Olle Hedberg

Carl Olof "Olle" Hedberg (31 May 1899 in Norrköping, Sweden – 20 September 1974 in Verveln, Östergötland, Sweden) was a Swedish author.

Olle Hedberg
Olle Hedberg in 1957.
Born	Carl Olof Hedberg (1899-05-31)31 May 1899 Norrköping, Sweden
Died	20 September 1974(1974-09-20) (aged 75) Verveln, Sweden
Language	Swedish
Nationality	Swedish
Notable works	Iris och löjtnantshjärta Ut med blondinerna! Bekänna färg
Spouse	Ruth Hedberg

Hedberg is known as a probing satirist of the middle class and conventional world in general. His first novel, Rymmare och fasttagare (Prisoner's base), was published in 1930, and from then on would write a novel every year for the next several decades. His works of the 1940s entail a search for religious and moral values.^[1] Bekänna färg (Show one’s hand), published in 1947, is considered to be one of his most important novels from this period.

His works do not aspire to a philosophical greatness. Rather he himself is more of a realist and a disenchanted moralist.^[2] He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1957.

Hedberg committed suicide 1974, a few weeks after his daughter Birgitta succumbed to a sudden illness.^[3]

Selected bibliography

• Prisoner's Base (Swedish: Rymmare och fasttagare, 1930) (English translation 1932)
• Iris och löjtnantshjärta (1934)
• Ut med blondinerna! (1939)
• Stopp! Tänk på något annat (1939)
• Bekänna färg (1947)
• Animals in Cages (Swedish: Djur i bur, 1959) (English translation 1962)