Books set in Värmland, Sweden

Lakes, forests and ironworks in western Sweden: the cavaliers of Ekeby in the 1820s, and a family of Sunne broken by a death.

1 place, 2 books,

Värmland

1983
The Christmas OratorioL’Oratorio de Noël
Göran Tunström · novel · 1983
1930s: a mother dies on the way to sing Bach, and three generations of Sunne carry it.
1891
Gösta Berling’s SagaLa Légende de Gösta Berling
Selma Lagerlöf · novel · 1891
1820s: a defrocked priest and twelve cavaliers run wild for a year on a Värmland estate.

Updated October 2026