Meny
Portrait image of Carin Gerhardsen Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex (2015)

Sample of authors

Gerhardsen, Carin

Carin Behrman, as she was called in those days, was born and grew up in Katrineholm. Her father was a judge at the Katrineholm district court, and the main secretary in the government commission on the freedom of expression which resulted in the Freedom of the Press Act and the constitutional law on freedom of expression. Her mother was a gymnasie school teacher of Swedish and English – so there w...

Further reading

Portrait image of Jan Guillou Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex (2014)

Sample of authors

Guillou, Jan

Swedish author and journalist, who was born in Södertälje and grew up in Saltsjöbaden. Jan Guillou, who has French ancestry (his paternal grandfather was the French ambassador in Helsinki), dropped out of his university studies in Law, and instead concentrated his efforts on a career as a journalist, at an early stage becoming known for his committed and politically radical reporting – Guillou has...

Further reading