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Writer Who Hated the Swedish Language (2025)
TV Special | 48 min | Documentary, Biography

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Writer Who Hated the Swedish Language (2025)

TV Special | 48 min | Documentary, Biography

Antti Jalava (1949-2021) is the author of the modern classic "Asfaltblomman/The Asphalt Flower", whose raw portrayal of life as a Swedish Finn sparked great debate when it was published in 1980. This documentary is about a forgotten ...See moreAntti Jalava (1949-2021) is the author of the modern classic "Asfaltblomman/The Asphalt Flower", whose raw portrayal of life as a Swedish Finn sparked great debate when it was published in 1980. This documentary is about a forgotten writing style and explores what it means to be uprooted from one's homeland and roots as a child. The loss of language and the racism that Jalava was exposed to became a driving force for his entire writing, and he is one of the first to write about the migration experience in Swedish. But writing in Swedish was not a voluntary choice - but something Jalava was forced to do. Written by SVT Kultur See less

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Name	Known for
Antti Jalava Self Self See fewer	Writer Who Hated the Swedish Language (2025)
Susanna Alakoski Self Self See fewer	Beyond (2010)
Athena Farrokhzad Self Self See fewer	Burka Songs 2.0 (2017)
Olli Jalava Self Self See fewer	Writer Who Hated the Swedish Language (2025)
Ali Jonasson Self Self See fewer	Writer Who Hated the Swedish Language (2025)
Anneli Jordahl Self Self See fewer	Stockholm (1995)
Theodor Kallifatides Self Self See fewer	Love (1980)
Leena Koivunea Self Self See fewer	Writer Who Hated the Swedish Language (2025)
Liisa Paavalainen Self Self See fewer	Writer Who Hated the Swedish Language (2025)
Pentti Saarikoski Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Night or Day (1962)
Tukholman sissit Themselves Themselves See fewer	Writer Who Hated the Swedish Language (2025)

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