author
Axel Lundegård
1861–1930
A Swedish novelist and journalist from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he wrote with a realist, socially observant eye. His early work is especially tied to the literary world around Victoria Benedictsson, with whom he also collaborated.
4 Audiobooks
Den bergtagna: En kärlekens tragedi
by Victoria Benedictsson, Axel Lundegård
Elsa Finne I-II
by Axel Lundegård
Äiti
by Victoria Benedictsson, Axel Lundegård
Modern: En Berättelse
by Victoria Benedictsson, Axel Lundegård
About the author
Born in Västra Sallerup in Skåne on December 17, 1861, and later dying in Stockholm on December 20, 1930, Axel Lundegård was a Swedish author and newspaper editor. He belonged to the realist, socially critical current in Swedish literature of the 1880s and made his debut in 1885 with the story collection I gryningen.
A recurring part of his story is his connection with the writer Victoria Benedictsson, who became important to his early literary development. They collaborated on work including the play Final, and that friendship has remained one of the best-known aspects of Lundegård's literary life.
Alongside fiction, Lundegård also worked in journalism and publishing, which helped place him in the center of Swedish literary culture of his time. Today he is remembered as a writer of the Scandinavian realist tradition, active during a period when literature was closely engaged with social questions and modern life.