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Svenskt författarlexikon
Language	Swedish
Subject	Biobibliography
Genre	Nonfiction
Publisher	Rabén & Sjögren
Publication date	1942–1981
Publication place	Sweden
Media type	Biographical dictionary
Pages	5348
OCLC	976739822

Svenskt författarlexikon, subtitled Biobibliografisk handbok till Sveriges moderna litteratur, is a Swedish biobibliographical dictionary of Swedish-language authors published by Rabén & Sjögren between 1942 and 1981, covering the years 1900–1975 in seven parts in ten volumes.

The first part in three volumes was published in 1942 under the direction of Bengt Åhlén [sv] (1897–1955). The first two volumes (935 pages) are a biographical dictionary of Swedish-language (Swedish, Finnish-Swedish and Swedish-American) fiction writers who were active in 1900 to 1940. The aim was to include all authors who have published any work of fiction of at least 16 pages in length. The length of the articles varies from a few lines to 13 pages (August Strindberg). In addition to works of fiction, non-fiction (under the heading Varia) and translations are also listed. However, those who are strictly translators are not included. The third volume is an alphabetical index of book titles (427 pages) and author pseudonyms (20 pages) as well as the authors' place of residence in various regions (36 pages).

Part	Scope of the volume	Pages	Published	Editor	Contributors
1	1900–1940: A–L	523	1942	Bengt Åhlén [sv]	Carl Thore Fries (born 1909), Paul Harnesk [sv] (1903–1965), Agneta Lönborg
	1900–1940: M–Ö	412	1942
	1900–1940: Index	496	1942
2	1941–1950: A–Ö	690	1953	Bengt Åhlén
3	1951–1955: A–Ö	436	1959	Bengt Åhlén (died 1955), Agneta Åhlén (born 1913)
	1941–1955: Index	274	1959	Agneta Åhlén	Carl Thore Fries
4	1956–1960	563	1963	Paul Harnesk	Bengt Lundblad (born 1918), Lisbet Höök
5	1961–1965	534	1968	Bengt Lundblad	Edvard Söderlund, Torsten Lönegren (born 1913)
6	1966–1970	707	1975	Bengt Lundblad, Torsten Lönegren
7	1971–1975	713	1981	Bengt Lundblad, Torsten Lönegren
Total		5348

Similar biographical dictionaries

Eva Björling, Svenskt barnboksförfattarlexikon ('Dictionary of Swedish Children's Authors') (1977), covering 1960–1974 (in Swedish)
Svend Dahl [da], Povl Engelstoft [da], Dansk skønlitterært forfatterleksikon 1900–1950 ('Dictionary of Danish Fiction Authors') (three parts, 1959–1964) (in Danish)