Inger Alfvén

Inger Maria Alfvén (24 February 1940 – 26 July 2022) was a Swedish author and sociologist from Solna in Stockholm County.

Biography Alfvén became a sociologist in 1964 and worked as a counselor.

Her books depict existential and moral conflicts such as inherited gender roles, love, lifelong friendship, and loneliness. She had her big breakthrough with the novel S/Y Glädjen in 1979.

In 2002, Alfvén made her debut as a playwright with the play The Rainbow's Root (Regnbågens rot), which is about three sisters' lives and development during the last decades of the last century.

Works

Writing

1964 – Vinbergssnäckan 1969 – Tusentals äpplen 1971 – Lena-Bell 1972 – Ta ner månen 1976 – Städpatrullen 1977 – Dotter till en dotter 1979 – S/Y Glädjen (filmed in 1989) 2001 – Signe Ekblad-Eldh Prize 2006 – The Nine Special Prize Society 2012 – Moa Prize 2012 – Eric and Ingrid Lilliehöök's scholarship