Ulf Nilsson (author)

Ulf Lennart Nilsson (18 September 1948 – 22 September 2021) was a Swedish writer^[1] who published more than 100 books and picture books, geared mainly to children and adolescents.^[2] He was also the longtime president of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books. A number of his works have been translated into English by Gecko Press.

Ulf Nilsson
Nilsson in 2016
Born	18 September 1948 Helsingborg, Sweden
Died	22 September 2021 (aged 73)
Occupation	Writer
Language	Swedish
Nationality	Swedish
Period	1979–2021
Genre	Children-youth

Nilsson died on 22 September 2021, at the age of 73.^[3]

Books

• 1979 – Pojkjävlarna
• 1982 – Älskade lilla gris
• 1983 – Lilla syster Kanin (together with Eva Eriksson)
• 1983 – En kamp för frihet
• 1985 – If You Didn't Have Me (Swedish: Om ni inte hade mig)^[4]
• 1985 – Den fräcka kråkan
• 1986 – Boeing 747 (together with Pija Lindenbaum)
• 1994 – Mästaren och de fyra skrivarna
• 1996 – En dag med mössens brandkår
• 2001 – Varg nosar och jagar
• 1998 – En frälsare är född
• 2002 – Adjö, herr Muffin (together with Anna-Clara Tidholm)
• 2004 – En ängel vid din sida
• 2005 – En halv tusenlapp (together with Filippa Widlund)
• 2005 – Liten mus trycker på knappar
• 2006 – Den döde talar
• 2006 – Lilla syster kanin går alldeles vilse
• 2006 – Alla döda små djur
• 2007 – Ensam bland rävar

English translations

• 2006 – All the Dear Little Animals, (Gecko Press) 32pp., ISBN 978-0-958259-88-0
  • 2020 – All the Dear Little Animals, chapter book edition (Gecko Press) 64pp., ISBN 978-1-776572-82-3^[5]
• 2015 – Detective Gordon: The First Case, (Gecko Press) 96pp., ISBN 978-1-927271-69-8^[6]
• 2016 – Detective Gordon: A Complicated Case, (Gecko Press) 96pp., ISBN 978-1-776570-65-2^[7]
• 2017 – Detective Gordon: A Case in Any Case, (Gecko Press)108pp., ISBN 978-1-776571-09-3^[8]
• 2018 – Detective Gordon: A Case for Buffy, (Gecko Press) 112pp., ISBN 978-1-776571-79-6^[9]

Spanish translations

• 2021 – Inspector Gordon. El primer caso, (HarperCollins) 96pp., ISBN 978-8-418279-65-2^[10]

Awards

Nilsson has received the August Prize (Augustpriset) twice, the only writer for children and young adults to have been so recognized,^[11] and a distinction he shares with only four other writers for readers of any age.^[12]

• 1983 – BMF-plaketten (jointly with illustrator Eva Eriksson) for Lilla syster kanin
• 1984 – Nils Holgersson-plaketten for Lilla syster Kanin and En kamp för frihet^[13]
• 1985 – Expressens Heffaklump for Om ni inte hade mig and Den fräcka kråkan
• 1994 – Augustpriset for Mästaren och de fyra skrivarna
• 2002 – Augustpriset for Adjö, herr Muffin
• 2002 – BMF-plaketten
• 2002 – Bokjuryn (category 0–6 years)
• 2006 – The Astrid Lindgren Prize for his authorship of child and youth literature
• 2010 – Schullströmska prize for Children's Literature