Olof Lagercrantz

Olof Lagercrantz
BornOlof Gustaf Hugo Lagercrantz
(1911-03-10)10 March 1911
Stockholm, Sweden
Died23 July 2002(2002-07-23) (aged 91)
Ekerö, Sweden
OccupationAuthor, critic, publicist
Period1935–1996
Notable works
Spouse
Martina Ruin
(m. 1939)
Children5, including Marika and David

Olof Gustaf Hugo Lagercrantz (10 March 1911 – 23 July 2002) was a Swedish writer, critic, literary scholar (PhD 1951) and publicist (editor-in-chief of Dagens Nyheter 1960–1975).[1]

  1. ^ "Olof Lagercrantz", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian Bokmål), 2 March 2021, retrieved 23 May 2022