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Per Anders Fogelström

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Per Anders Fogelström was a Swedish writer, and one of the leading figures in modern Swedish literature. He spent his whole life in Stockholm, and the most famous of the more than 40 books he wrote in total is a series of five novels set in the Swedish capital that he dearly loved, describing the lives of successive generations of Stockholmers between 1860 and 1968:Mina Drömmars stad, published in 1960, covers the period from 1860-1880. Barn av sin stad, published in 1962, covers 1880-1900. Minns du den stad, published in 1964, covers 1900-1925. I en förvandlad stad, published in 1966, covers 1925-1945. Stad i världen, published in 1968, covers 1945-1968.