Culture Sweden's reactions to the Nobel laureate

In DN, among others, Göran Greider, Agneta Pleijel and Stina Ekblad pay tribute to the author.

In SVT's broadcast, Kulturnyheterna's critic Ulrika Milles thinks the election is "very interesting", and literary critic Ingrid Elam likes her way of questioning her upbringing.

The author and columnist Patrik Lundberg also expresses his delight.

- No election has made me so happy in my entire life.

The Academy chooses a working-class writer who describes the lives of workers and especially working-class women in northern Europe in an absolutely fantastic way.

Annie Ernaux describes class and class trip and the shame you can feel when you have taken a class trip, even if you wanted to leave, you miss what you left behind.

There is a lot of that in my writing and I don't think I would have been able to write what I have written if it hadn't been for Annie Ernaux, he says.

"The public storms into the stock exchange"

But for some, the choice of Annie Ernaux lacks a certain excitement.

- I think it's a little sad when you feel the wind from the public storming into the stock exchange and seems to affect the Swedish Academy as well.

I think it's the most fun when you discover something completely new and unexpected.

I want to feel a bit naked and stupid and forced to discover something - you don't do that with Annie Ernaux.

Having said that, I think it's easy to underestimate how original Annie Ernaux actually is.

She is something of a trailblazer for the biographical dominant in modern literature, says Victor Malm, culture director at Expressen.

"A recognition for feminist writers"

Sanna Samuelsson, opinion and criticism editor at GP Kultur, is just like Viktor Malm pleasantly surprised.

- I was happy but also a little surprised.

I had thought she was a little too wide.

I feel it as recognition for all feminist writers who write about violence and abortion and such topics that are usually considered women's topics.

Then you can say that it is also a rather expected choice given our times and that such topics are popular to write about.