Mats Malm
Mats Ulrik Malm | |
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| Born | 10 May 1964 |
| Occupations | translator, literary historian, editor |
| Spouse | Gunilla Hermansson |
| Member of the Swedish Academy (Seat No. 11) | |
| Assumed office 20 December 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Klas Östergren |
| Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy | |
| In office June 2019 – June 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Anders Olsson |
| Succeeded by | Ingrid Carlberg |
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Mats Ulrik Malm (born 10 May 1964) is a Swedish literary writer and translator. On 18 October 2018, Malm was elected a member of the Swedish Academy, on 26 April 2019 he was elected the new Permanent Secretary and Speaker of the Swedish Academy.
Mats Malm is a university professor of literary science at the University of Gothenburg. He has a PhD in Gothicism. As a translator, he has published Icelandic Sagas. He is working on digitizing Swedish literature as director of the Swedish Literature Bank. Since 2012, Malm has been a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities. On 18 October 2018, Malm was elected member of the Swedish Academy, where he succeeded Klas Östergren in Chair No. 11. On 20 December 2025, Malm announced he would step down from his office as Permanent Secretary and will be succeeded by Ingrid Carlberg.