Lars Forssell
Swedish writer, member of the Swedish Academy (1928-2007) · Sweden · On the map · Writers · Died at 79
Lars Hans Carl Abraham Forssell was a Swedish writer and member of the Swedish Academy. Forssell was a versatile writer who worked within many genres, including poetry, drama and songwriting. He was awarded the Bellman Prize in both 1968 and 1981
Lars Forssell is read about 23 times a day, in 13 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 25 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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2007Died26 July 20071998Swedish Academy Nordic PrizeAward1997Cornelis Vreeswijk scholarshipAwardGustaf Fröding Society Poetry PrizeAward1993Litteris et ArtibusAward1987Gerard Bonnier Poetry AwardAward1969Samfundet De Nio's Grand PrizeAward1965Carl Emil Englund prizeAward1928Born14 January 1928
People around Lars
Close ties
Lill-Babs Studied under Lars, taught Lars
Olof Thunberg Directed Söndagspromenaden (1971)
Per Oscarsson Also in The Doll and Miss and Mrs Sweden
Jarl Kulle Also in Är du inte riktigt klok? (1964)
Arne Mattsson Directed The Doll (1962)
Yngve Gamlin Directed Är du inte riktigt klok? (1964)
Tor Isedal Also in The Doll and Är du inte riktigt klok?
Lorens Marmstedt Produced The Doll (1962)
Nils Eklund Also in Söndagspromenaden (1971)
Göran Gentele Directed Miss and Mrs Sweden (1969)
Bengt Lagerkvist Directed Prins hatt under jorden (1963)
Mona Andersson Also in The Doll and Söndagspromenaden
Also in Deutsch
Media & music
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About this person
Country
Sweden
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 2007 · aged 79
