Linnea Axelsson

Finalist, 2024 National Book Awards

Linnea Axelsson is a Sámi-Swedish writer, born in the province of North Bothnia in Sweden. In 2009, she earned a PhD in Art History from Umeå University. Learn more >

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Ædnan

ISBN 9780593535455
Knopf / Penguin Random House

In Northern Sámi, the word Ædnan means the land, the earth, and my mother. The tale begins in the 1910s, as Ristin and her family migrate their herd of reindeer to summer grounds. Along the way, forced to separate due to the newly formed border between Sweden and Norway, Ristin loses one of her sons in the aftermath of an accident, a grief that will ripple across the rest of the book. In the wake of this tragedy, Ristin struggles to manage what’s left of her family and her community. More about this book >

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Linnea Axelsson

Linnea Axelsson is a Sámi-Swedish writer, born in the province of North Bothnia in Sweden. In 2009, she earned a PhD in Art History from Umeå University. In 2018, she was awarded the August Prize for Ædnan. She lives in Stockholm, Sweden.

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