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Myrdal, Jan

Country/Region:
Sweden
Born:
July 19, 1927
Dead:
October 30, 2020
Genres:
Miscellaneous prose, Drama
Portrait image of Jan Myrdal Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex
Swedish author, born in Stockholm to Gunnar and Alva Myrdal, both social democratic cabinet ministers, Nobel Prize winners and known worldwide as two of the foremost theoreticians of the Swedish welfare state. Jan Myrdal grew up partly with his parents in Geneva, Stockholm and New York and partly with his grandparents in Mariefred. He was the brother of Sissela Bok and Kaj Fölster.

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