Swedish Literature
Swedish Literature
Having just returned from (remarkably) sunny Sweden – this quiz is about all things literally Swedish. Skål!
Having just returned from (remarkably) sunny Sweden – this quiz is about all things literally Swedish. Skål!
Which two animals does Pippi Longstocking share her home with?
What is the name of Fredrik Backman’s international bestseller debut from 2014 that has since become a play and film?
What is the name of the first victim and family at the centre of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo?
In The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared which historical figure does Allan protect from assassination?
Which Swedish crime writer wrote The Ice Child, The Drowning and The Ice Princess?
What important day of the year is Strindberg’s play Miss Julie set?
Tove Jansson’s famous creatures The Moomins first appeared in what year?
Which bestseller by Jonas Hassen Khemiri is about the life of Samuel who dies in a car accident?
Both these popular crime writers are Scandinavian, but which one is Swedish: Jo Nesbø or Maj Sjöwall?
Who wrote the Wallander series of crime fiction books?
Who was the 2016 winner of the most famous Swedish literary award the Nobel Prize for Literature?
What film written by Ingmar Bergman is one of the longest films in cinema history (at 5 hours and 12 minutes)?
Which Swedish city was Strindberg born in?
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist is a bestselling novel and film in what genre?
Finish the title of this popular Reidar Jonsson book and film: My Life as a ---.
What is the first name of the author of Pippi Longstoking: surname, Lindgren?
What is the name of the long ancient inscription on stone that is acknowledged to be the first example of Swedish literature?
What was the first novel in the Wallander series?
Since its inception in 1901 how many Swedish writers have won the Nobel Prize for Literature?
How many letters does the Swedish alphabet contain?