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Birger Sjöberg

Swedish poet and songwriter (1885-1929) · Sweden · On the map · Writers · Died at 43

Birger Sjöberg (1885-1929) was a Swedish poet, novelist and songwriter, whose best-known works include the faux-naïf song collection Fridas bok and the novel Kvartetten som sprängdes, a somewhat Dickensian relation about stock-exchange gambling in the twenties, and the frantic efforts to recover.

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Sweden
Category
Writers
Type
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Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1885 to 1929 · aged 43

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