Laura Fitinghoff

Born in Sollefteå in 1848, Laura Fitinghoff was a Swedish writer who became especially known for books for children. She grew up in a rectory, and that northern setting stayed important in her writing.

After becoming estranged from her husband, she supported herself through writing. She is best remembered for Barnen ifrån Frostmofjället (1907), a novel about children traveling through the famine-stricken north of Sweden in the 1860s; it later became widely regarded as a classic and was adapted into a film.

Fitinghoff wrote during a period when children's literature was becoming more realistic, and her stories are still noted for their sympathy, strong sense of place, and attention to the lives of ordinary people. She died in Stocksund in 1908.