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    Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (/ˈlɑːɡərlɜːf, -lɜːv/, US also /-lʌv, -ləv/, Swedish: [ˈsɛ̂lːma ˈlɑ̂ːɡɛˌɭøːv] ; 20 November 1858 – 16 March 1940) was a...
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    The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (category Novels by Selma Lagerlöf)
    wonderful journey across Sweden) is a work of fiction by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. It was originally...
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  • The Selma Lagerlöf Prize is a Swedish literary prize awarded to an author writing in the spirit of Selma Lagerlöf who was the first woman to win the Nobel...
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  • Jerusalem is a novel by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf, published in two parts in 1901 and 1902. The narrative spans several generations in the 19th...
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    Mårbacka (category Selma Lagerlöf)
    1793. In 1801 it was inherited by the Lagerlöf family and when Selma Lagerlöf's father Lieutenant Gustaf Lagerlöf died in 1885 his son Johan took over...
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  • after which it likely became more common due to the works of the author Selma Lagerlöf (died 1940). The given name lost popularity in Sweden during most of...
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    (the Broby Tower). Broby is the name Selma Lagerlöf gave Sunne in her books. Each year The Foundation Selma Lagerlöf Literary Prize awards a prominent Swedish...
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  • Swedish film director Leon Lagerlöf (1870–1951), Swedish sport shooter Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940), Swedish writer Thomas Lagerlöf (born 1971), Swedish association...
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    Valborg Olander (category Selma Lagerlöf)
    author Selma Lagerlöf, with whom she eventually came to develop a love relationship. She is also thought to have affected the work of Selma Lagerlöf in her...
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    Geijer, Esaias Tegnér, Gustaf Fröding and Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlöf. Lagerlöf's novel, Gösta Berlings Saga, is a neo-romantic saga that takes...
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