hello! first of all i recommend Astrid Lindgren, she’s the epitome of children’s literature! and if you want to understand swedish culture (which i guess is part of the point in learning a language?) i think reading her works would be a major key.
here are some classics:Astrid Lindgren:
- Bullerbybarnen
- Pippi LĂĄngstrump
- Bröderna Lejonhjärta
- Madicken
- Mio, min Mio
- Lotta pĂĄ BrĂĄkmakargatan
- Rasmus pĂĄ Luffen
- Vi pĂĄ SaltkrĂĄkan
- Emil i Lönneberga
- Ronja Rövardotter
- Karlsson pĂĄ taket
Elsa Beskow (her illustrations are also iconic for the swedish national romanticism and the jugend era, so if you’re interested in swedish art, Elsa Beskow is a good place to start):
- Sagan om den lilla, lilla gumman
- Solägget
- Tant Brun, tant Grön och tant Gredelin
- Tomtebobarnen
- Olles skidfärd
Peter Cohen:
- Olssons pastejer
- Herr Bohm och sillen
Gunilla Bergström:
- Alfons Ă…berg
Barbro Lindgren:
- Loranga, Masarin och Dartanjang
- Sunkan flyger
Ulf Nilsson:
- Adjö, Herr Muffins
Selma Lagerlöf:
- Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige
- Gösta Berlings saga
Erik Ă…kerlund:
- Bland tomtar och troll (old norse / swedish mythology, made famous by the John Bauer illustrations (and for being an amazing piece of literature))
Tove Jansson (she was a finnish author but she was a finn-swede and alors, she wrote in swedish):
- Pappan och havet
- Vem ska trösta knyttet?
- Muminpappans memoarer
- Det osynliga barnet
- Trollvinter
- Farlig midsommar
Thomas Funck:
- Kalle Stropp och Grodan Boll
Gösta Knutsson:
- Pelle Svanslös
Sven Nordqvist:
- Pettson och Findus
- Mamma Mu