Vilhelm Moberg

Karl Artur Vilhelm Moberg was a Swedish author playwright and journalist In May 1919 he was a volunteer at Vadstena Läns Tidning and that gave him the opportunity to publish his stories which were based on his own experiences His literary career spanning more than 45 years is associated with his series The Emigrants The four books published between 1949 and 1959 deal with the Swedish emigration to the United States in the 19th century and are the subject of two movie adaptations and a musical Among other works are Raskens 1927 and Ride This Night 1941 a historical novel of a 17thcentury rebellion in Småland acknowledged for its subliminal but widely recognized criticism against the Hitler regime