Kristina Sigunsdotter is a Swedish author, artist and playwright with a B.A. in ethnology, English and journalism. For the book The Secrets of Cricket Karlsson, she was awarded the August Prize. Her books have been sold to countries worldwide and she has been praised by, among others, Gayle Forman in the NY Times: “There is a particular intensity to young female friendships that’s rarely depicted in literature (Elena Ferrante notwithstanding), let alone children’s literature. But Sigunsdotter’s honest voice and Eriksson’s sophisticated and generously distributed art come together to honor the passion of these friendships, and the pain that accompanies their dissolution."
Sigunsdotter debuted with the poetry book Sjöpojken 2011, followed by the critically acclaimed novel Rovfåglar osv. Sigunsdotter is honoured for her language and her ability to portray young women in social disadvantage. Her plays has been performed at the Royal Dramatic Theatre and Stockholm City Theatre. As a songwriter she has collaborated with artists such as Nicolai Dunger, Dreaming Of Islands and Georg Riedel. She is the founder of The Poetry Factory, a poetry workshop for children.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
De döda trädens skog, Bonnier Carlsen, illustrator Alexandra Dahlqvist (fall 2025)
Trädet under jorden - en saga om Karin Boye, Förlaget, illustrator Jenny Lucander (fall 2025)
Björnkällan, Natur & Kultur, illustrator Emma Ekstam (fall 2025)
Samlade djursagor (anthology), Bonnier Carlsen (spring 2025)
Post Human, poetry collection (2024)
Bims värld - Klassresan, Natur & Kultur, illustrator Jenny Jordahl (2023)
Bims värld - Spökläraren, Natur & Kultur, illustrator Jenny Jordahl (2022)
Bims värld - Skolnatten, Natur & Kultur, illustrator Jenny Jordahl (2021)
Hej då Humlan Hansson, Natur & Kultur, illustrator Ester Eriksson (2022)
Hola Humlan Hansson, Natur & Kultur, illustrator Ester Eriksson (2021)
Humlan Hanssons hemligheter, Natur & kultur, illustrator Ester Eriksson (2020)
Winner of the August prize 2020.
Landet som icke är, Förlaget, illustrator Clara Dackenberg (2020)
Nominated for the Runeberg Junior-prize 2021.
Nattpojken, Bonnier Carlsen, illustrator Sara Gimbergsson (2020)
Kryptosapiens - Ett omänskligt äventyr, Svensk Sci Fi, illustrator Johan Jergner (2019)
JAZZOO 2, cooperation with Oddjob, illustrator Ben Javens (2018)
Hundgården, novel, Skröna förlag (2017)
Min krokodil tror att den är en racerbil, Bonnier Carlsen, illustrator Sara Gimbergsson (2017)
Rovfåglar osv. novel, Rymden förlag (2014)
Sjöpojken, poetry, Tusculum förlag (2011)
2025
9.9
De döda trädens skog
Release: Children's poetry/fact book, Bonnier Carlsen.
10.5
Nästet, Lärjeån
Poetry & origami workshop in nature.
12.4
& Stories, Hedlandet
Workshop and sneak reading for kids - Författarveckan i Torna Hällestad 5-6 PM.
10.4
Författarfika, Torna Hällestad Lanthandel
Fika and book talk with The Swedish Academy for Children's Books. 3-5 PM.
9.4
Litteralund
A live podcast about stories for and about school with Linnea Dahlgren, Charlotte Cederlund and Emma Andersson.
4.4
Björnkällan
Release: Children's chapter book, Natur & Kultur
28.3
A wild workshop, Hanaholmen, Helsinki, Finland
Mental and tactile exploration of text, fantasy and reality. Write, paint, spill. With Katarina Strömgård.
27.3
Nordisk Kulturkontakt, Helsinki, Finland
Panel on cooperation across national borders with Oskar Kroon and Jenny Lucander.
5.3
Samlade djursagor
Release: Anthology, Bonnier Carlsen
2024
15.12
& Stories, Hedlandet
Afternoon Glögg & Winter Stories.
3-4.12
Institut suédois, Paris
Professionals’ day: Children’s literature
25.11
Christmas Market, Torna Hällestad Lanthandel
Book Signing
3.11
& Stories, Hedlandet
Afternoon Tea & Stories - Landet som icke är
28.8
Sanning och konsekvens, Stadshallen, Lund
Reading Post human.
30-31.5
Norsk Litteraturfestival, Lillehammer, Norway
Talk about Humlen Hansens hemmeligheter with Ingelin Rossland.
21.5
PERIOD, Issue 10: Daydream
Poem: Dirty Water Daydream in Period Magazine
18.5
POST HUMAN
Release: Poetry collection
4.5
Digiteket
Moderator at launch of new Digiteket.
2023
21.10
Talk with RJK, Gnesta Bokhandel
Talk with Rädda Jorden Klubben (RJK).
9.9
Bims värld - Spökläraren
Release: Children's chapter book, Natur & Kultur
19-20.8
Poesifabriken, Kulturfestivalen, Stockholm
Workshop for kids in cooperation with 20TAL & Poesifabriken.
15.4
Workshop REQUIEM SHM 24217, Örebro Konsthall
Create your own book
1.4 - 28.5
REQUIEM SHM 24217 & Swamp Posthumous > Uppståndelsen i Kvarntorp, Örebro Konsthall
Text in Signe Johannessen's art video REQUIEM SHM 24217.
2022
22.9
Young angst, Gothenburg Book Fair
Talk with Sandra Ringarp and Reyhaneh Ahangaran.
23.9
Skrivcafe Live, Gothenburg Book Fair
Workshop Method Writing.
25.9
Book presentation, Gothenburg Book Fair
Book presentation: Hejdå Humlan Hansson
14-15.9
International Literature Festival Berlin
Talk, reading, Q&A, workshop.
19.8
Hejdå Humlan Hansson
Release: Children's chapter book, Natur & Kultur
18.3
Bims värld - Skolnatten
Release: Children's chapter book, Natur & Kultur
2.2
SKRIVCAFÉ
Online workshop
2021
15.12
Author's Talk, Gathenhielmska Huset
Recorded Author's talk with Emma Vendelek
8.10
Hola Humlan Hansson
Release: Children's chapter book, Natur & Kultur
24.9
Where is Pippi Longstockning's successor? Gothenburg Book Fair
Talk with Mia Österlund, Sara Ohlsson, Elin Ek and Lotta Olsson.
25.8
Movie screening: Swamp Posthumous, Accelerator
Text to Signe Johannesens and Cullbergbaletten's art video Swamp Posthumous.
31.3
SKRIVCAFÉ
Online workshop
2020
6.12
Bokström
Talk with Hanna Kurtén and Wivan Nygård-Fagerudd: Topelius sagor och Landet som icke är
1.12
Nattpojken
Release: Children's book, Bonnier Carlsen
23.11
AUGUSTGALAN
Winner of the 2020 August Prize.
12.11
Edith Södergran for a new generation, Vasa LittFest
Talk with Monika Fagerholm about Landet som icke är
20.09
Landet som icke är
Release: Picture book, Förlaget
19.09
Trophy
Release: Trophy, deep dive into the art practice of Signe Johannessen
19.09
Mr. Deer > Trofé, Ystad Konsthall
Text in Signe Johannesens art video Mr. Deer.
05.08
Humlan Hanssons hemligheter
Release: Children's chapter book, Natur & Kultur
2019
10.31
Kryptosapiens - Ett omänskligt äventyr
Release: Children's fantasy book, Svensk Sci Fi
10.02
ORAKLET
Text in performance with Oda Brakke on lake Frösjön
2018
11.01
JAZZOO 2
Release: Children's/jazz book, Oddjob
05.05
Hundgården Soundtrack
Release party of Hundgården's soundtrack "Sjung med flugorna" at Atelje Lönngatan. Listen on Spotify.
2017
12.11
Hundgården
Release: Horror novel (The Dog Yard), Skröna
Min krokodil tror att den är en racerbil
Release: Children's book, Bonnier Carlsen
RITUALERNA
Poetry reading with Sigrun Bragadottir
2016
ANONYMOUSE
Crashed the NOIX DE VIE-party
ORDKONST
Text - Satansverserna
PERIOD ZINE
Text - Watch Out For Moonlight (and other maternity advice)
DOCKHAVERI
Text - Sprickljus, in the anthology Dock-ument
KASTRATET
Poetry - Kamikaze
2015
1.12
PERIODZINE
Short story - Ines' skin
30.5
ETT LYSANDE NAMN
Short story - Louisiana
2014
5.9
ROVFÅGLAR OSV.
Release party at Galleri Vasli Souza, Gustav Adolfs torg 10 B, Malmö.
12.9
ROVFÅGLAR OSV.
Release party at Showroom 57, Upplandsgatan 57, Stockholm
11.1
SPINNEREI
CHROMOPHOBIA, art video at the Spinnerei Winterrundgang, Leipzig
2013
7.12
SPINNEREI
PHOBOPHOBIA, exhibition with Australian artist David Ralph at Halle 14, Leipzig
7.11
SPINNEREI
Remaking German Culture, performance at Halle 18, Leipzig
25.8
GLUPSK
FRUKOSTKLUBBEN (The Breakfast Club), workshop: make art out of your breakfast!
1-23.6
NOT QUITE GALLERY
Vill du veta en hemlighet (Do You want to know a secret?), exhibition with Karl Hallberg
8.6
ART IN THE GREEN BOX
BLACK SEA DIARY, permanent sculpture, Skottvångs grufva
RIKSTEATERN
Flickorna (The Girls), short horror film script in the Riksteatern anthology NY TEXT! vol. 6
ANIMAE
ANIMAE #1, fanzine
2012
20.11
Södra Teatern
WOW BOB WOW: Twin Peaks group art exhibition
SKEPPET
The Actress' Apartment, text/trip
ART LAB
Benknäckaren, text in Fält #1
22.9
LOGIK, Västerås
Black Sea Diary, photography and poetry-installation at LOGIK 12:2
4 - 26.8
Skottvångs Grufva, Sörmlandsleden, etapp 15 & Studio 44, Stockholm
Black Sea Diary, photography and poetry-installation & permanent sculpture at ART IN THE GREEN BOX, Studio 44.
2011
15-16.10 2 shows each day 13.00 and 15.00
Stockholms stadsteater, Barnpoesifestivalen
Scriptwriter: Systrarna Stormhatt & Det Stora Fågeläventyret
23.9 14.00
Bok & Bibliotek Göteborg Book Fair, Rum för poesi
Sjöpojken - Reading
19.8 17.00 - 17.30
Malmöfestivalen, Hamrelius, Södergatan
Sjöpojken - Reading
23.4 - 8.5
Konsthall C, Stockholm
Unfinished analogies is a paper tape exhibition and Centrifug project curated by Jacquelyn Davis of Valeveil: a Stockholm-based curatorial node. Kristina Sigunsdotter is participating with the poetry installation Kalkflickan (The Lime Girl).
21.12 - 20.2
Formverk, Eskilstuna
Exhibition with Samir Al-Nehlaoui - Den romantiska revolutionen & Drömgeneratorn
11.4 18.00
Stadsbibliotekets Bokbazar Poesi
Release of Sjöpojken and reading with cellist Cecilia Radkiewicz
13.4 19.00
Högkvarteret Stockholm
Release party and reading with cellist Cecilia Radkiewicz + guest artists Ola Joyce and Anna Wallander + the artists Olle Forsslöf, Patrick Ryan Crotty and Elliot Alfredius will make Sjöpojken-tattoos!
The party is sponsored by Matton.
18.4 18.00
Sturebiblioteket Stockholm
Sjöpojken - reading with cellist Cecilia Radkiewicz
19.4 19.00
Västerås Stadsbibliotek
Sjöpojken - reading with cellist Cecilia Radkiewicz
2010
Kvarteret, Bergen, Norway
Reading + Sound, poetry and photo-exhibition - Lovesongs
Göteborg Book Fair, Rum för poesi
Reading with poet David Uppgren - Elementen
Pluto, Stockholm
Reading with poet Isabel Nylund - Lifterskan & Orkanen (Hitchhiker & Hurricane)
Klubb Soaré Lorca, Stockholm
Reading with poet Isabel Nylund - Lifterskan & Orkanen (Hitchhiker & Hurricane)
Gnesta Konsthall, Gnesta
Reading with poet Isabel Nylund - Lifterskan & Orkanen (Hitchhiker & Hurricane)
Tellus, Chimos vänkväll, Stockholm
Reading - Sjöpojken
2009
Martin van Blerck contemporary art-gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium
Sound, poetry and photo-exhibition - Lovesongs
Gallery Box, Göteborg
Group exhibition - KÅT A4
Hägerstens Botaniska Trädgård, Stockholm
Reading
Future Home, Stockholm
Reading with poet Isabel Nylund and cellist Cecilia Radkiewicz - Lifterskan & Orkanen (Hitchhiker & Hurricane)