Helmer Grundström

Swedish writer (1904–1986)

Helmer Grundström
Helmer Grundström
Born	(1904-02-29)29 February 1904 Bodum, Ångermanland, Sweden
Died	29 May 1986(1986-05-29) (aged 82) Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Period	1929–1980

Helmer Grundström (29 February 1904 - 29 May 1986) was a Swedish writer and poet,^[1] born in the village of Svanavattnet in Ångermanland. Grundström was deeply associated with the Swedish workers’ movement and is characterized as a proletarian author.

Some of his poems have been interpreted by Swedish folk singers Thorstein Bergman and Tor Bergner and are featured on the album Langt nol i väla / Dikter av Helmer Grundström, along with poems read by the author himself.^[2]

References

^ "Helmer Grundström". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish).
^ Enn Kokk. "Grundström, Helmer, Bergman, Thorstein & Bergner, Thor: Langt nol i väla" (in Swedish).