Inger Alfvén

Alfvén became a sociologist in 1964 and worked as a counselor.^[3]

Her books depict existential and moral conflicts such as inherited gender roles, love, lifelong friendship, and loneliness. She had her big breakthrough with the novel S/Y Glädjen in 1979.^[4]

In 2002, Alfvén made her debut as a playwright with the play The Rainbow's Root (Regnbågens rot), which is about three sisters' lives and development during the last decades of the last century.^[4]

Her books consisted often of what moves through human consciousness.^{[citation needed]}

Alfvén was married for the first time in 1962–1980 to medical licentiate Mikael von Heijne (born 1941), the second time from 1985 to 1991 to the author Lars-Olof Franzén (born 1936), and the third time from 1993 to the psychiatrist Johan Cullberg (born 1934).^{[citation needed]}

She was the daughter of physics professor and Nobel laureate Hannes Alfvén and a grandniece of composer Hugo Alfvén.^[5][6]

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• 1964 – Vinbergssnäckan
• 1969 – Tusentals äpplen
• 1971 – Lena-Bell
• 1972 – Ta ner månen
• 1976 – Städpatrullen
• 1977 – Dotter till en dotter
• 1979 – S/Y Glädjen (filmed in 1989)^[5]
• 1981 – Arvedelen
• 1984 – Ur kackerlackors levnad
• 1986 – Lyckans galosch
• 1989 – Judiths teater (also filmed as a TV series, Judith)^[5]
• 1992 – Elefantens öga
• 1992 – Kvinnornas svarta bok
• 1992 – Sex kvinnors lusta
• 1994 – En moder har fyra döttrar
• 1997 – Berget dit fjärilarna flyger för att dö
• 1998 – När jag tänker på pengar
• 1999 – Det blå skåpet
• 2002 – Någon kom i båten (written and filmed in 2002 as Vier Töchter) ^[5]
• 2004 – Livets vatten
• 2006 – Mandelkärnan
• 2009 – När förnuftet sover
• 2012 – Allt vi aldrig gjorde med varandra
• 2015 – Berör mig inte, berör mig
• 2019 – Tvilling

• 2011 – When God Is Watching Us^[5]

• 1978 – TCO Culture Prize^[8]
• 2001 – Signe Ekblad-Eldh Prize^[9]
• 2006 – The Nine Special Prize Society^[10]
• 2012 – Moa Prize^[11]
• 2012 – Eric and Ingrid Lilliehöök's scholarship^[12]