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Swedish journalist, writer, and historian
Rolf Anders Isaksson
(9 May 1943 – 17 January 2009) was a
Swedish
journalist, writer, and historian, possibly best known for his four-volume
biography
of Swedish
social democratic
politics and
Prime Minister
Per Albin Hansson
's life.
[1]
Isaksson was born in
Pitea
in northern
Sweden
, and worked for many years as a
reporter
, and foreign
correspondent
for
radio
and
television
. He was a
syndicated columnist
at the
Dagens Industri
business paper, worked for
Business Week
and worked as an opinion editor for the
Dagens Nyheter
. In 1987, Isaksson was awarded the Swedish
Stora Journalistpriset
("Great Journalist Award").
[2]
[3]
Isaksson died just before his latest book
Karlek och krig. Revolutionen ar 1809
("Love and war. The Revolution of 1809") would be published. In the book, which was his last, Isaksson tells the story of the fall of the
Swedish Empire
and army commander
Georg Adlersparre
's life.
[4]
Isaksson was married to the former Senior Administrative Head-officer, Mona Danielsson, who served as Chief Officer of the Swedish Government's Gender Equality Unit at the Industry Ministry until 19 May 2000.
Bibliography
[
edit
]
- Per Albin. Del 1: Vagen till folkhemmet
(1985),
ISBN
91-46-15026-9
- Per Albin. Del 2: Revolutionaren
(1990),
ISBN
91-46-15295-4
- Per Albin. Del 3: Partiledaren
(1996),
ISBN
91-46-16886-9
- Per Albin. Del 4: Landsfadern
(2000),
ISBN
91-46-17683-7
- Nar pengarna ar slut - valfarden efter valfardsstaten
(1992)
- Alltid mer, aldrig nog - om medborgaren, staten och valfarden
(1994)
- Politik och politiker - kronikor fran ett epokskifte
(1996)
- Den politiska adeln - Politikens forvandling fran uppdrag till yrke
(2002)
- Den politiska adeln
(2006 reviderad och utokad upplaga)
- Kollegiet for sysselsattande av de arbetslosa - Riksrevisionen om arbetsmarknadspolitiken
(2006),
ISBN
91-7566-628-6
- Ebbe - mannen som blev en affar
(2007),
ISBN
91-85555-03-7
References
[
edit
]
- ^
DN-medarbetaren Anders Isaksson har avlidit
[
dead link
]
, Dagens Nyheter, 17 January 2009.
- ^
Anders Isaksson
Archived
4 March 2016 at the
Wayback Machine
, Stora Journalistpriset 1987.
- ^
Anders Isaksson, frilans, Veckans Affarer
[
permanent dead link
]
, Stora Journalistpriset.
- ^
En utmarkt uttolkare av det forflutna
Archived
January 21, 2009, at the
Wayback Machine
, Dagens Nyheter, 17 January 2009.