler who needs somewhere to sleep and something to eat … Stop in the subway and talk to the psychotic hookers … Ask where she comes from, what she needs, what you can help with, what she has in her notes…”

In April 1988, Valerie Solanas – the writer and radical feminist, who attempted to assassinate Andy Warhol – was discovered dead in her hotel room. She was 52, alone, penniless and surrounded by the typed pages of her last writings.

Stridsberg reconstructs her life through imagined conversations and monologues and gives a powerful and heartbreaking voice to the enigmatic woman who wrote The SCUM Manifesto.

Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2019.

 

Stories from Ådalen

Five stories from the history of Ådalen in northern Sweden. Witch trials, the labour movement, the logging industry, an engineering disaster and a graphic short story.

Maria Hamberg’s story of two brothers “Erik and Gustav” describes the collapse of the Sandö bridge in 1939, a tragedy overlooked due to the Second World War starting on the following day.

In Grzegorz Flakierski’s story “To Lunde” an old lady remembers the workers’ uprising in 1930 when the Swedish army was called in to stop the protest against strike-breakers and five people were killed.

Mats Jonsson’s contribution is an autobiographical comic strip translated by Mikael Weichbrodt.

Bo R Holmberg’s story “When the river was timber” is a clear evocation of life at the Sandslån log sorting station in the 1950s.

Thérese Söderlind’s final tale takes us far back to 1675 and the witch trials in which about seventy people were sentenced to death on the testimony of their children.

30-Minute Vegetarian

Vegetarian food for when you’re in a hurry

Swedish chef and food blogger Ylva Bergqvist explores the virtues of living and eating green. The concept is simple, ease your way into a mostly or full vegetable-forward diet by cooking dishes that are quick to prepare and impossible to resist.

Christmas Comes to Moominvalley

Retelling of a Tove Jansson classic. Part of the Back to Jansson series.

Everyone is welcome in Moominvalley – especially at Christmas. This beautiful, classic picture book tells a comic tale of misunderstanding, adapted from one of Tove Jansson’s classic Moomintroll stories.

The Way Chose You

A guide to ‘Markings’ by Dag Hammarskjöld

The Gothenburg Cultural Cooperation Initiative within the Church of Sweden sought to draw attention to Dag Hammarskjöld’s classic book ‘Markings’. Vägen valde dig/The Way Chose You contains texts by Archbishop Emeritus KG Hammar, meditations – and contemplating texts, reflections written by five co-writers; Monica Getz, Paolo Lembo, Roger Lipsey, Ismail Seralgeldin and Gunnar Stålsett. It also includes interviews with Ingrid Betancourt and Patti Smith.

This translation was prepared on behalf of the publisher, and involved significant background research on the original work by Hammarskjöld.

Kitchen Brewing

The perfect book for anyone looking to brew small quantities of first rate beer

Making really good beer at home can actually be fun, easy and cheap – and take less than a day! In Kitchen Brewing, beer enthusiasts Jakob Nielsen and Mikael Zetterberg show you how to create delicious-tasting beers on a budget in just a matter of hours, without losing any quality along the way.

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