1940s Swedish novels

1945 novel by Astrid Lindgren

Kallocain is a 1940 dystopian novel by Swedish novelist Karin Boye that envisions a future of drab terror. Seen through the eyes of the idealistic scientist Leo Kall, Kallocain is a depiction of a totalitarian world state. An important aspect of the novel is the relationships and connections between the various characters, such as the marriage of the main character and his wife, Linda Kall, and the feelings of jealousy and suspicion that may arise in a society with heavy surveillance and legal uncertainty.

Viking adventure novel by Frans G. Bengtsson (1944)

novel by Pär Lagerkvist

1946 novel by Astrid Lindgren

1948 novel by Astrid Lindgren

1948 novel by Stig Dagerman