Anna Wahlgren

Anna Wahlgren
Wahlgren at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2006
Born
Anna Martha Sofia Karlsson

(1942-10-06)6 October 1942
Lund, Sweden
Died7 October 2022(2022-10-07) (aged 80)
Goa, India
OccupationAuthor
LanguageSwedish
NationalitySwedish
Children9 including Sara Danius and Eleonora von Essen

Anna Martha Sofia Wahlgren (née Karlsson, 6 October 1942 – 7 October 2022) was a Swedish author and public debater.

Wahlgren was best known for her book Barnaboken, which was published in 1983. She also wrote novels, short story collections, poems, a children's book and an autobiography in three parts and was sometimes controversial participant in public debate about child rearing.