Selma Lagerlöf

1858 - 1940 (age 81) • Writing

Born: 11/20/1858 in Mårbacka, Värmland, Sweden

Died: 3/16/1940 (age 81)

Known for: Writing

Selma Lagerlöf

Selma Lagerlof (20 November 1858–16 March 1940) was a famous Swedish novelist. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Known For

The Phantom Carriage

78%

Novel

1921

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

77%

Novel

1980

Sir Arne's Treasure

71%

Novel

1919

The Saga of Gösta Berling

66%

Novel

1924

The Enchanted Boy

74%

Novel

1955

Jerusalem

73%

Novel

1996

The Girl From The Marsh Croft

61%

Short Story

1934

The Tale of Gunnar Hede

66%

Novel

1923

Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

60%

Self (archive footage)

2022

The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf

40%

Self - Writer (archive footage)

2020

La flama sagrada

50%

Short Story

2016

The Changeling

60%

Short Story

2011

Nils a divoké husy

Book

1998

Jerusalem

73%

Novel

1996

Kejsarn av Portugallien

70%

Novel

1992

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

76%

Novel

1982

Charlotte Löwensköld och Anna Svärd

80%

Creator

1981

Charlotte Löwensköld och Anna Svärd

80%

Author

1981

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

77%

Novel

1980

Charlotte Löwensköld

90%

Novel

1979

Sir Arne's Treasure

90%

Short Story

1967

Wonderful Adventures of Nils

61%

Novel

1962

The Phantom Carriage

60%

Novel

1958

The Girl from the Marsh Croft

82%

Novel

1958

The Enchanted Boy

74%

Novel

1955

Sir Arne's Treasure

63%

Novel

1954

Husmandstøsen

70%

Novel

1952

The Girl from the Marsh Croft

80%

Novel

1947

The Emperor of Portugallia

72%

Novel

1944

Dunungen

70%

Theatre Play

1941

Suotorpan tyttö

50%

Short Story

1940

Sun Over Sweden

100%

Self - Selma Lagerlöf på Mårbacka (uncredited)

1938

Selma Lagerlöf: 80 Years

1938

The Girl from the Marsh Croft

70%

Novel

1935

The Girl From The Marsh Croft

61%

Short Story

1934

To the Orient

100%

Novel

1926