Tore Zetterholm
Tore Zetterholm | |
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 Zetterholm (left), with Jan Fjellander, Kristina Ahlmark-Michanek and Göran Palm | |
| Born | 4 October 1915 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 9 November 2001 (aged 86) Höganäs, Sweden |
| Occupation(s) | novelist, playwright and journalist |
| Awards | Dobloug Prize (1978) |
Tore Ulf Axel Zetterholm (4 October 1915 – 9 November 2001) was a Swedish novelist, translator, playwright and journalist.
Life and career
[edit]Zetterholm was born on 4 October 1915,[1] a son of engineer Axel Emanuel Zetterholm and Agda Elisabeth Blomquist.[2]
He made his literary debut in 1940 with the novel Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket.[1] He made the first Swedish translation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit in 1947.[citation needed] He chaired the Writers' Guild of Sweden from 1957 to 1972.[1] He was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 1978.[3]
Zetterholm died on 9 November 2001, at the age of 86.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Tore Zetterholm". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ "Zetterholm, Tore Ulf Axel". Svenskt författarlexikon (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ Iversen, Vidar; Huvenes, Fred. "Doblougprisen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
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