Person

Selma Lagerlöf

born 1858, died 1940 (age 82)


gender: female
born in: Mårbacka, Sunne, Sweden
died in: Mårbacka, Sunne, Sweden
vocations: author
education: Stockholm, Sweden  
work: Landskrona, Sweden  
residence: Falun, Sweden  
travel: Jerusalem   |  Palestinian Territory   |  Italy   |  Palermo, Italy  

author of the following texts (64):
't Kuikentje   (Published in: 1903)
A Christmas Guest   (Published in: 1899)
A Fallen King   (Published in: 1899)
A Story from Halstanäs   (Published in: 1916)
Among the Climbing Roses   (Published in: 1899)
Bland klängrosorna   (Published in: 1894)
Bröderna   (Published in: 1899, 1894)
Das Flaumvögelchen   (Published in: 1913, 1915)
De Beide Broeders   (Published in: 1907)
De Kerstvrede   (Published in: 1907)
De Oude Agneta   (Published in: 1907)
De Roman van een Visschersvrouw   (Published in: 1903)
De Speelman   (Published in: 1907)
De Steenhoop   (Published in: 1903)
Den förste i förste år nittonhundra   (Published in: 1894)
Der Roman einer Fischersfrau   (Published in: 1913, 1915)
Die Grabschrift   (Published in: 1913, 1915)
Downie   (Published in: 1899)
Dunungen   (Published in: 1894)
Een Kerstgast   (Published in: 1903)
Een gevallen koning   (Published in: 1903)
Ein Gefallener König   (Published in: 1913, 1915)
Ein Weihnachtsgast   (Published in: 1913, 1915)
En fallen kung   (Published in: 1894)
En fiskarhustrus roman   (Published in: 1894)
En historia från Halstanäs   (Published in: 1899, 1894)
En julgäst   (Published in: 1894)
Gamle Agnete   (Published in: 1899)
Gravskriften   (Published in: 1899, 1894)
Gudsfreden   (Published in: 1899, 1894)
Gösta Berling   (Published in: 1901)
Gösta Berling's Saga   (Published in: 1898)
Gösta Berling: Erzählungen aus dem alten Wermland   (Published in: 1899)
Gösta Berlings Saga (Danish)   (Published in: 1909)
Gösta Berlings saga   (Published in: 1891)
Het Grafschrift   (Published in: 1907)
La Légende de Gösta Berling   (Published in: 1905)
Morbror Ruben   (Published in: 1894)
Mors porträtt   (Published in: 1894)
Mother's Portrait   (Published in: 1899)
Old Agnete   (Published in: 1916)
Onder de Klimrozen   (Published in: 1903)
Onkel Ruben   (Published in: 1913, 1915)
Oom Ruben   (Published in: 1903)
Peter Nord und Frau Fastenzeit   (Published in: 1913, 1915)
Silvergruvan   (Published in: 1908)
Stenkumlet   (Published in: 1894)
Tale Thott   (Published in: 1894)
The Brothers   (Published in: 1916)
The Girl from the Marsh Croft   (Published in: 1910, 1916)
The Inscription on the Grave   (Published in: 1916)
The King's Grave   (Published in: 1899)
The Musician   (Published in: 1916)
The Outlaws   (Published in: 1899)
The Peace of God  
The Romance of a Fisherman's Wife   (Published in: 1899)
The Silver Mine   (Published in: 1910, 1916)
The Spirit of Fasting and Petter Nord   (Published in: 1899)
The Story of Gösta Berling   (Published in: 1898)
The Wedding March   (Published in: 1916)
Tösen från Stormyrtorpet   (Published in: 1908)
Uncle Reuben   (Published in: 1899)
Unter den Kletterrosen   (Published in: 1913, 1915)
Vrouw Vasten en Petter Nord   (Published in: 1903)

subject of the following texts (1):
Préface (Les Liens Invisibles)   (Published in: 1910)

publications (20):
Gösta Berlings saga   (Published in: 1891 )
Osynliga länkar   (Published in: 1894 )
Gösta Berling's Saga   (Published in: 1898 )
The Story of Gösta Berling   (Published in: 1898 )
Invisible Links   (Published in: 1899 )
Gösta Berling   (Published in: 1901 )
Onzichtbare Ketenen   (Published in: 1903 )
La légende de Gösta Berling   (Published in: 1905 )
Oud en Nieuw   (Published in: 1907 )
Levensgeheimen   (Published in: 1907 )
En saga om en saga och andra sagor   (Published in: 1908 )
Gösta Berlings Saga (Danish)   (Published in: 1909 )
Les Liens Invisibles   (Published in: 1910 )
The Girl from the Marsh Croft   (Published in: 1910 )
Unsichtbare Bande: Erzählungen   (Published in: 1915 )
From a Swedish Homestead   (Published in: 1916 )
The Girl from the Marsh Croft   (Published in: 1916 )

text settings:
Falun, Dalarna, Sweden
Paris, France
Sunne, Värmland, Sweden
Svärdsjö, Dalarna
Värmland
Värmland, near Lake Fryken, Sweden
Övre Ullerud, Sunne, Värmland, Sweden

publication locations:
Amsterdam
Boston
Copenhagen
Haarlem
Leipzig
London
New York
New York City
Paris
Stockholm
Värmland

Relations to other persons:
friendship:
Valborg Olander   (1861 - 1943)
Nelly Sachs   (1891 - 1970)
illustrator:
George Pauli   (1855 - 1935)
translator:
André Bellessort   (1866 - 1942)
Mathilde Mann   (1859 - 1925)
Margaretha Meijboom   (1856 - 1927)
patron:
Fredrika Limnell   (1816 - 1897)
lover:
Sophie Elkan   (1853 - 1921)

Periodicals:
contributor:
Idun   (founded in: 1887 closure in: 1963)

Involved with the following movements:
member:
The Swedish Academy   (founded in: 1786 )
honorary doctor:
University of Greifswald   (founded in: 1456 )
Uppsala University   (founded in: 1477 )