 Revised 1993 edition cover, includes a depiction of the original 1987 edition (albeit defaced) | |
| Author | Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson |
|---|---|
| Original title | Berts dagbok |
| Translator | Kevin Read |
| Illustrator | Sören Olsson |
| Cover artist | Anne Scatto |
| Language | Swedish |
| Series | Bert |
| Genre | Diary, Children's, Youth |
| Set in | fictional town of Öreskoga, Sweden |
| Published | 1987 |
| Publication place | Sweden |
Published in English | 2001 |
| ISBN | 0-689-83870-0 |
Berts dagbok (Swedish: Bert's diary),[1] translated as In Ned's Head, is a diary novel, written by Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson and originally published in 1987. It tells the story of Swedish fifth-grader Bert Ljung during the spring term from 14 January to 4 June the year he turns 12. Being the first of the Bert Diaries, the term Berts dagbok has later also become a term for the entire Bert Universe.
Created to be older and tougher than Sune, the idea of writing as a diary novel was inspired by Barbro Lindgren's Världshemligt, but during the Gothenburg Book Fair a person appeared, stating the concept had been taken from The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾.[citation needed]
The episodes were originally written during the spring of 1986 for SR Örebro.[2] Olsson was originally supposed to read the chapters before Jacobsson took over. When it was thought to sound too much like the authors' character Sune, Sören took over again.[citation needed]
Bert keeps a secret diary. The dates follow the 1987 calendar and each chapter ends with the line Klart slut – varulvstjut ('over and out, werewolf howl').
The book is the most popular Bert book outside Sweden (as of 2009).[3]
- ^ Berts dagbok. Worldcat. 1987. OCLC 186087353. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ "Detta har hänt" (in Swedish). Sören Olssons webbplats. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ "Vi vill driva med alla bajsnödiga författare" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2015.