Vilhelm Moberg (August 20, 1898 - August 8, 1973) was a Swedish author and historian. August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...

He was born in Småland, in southern Sweden of peasant and soldier stock. He worked as a farm and forest laborer, and later worked at glassblowing and studied at a Folk Academy until he became a recognized author. Smalandia (Småland, literally Small Country) is a historical Province (landskap) in southern Sweden. ...

Moberg's most famous work is a series of four novels (1949-1959) that describe one Swedish family's migration from Smalandia to Minnesota in the late 19th century, a destiny shared by almost one million people, including several of the author's relatives. The musical Kristina från Duvemåla by ex-ABBA members Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson is based on this story. These novels have been translated into English (The Emigrants, 1951, Unto a Good Land, 1954, The Settlers, 1961, The Last Letter Home, 1961) as have some of his other works, and he is as well-recognized in America as in his native land. 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Smalandia (Småland, literally Small Country) is a historical Province (landskap) in southern Sweden. ... State nickname: North Star State Other U.S. States Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Governor Tim Pawlenty (R) Official languages None Area 225,365 km² (12th)  - Land 206,375 km²  - Water 18,990 km² (8. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kristina frÃ¥n DuvemÃ¥la - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... ABBA (clockwise from top: Frida, Benny, Agnetha, Björn) on the cover of their single Summer Night City. ... Björn Kristian Ulvaeus (born April 25, 1945) is a Swedish musician and composer, most notable as a member of ABBA. Ulvaeus was born in Gothenburg (In Swedish: Göteborg), Sweden, but as a child he moved with his family to Västervik. ... Benny Bror Göran Andersson (born in Stockholm on December 16, 1946) is a Swedish musician and composer. ...

With a working class background, Moberg started out as a newspaper editor (in 1919). His first novel (Raskens) appeared in 1927. In his works, he often expressed a republican (anti-royalist) point of view, much due to the facts that surfaced in the Kejne affair and Haijby affair, in which Moberg took an active part. The Kejne affair was a political affair in Sweden in the 1950s. ... The Haijby affair was a political affair in Sweden in the 1950s, involving the Swedish king Gustav V of Sweden and Kurt Haijby, a small thief and convicted murderer. ...

His autobiographical novel "Soldat med brutet gevär" (Soldier with broken rifle) he speaks to the importance of giving voice to the downtrodden, illiterate classes of his forebears. This viewpoint informed his History of the Swedish People (MIN SVENSKA HISTORIA, BERÄTTAD FÖR FOLKET, I-II) published in 1970-71.

Vilhelm Moberg, who committed suicide in 1973, was buried in the Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm. The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David, 1787 Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life; it is sometimes a noun for one who has committed or attempted the act. ... Norra begravningsplatsen Norra begravningsplatsen, translated as the Northern Burial Place but often referred to as the Northern Cemetery, is a major cemetery of Stockholm, Sweden in the area of the city known as Solna. ...

External links

• Vilhelm Moberg - a presentation at Sweden.se
• Kristina from Duvemåla - the musical