Jan Fridegård

Jan Fridegård, born Johan Fridolf "Fride" Johansson, (14 June 1897 – 8 September 1968) was a Swedish writer of the proletarian school. Fridegård wrote a trilogy of novels about the Viking Era in Sweden : Trägudars land (1940; translated 1989 as Land of Wooden Gods), Gryningsfolket (1944; translated 1990 as People of the Dawn) and Offerrök (trans. 1991 as Sacrificial Smoke).

Jan Fridegård
Fridegård in the early 1940s
BornJohan Fridolf Johansson
(1897-06-14)14 June 1897
Uppland, Sweden
Died8 September 1968(1968-09-08) (aged 71)
Resting placeUppsala gamla kyrkogård
LanguageSwedish
NationalitySwedish
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