Vilhelm Moberg

Writer

Date of birth : 08/19/1898

Date of death : 08/08/1973

City of birth : Moshultamåla, Kalmar län, Sweden

Vilhelm Moberg is considered to be one of the greatest writers in Sweden of all time. He is most known for The Immigrants-series about the Swedish emigration to the United States in the 19th century. Moberg was also a journalist, author, historian and political debater. He struggled with depression and drowned in an apparent suicide.