AKA Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf

Born: 20-Nov-1858
Birthplace: Östra Emterwik, Värmlands län, Sweden
Died: 16-Mar-1940
Location of death: Mårbacka, Värmlands län, Sweden
Cause of death: Stroke
Remains: Buried, Östra Emterwik Kyrkogård, Östra Emterwik, Sweden

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Lesbian
Occupation: Author

Nationality: Sweden
Executive summary: First female Nobel Prize for Literature

Girlfriend: Sophie Elkan
Girlfriend: Valborg Ohlander

    Nobel Prize for Literature 1909

Is the subject of books:
Selma Lagerlöf, 1984, BY: Vivi Edström

Author of books:
Gösta Berlings saga (1891, novel, 2 vols.)
Osynliga länkar (1894, short stories)
Antikrists mirakler (1897, novel)
En herrgårdssägen (short stories)
Jerusalem (1901–02, novel, 2 vols.)
Herr Arnes Penningar (1904, novel)
Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (1906–07, 2 vols.)
Mårbacka (1922)
Löwensköldska ringen (1925, novel, Värmland trilogy)
Charlotte Löwensköld (1925, novel, Värmland trilogy)
Anna Svärd (1928, novel, Värmland trilogy)
Ett barns memoarer (1930, memoir)
Dagbok för Selma Lagerlöf (1932, journal)

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