What is Gunnar Sandgren?
[[Image:Gunnar E Sandgren.jpg|thumb|right|200 px|Gunnar Sandgren]] '''Gunnar Ernst Algot Sandgren''' (27 June 1929 – 4 November 2016) was a [[Swedish people|Swedish]] [[novelist]] and [[playwright]]. He made his literary debut in 1960, with the novel ''Förklaringsberget''. He later wrote a series of historical novels.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Gunnar Sandgren |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Gunnar_Sandgren |language=no|access-date=10 July 2012}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Dobloug Prize]] in 1981.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Doblougprisen |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Doblougprisen |language=no|access-date=10 July 2012}}</ref> Sandgren died on 4 November 2016 at the age of 87.<ref>[http://www.familjesidan.se/system/funeral_notices/pdfs/000/717/847/original/1497950-1.pdf?1478925349 Gunnar E. Sandgren]</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandgren, Gunnar}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Swedish playwrights]] [[Category:Swedish novelists]] {{bio-stub}}