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40 Nordic Authors You Might Want to Try

I thought many of the lists on this site are very anglocentric, with many British and American books. So I decided to make this list of Nordic authors that you might want to read. How you already read some of them? How many?
The list contains only one book by each author, and it may not be the most popular one. Many of these books are either personal favorites of mine or high on my TBR-list. The books I included range over most genres: fiction, non-fiction, poems, plays and childrens books. I also only chose books where I could find English translations.
I tried to use authors from all the Nordic countries and territories, however the Swedish authors are a little overrepresented. This being due to my own bias, combined with Sweden being the largest and most populous of the Nordic countries.
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Njal's Saga (Anonymous)
Njal's Saga
1
Anonymous
Two Sisters (Asne Seierstad)
Two Sisters
2
Asne Seierstad
The Brothers Lionheart (Astrid Lindgren)
The Brothers Lionheart
3
Astrid Lindgren
Miss Julie (August Strindberg)
Miss Julie
4
August Strindberg
The Ice Princess (Camilla Läckberg)
The Ice Princess
5
Camilla Läckberg
Complete Poems of Edith Sodergran (Edith Sodergran)
Complete Poems of Edith Sodergran
6
Edith Sodergran
Kalevala (Elias Lönnrot)
Kalevala
7
Elias Lönnrot
The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow: The Forced Displacement of the Northern Sámi. (Elin Anna Labba)
The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow: The Forced Displacement of the Northern Sámi.
8
Elin Anna Labba
Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender (Elsa Beskow)
Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender
9
Elsa Beskow
Færeyinga Saga (Faroe Islanders)
Færeyinga Saga
10
Faroe Islanders
Anxious People (Fredrik Backman)
Anxious People
11
Fredrik Backman
The Colonel's Family (Fredrika Bremer)
The Colonel's Family
12
Fredrika Bremer
The Adventures of Pelle No-Tail (Gösta Knutsson)
The Adventures of Pelle No-Tail
13
Gösta Knutsson
Hans Christian Andersen's Complete Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Andersen)
Hans Christian Andersen's Complete Fairy Tales
14
Hans Christian Andersen
The Wild Duck (Henrik Ibsen)
The Wild Duck
15
Henrik Ibsen
Doctor Glas (Hjalmar Söderberg)
Doctor Glas
16
Hjalmar Söderberg
Plupp on a Long Journey (Inga Borg)
Plupp on a Long Journey
17
Inga Borg
Mogens and Other Stories (Jens Peter Jacobsen)
Mogens and Other Stories
18
Jens Peter Jacobsen
The Bat (Jo Nesbø)
The Bat
19
Jo Nesbø
Septology (Jon Fosse)
Septology
20
Jon Fosse
The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden (Jonas Jonasson)
The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden
21
Jonas Jonasson
Kallocain (Karin Boye)
Kallocain
22
Karin Boye
The Winther Family (Katrine Wessel)
The Winther Family
23
Katrine Wessel
Back to Pompeii (Kim Kimselius)
Back to Pompeii
24
Kim Kimselius
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger
25
Knut Hamsun
The Glassblower's Children (Maria Gripe)
The Glassblower's Children
26
Maria Gripe
Homo Sapienne (Niviaq)
Homo Sapienne
27
Niviaq
The Dwarf (Pär Lagerkvist)
The Dwarf
28
Pär Lagerkvist
City of My Dreams (Per Anders Fogelström)
City of My Dreams
29
Per Anders Fogelström
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (Selma Lagerlöf)
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
30
Selma Lagerlöf
In the Shadow of Kastelholm (Signelia Häggblom)
In the Shadow of Kastelholm
31
Signelia Häggblom
Edda (Snorri Sturluson)
Edda
32
Snorri Sturluson
The Concept of Anxiety (Soren Kierkegaard)
The Concept of Anxiety
33
Soren Kierkegaard
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
34
Stieg Larsson
Moomin Series (Tove Jansson)
Moomin Series
35
Tove Jansson
Unknown Soldiers (Väinö Linna)
Unknown Soldiers
36
Väinö Linna
Money (Victoria Benedictsson)
Money
37
Victoria Benedictsson
The Emigrants (Vilhelm Moberg)
The Emigrants
38
Vilhelm Moberg
The Black Cauldron (William Heinesen)
The Black Cauldron
39
William Heinesen
The Legacy (Yrsa Sigurðardóttir)
The Legacy
40
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
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