Per Anders Fogelström

Biography

Per Anders Fogelström (22 August 1917, Stockholm – 20 June 1998 Stockholm) was a Swedish writer of over 40 novels, and one of the leading figures in modern Swedish literature. He spent his whole life in Stockholm, where he set his famous five part City Novels series (Swedish: Stadserien), describing the lives of successive generations of Stockholmers between 1860 and 1968:

Mina Drömmars stad (City of My Dreams), published in 1960, covers the period from 1860-1880.

Barn av sin stad (Children of Their City), published in 1962, covers 1880-1900.

Minns du den stad (Remember the City), published in 1964, covers 1900-1925.

I en förvandlad stad (In a City Transformed), published in 1966, covers 1925-1945.

Stad i världen (City in the World), published in 1968, covers 1945-1968.