I am a Swedish writer based in Stockholm, after 13 years abroad, mainly in the US (Los Angeles and New York).

I have been a freelance cultural critic since 2010, but right now I’m mainly working with my second novel. I’ve written for most Swedish newspapers and magazines, but mainly I’m staff book critic for daily newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, I also work for a range of other newspapers and magazines as a cultural critic and columnist. As a journalist I write profile interviews (like this one) and features.

Fiction

My debut novel “Att omfamna ett vattenfall” (To Embrace a Waterfall) was released in October 2020 in Sweden, to critical acclaim. See some of the reviews in Swedish press here (link).

Every week since summer of 2021 I have a podcast about high- and lowbrow culture called Kulturbarnen, with musician and producer Pontus de Wolfe.

Since September 2022 I work part time as member of the reference group that choses which books get support from the Swedish government.

My second novel (title TBA) is planned for release 2024.

About To “Embrace a Waterfall”:

Europe, 2010. A 25 year old woman tries to find her own way of living by love, friendship, art and sex as she moves through different European cities, during a few sweltering summer months.

New York, 1920. The dancehall girl June Mansfield Miller – a Jewish emigrant from Romania – lives a life outside of the mainstream. She marries wannabe author Henry Miller and they live a chaotic life in Brooklyn, part of the time with June’s live in girlfriend Jean. When they go to the bohemian Paris of the late 1920’s they get drawn into a toxic love triangle with Anaïs Nin - depicted in Nin’s celebrated book "Henry & June". But only one woman walks out unharmed of the situation.

In “To Embrace a Waterfall” (a title inspired by a poem by the queer Swedish poet Paul Andersson) we meet the two women, and their respective challenges, in an exploration of the genius/muse dynamic. Despite living almost 100 years apart, both women are met with intersecting limitations to their freedom, as they try to find a life that feels true to them, and not what society expects from them.

In a sense, it is about living life as if it was art, an exploration, a performance. Or a novel.

Att omfamna ett vattenfall is published by Natur o Kultur in Sweden.

International representation: Partners in Stories.

Excerpts from the book has previously appeared in print in:

• Granta

• Nexus: the International Henry Miller Journal

• 10-tal (Sweden’s largest literary journal).

Journalism

The main subjects I tend to navigate in my journalistic writing are literature, art, contemporary culture, intersectional feminism, children’s rights and spirituality.

A book with my collected articles 2007-2017 came out in 2017, published by Mondial. It’s called "Frihet, jämlikhet & systerskap" (Freedom, Equality & Sisterhood). 

Also published are numerous prefaces, essays, forewords and anthology pieces in various publications.

I have also been a regular guest in a range of network TV and national public radio shows in Sweden. For example, the popular morning show Malou efter tio and evening show Breaking News. 

For some years (5 printed issues) I was the co-publisher/editor of award-winning Swedish/English bilingual literary magazine of contemporary Swedish literary fiction called CONST Literary Preview.

There, I also published this piece called “Somebody’s Mom”, about my own experience of entering motherhood, which got positive response in Swedish press.

FURTHER Bio

Born in a small town in Sweden, I’ve spent over a decade outside of Sweden. I worked as a model internationally for some years, played in an indie band and I have done some acting as well (with small parts in the feature movies Blondie, Something’s Got to Break and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). Since 2010 writing is my full time occupation.

Feel free to contact me if you want to know more!