Gunnar Nirstedt

Gunnar Nirstedt (born 1965 ) is a Swedish editor and publisher. After a string of jobs in the book business – doing freelance work for the publisher Gedins förlag, literature critic at Östgöta Correspondenten and working at Akademibokhandeln – he came to Albert Bonniers förlag in 1994. arguing that the publisher had abandoned quality literature to focus on more easily marketable books suitable for audiobook consumers. with a focus on fiction and poetry.

He wrote the children's book Platon Persson och blomman i mörkret, published by Modernista in 2006, and has translated children's literature from English to Swedish.