Inger Alfvén | |
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Inger Alfvén | |
Born |
Solna,
Stockholm County, Sweden | 24 February 1940
Died | 26 July 2022 | (aged 82)
Citizenship | Sweden |
Occupation(s) | Author and sociologist |
Parent |
|
Inger Maria Alfvén (24 February 1940 – 26 July 2022) [1] [2] was a Swedish author and sociologist from Solna in Stockholm County.
Alfvén became a sociologist in 1964 and worked as a counselor. [3]
Her books depict existential and moral conflicts such as inherited gender roles, love, lifelong friendship, and loneliness. She had her big breakthrough with the novel S/Y Glädjen in 1979. [4]
In 2002, Alfvén made her debut as a playwright with the play The Rainbow's Root (Regnbågens rot), which is about three sisters' lives and development during the last decades of the last century. [4]
Her books consisted often of what moves through human consciousness.[ citation needed]
Alfvén was married for the first time in 1962–1980 to medical licentiate Mikael von Heijne (born 1941), the second time from 1985 to 1991 to the author Lars-Olof Franzén (born 1936), and the third time from 1993 to the psychiatrist Johan Cullberg (born 1934).[ citation needed]
She was the daughter of physics professor and Nobel laureate Hannes Alfvén and a grandniece of composer Hugo Alfvén. [5] [6]
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Inger Alfvén | |
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Inger Alfvén | |
Born |
Solna,
Stockholm County, Sweden | 24 February 1940
Died | 26 July 2022 | (aged 82)
Citizenship | Sweden |
Occupation(s) | Author and sociologist |
Parent |
|
Inger Maria Alfvén (24 February 1940 – 26 July 2022) [1] [2] was a Swedish author and sociologist from Solna in Stockholm County.
Alfvén became a sociologist in 1964 and worked as a counselor. [3]
Her books depict existential and moral conflicts such as inherited gender roles, love, lifelong friendship, and loneliness. She had her big breakthrough with the novel S/Y Glädjen in 1979. [4]
In 2002, Alfvén made her debut as a playwright with the play The Rainbow's Root (Regnbågens rot), which is about three sisters' lives and development during the last decades of the last century. [4]
Her books consisted often of what moves through human consciousness.[ citation needed]
Alfvén was married for the first time in 1962–1980 to medical licentiate Mikael von Heijne (born 1941), the second time from 1985 to 1991 to the author Lars-Olof Franzén (born 1936), and the third time from 1993 to the psychiatrist Johan Cullberg (born 1934).[ citation needed]
She was the daughter of physics professor and Nobel laureate Hannes Alfvén and a grandniece of composer Hugo Alfvén. [5] [6]
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