Herman Lindqvist
Herman Lindqvist (born April 1, 1943 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish writer , journalist and popular historian.
Lindqvist was a foreign correspondent in Prague , Paris , Beirut , Hong Kong , Bangkok , Cairo , Tokyo and Madrid . There he mainly dealt with war and disasters and wrote about his stays and the like. a. Causery books .
In recent years he became known for his popular historical television program and the book series The History of Sweden ( Historien om Sverige ), which was sold in large editions. He is often referred to as a royalist , because his texts traditionally focus on the royal family and other personalities, while social and economic changes find little space.
biography
Always interested in Swedish history, he grew up as the youngest of six siblings in the Swedish embassy in Helsinki after the Second World War . Lindqvist's father was a press attaché and so he came into contact with a large number of foreign correspondents at home early on. At the age of 22 he started his career at the Stockholm newspaper Tidningen , then worked for the Göteborg Handels- und Maritime Newspaper , the tabloid Aftonbladet , the newspaper Expressen , the Swedish television and radio. He has been a freelance writer since 1990, but lived in Sweden for only 7 years of his life.
Lindqvist currently lives in Chambourcy , near Paris . He is an adoptive great-grandson of Herman Lindqvist (1863-1932), grandson of the writer Leon Larsson, married to Birgitta Lindqvist since 1979 and the father of Elin, Johan, Liva, Peter and Lena Lindqvist.
In 2012 he was appalled by the first names of the Swedish Crown Princess Estelle of Sweden after her birth. He described her as "totally unexpected and inappropriate" and "the name of a nightclub queen". With his remarks, he sparked a discussion in the Swedish press and on the Internet.
Books
- 1969 - Tjeckoslovakia 1968
- 1980 - Strax is deadline
- 1984 - Japanese, Japanese, Japanese
- 1988 - Gallfeber
- 1989 - Rapporter från Mittens Rike
- 1989 - revolution!
- 1990 - Caramba! saw dom aldrig
- 1991 - Histories from Spain
- 1991 - Axel von Fersen - kvinnotjusare och herreman
- 1992 - På lands in Paris eller Tillbaka till plöjorna
- 1992–2002 - Histories om Sverige
- 1993 - Columbus
- 1993 - Europa är vi allihopa
- 1993 - Fjärran han drumlar eller Så can det gå när inte tagelskjortan är på
- 1993 - En vandring genom den svenska historien
- 1995 - Brödrafolkens fel
- 1996 - Med en gnutta fax
- 1997 - Herman i Frankrike
- 1999 - The svenska skogens historia
- 2000 - Drommar och verklighet
- 2000 - Strax is deadline
- 2001 - Hermans historia
- 2002 - Tacka katten sponsors
- 2002 - Histories om Ostindiefararna
- 2003 - crocodiles
- 2004 - Napoleon
- 2005 - rubies
- 2006 - Carl XVI Gustaf-portraits i tiden
- 2006 - Murder on Axel von Fersen
- 2006 - Histories om alla Sveriges drottningar - Från myt och helgon till drottning i tiden
- 2007 - Blå tummen: med prinsessornas hopkok
- 2008 - Madame de Pompadour
- 2009 - Jean Bernadotte - mannen vi valde
- 2009 - Victoria - drottning med tiden
- 2010 - Kungligt och deficient
- 2010 - Kungliga freeze
- 2011 - Ludvig XIV: Solkung
- 2012 - Mitt i allt (autobiography)
- 2013 - När Finland var Sverige
- 2015 - Våra Coloners
- 2016 - De vilda Vasarna - En våldsam historia
- 2017 - Mannerheim - Marsques, masks, myths
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Focus Online of February 24, 2012 , accessed on May 22, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lindqvist, Herman |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish writer, journalist and popular historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |