Award-winning Swedish author Linnea Axelsson on the plight of the Sami people
• Oct 30, 2025, 2:12 PM
1 min de lecture
An award-winning author has spoken of her verse novel which centres around the lives and traditions of her own Sami people. The Sami are indigenous to northern Scandinavia, including Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia. Linnea Axelsson's book "Aednan: An Epic", or "Aednan - Terre-Mère" in French, tells the story of two families. It won Sweden's most prestigious literary award, the August prize. She is in Paris for an evening of poetry being held at the Swedish Institute and spoke to us in Perspective.
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