Mats Berggren

Mats Berggren (born 1957, in Södertälje) is a Swedish writer. He specializes in children's and young adult literature.

He has been a jury member of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.

Biography Mats Berggren was born and raised in Södertälje where he lived until 1997. He then studied cultural studies at Stockholm University from 1985 to 1987 and has made a living as a writer since his debut with Orent ackord. Mats Berggren has mainly written books for young people but also novels for adults. He has been a member of the Swedish Academy of Children's Books and a member of the jury for the Literature Prize in Memory of Astrid Lindgren.

Selected works 1987 – Orent ackord 1989 – När blodrosen slår ut 1991 – Kalsonger med gröna älgar 1993 – Bilder från ett osynligt Sverige (photographs by Lars Lind) 1993 – Varken varken eller eller 1994 – Välfärdslandet?: 18 röster från Sverige i dag (editor) 1995 – Trosor med röda rosor 1999 – Blåögd 2000 – Behå med vita spetsar 2001 – Sent ute (with Bawer Coskun) 2002 – Det finns inga skridskor i öknen 2004 – Svennehora (with Dea Berisha) 2006 – En enda kväll 2008 – Sista berättelsen om oss 2011 – Språkresan 2013 – Jag ljuger bara på fredagar 2014 – Onsdag kväll strax för sju 2015 – Generation 55+ 2017 – Din syster måste dö