Adrienne Alair : Email
Eva Apelqvist : Email : Website
More than ten years experience. Swedish to English translations. Clients include Swedish children’s publisher Rabén & Sjögren and its adult parent company, Norstedts, Swedish publisher Langenskiöld, Hedlund Agency, the Swedish History Museum, Canadian children’s publisher, Groundwood Books, Amazon Crossing, and Swedish best-selling nonfiction author Ingrid Carlberg.
Melissa Bowers : Email
Suzanne Cheadle : Email
Elizabeth DeNoma : Email : Twitter : (206) 818-6288
Dr. Elizabeth DeNoma is a literary consultant, developmental editor, and translator from Scandinavian languages. Before opening her own business in 2020, she spent nearly a decade at Amazon, most recently as a Senior Editor at Amazon Crossing. Elizabeth’s academic background includes a PhD in Scandinavian Languages and Literature at the University of Washington. Elizabeth also serves on the board of directors of Richard Hugo House in Seattle and on the advisory board for the Center for Translation Studies at the University of Washington.
Tom Ellett : Email : Website : Twitter : (519) 341-4343
Freelance translator of Swedish to English, certified by ATA (US) and ATIO (Canada). Literary interests include short stories and fin de siècle writers, especially Hjalmar Söderberg
Publications
Martin Birck’s Youth by Hjalmar Söderberg. Translated by Tom Ellett. Norvik Press, UK (2004)
Marna Feldt : Email
Karin Filipsson : Email
PhD student and Swedish instructor at University of Washington. Translating Swedish to English and English to Swedish.
Michael Flint : Email
Paul Goldsman : Email
Publications
My Boys: Summer on a Swedish Island by Gustaf af Geijerstam (Original title: Mina pojkar). Translated by Paul Goldsman. Penfield Press (2015).
“Graybeard the Tomte,” children’s story by Stig Claesson, translation and introduction by Paul Goldsman. Swedish Book Review 2013:2
Favorite Swedish Stories of Hasse Zetterström by Hasse Z. Translated by Paul Goldsman. Penfield Press (2013)
Christian Gullette : Email
Robert Greer : Email
Anne-Charlotte Harvey : Email : (619) 461-4926
Translator/dramaturge of plays by Strindberg and Ibsen, also Unga Klara and TITTUT. Specializing in platform translation process for production, from academe to Broadway.
Publications
Modern Swedish Design. Three Founding Texts. Includes Beauty in the Home by Ellen Key, translated by Anne-Charlotte Harvey. Museum of Modern Art (2008)
Margareta Horiba : Email
Reading and translating works by Hjalmar Bergman. Winner of the American Scandinavian Foundation’s 2005 Leif and Inger Sjöberg Translation Prize.
Kira Josefsson : Email : Website
PEN/Heim grant-winning translator, writer, and editor based in NYC. Special interest in contemporary fiction with a queer and/or immigrant perspective; voices not always heard in the mainstream.
Jessica Klassen : Email
Alice Klingener
Publications
The Nobel Banquet by Gert Klötzke, Niclas Wahlström, Fredrik Eriksson, Karin Bojs, Magnus Skoglöf & Ebba von Sydow. Translated by Alice Klingener. Max Ström (2016)
Kim Kraft : Email : Website : (360) 536-2361
Literary, technical and specialty Swedish to English translations of all sizes. Guaranteed professional, personalized and accurate work. Reliable communication. I enjoy getting to know clients in order to fully understand their needs.
B.A. Lang : Email
Translating both fiction and nonfiction.
Gunnel Larsdotter
Rika Lesser : Email : Website : (718) 852-1163
Active in poetry, fiction, children’s literature with strong interests in music and art. Also a Guild-certified Feldenkrais Practitioner.
Publications
Mozart’s Third Brain. Poems by Göran Sonnevi, translated by Rika Lesser. Yale University Press (2010)
New European Poets edited by Kevin Prufer and Wayne Miller. Includes translations by Roger Greenwald and Rika Lesser. Graywolf Press (2008)
A Living Soul by P C Jersild. Translated by Rika Lesser. East Anglia, UK: Norvik Press (2003)
What Became Words by Claes Andersson. Selected, translated and introduced by Rika Lesser. Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press (1996)
A Child Is Not a Knife: Selected Poems of Göran Sonnevi. Translated by Rika Lesser. Yale University Press (1993). Awarded the 1992 George Bogin Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America and the 1992 Translation Prize from the American Scandinavian Foundation.
My Sister Lotta and Me. Text by Helena Dahlbäck, illustrations by Charlotte Ramel, in a transformative retelling by Rika Lesser. Henry Holt (1993)
Agnes Cecilia by Maria Gripe. Translated by Rika Lesser. New York: Harper & Row (1990)
Guide to the Underworld by Gunnar Ekelöf. Translated by Rika Lesser. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press (1982). Awarded the Harold Morton Landon Poetry Translation Prize from the Academy of American Poets, 1982.
Ursula Lindqvist : Email
John Litell : Email
Doctor, native speaker of English and Swedish, raised in Stockholm and now living in Minneapolis. Recipient of the 2020 Peirene Stevns Prize. Interest in literary translation, including screenplays and children’s literature, and biomedical translation. Member of the Board of Trustees of the American Swedish Institute.
Publications
Nordic Fauna by Andrea Lundgren, translated by John Litell. Peirene Press (2021).
Michael Meigs : Email
Awarded the Translation Prize of the American Scandinavian Foundation in 2011 for Dekanen (The Dean). Sample translations for literary agencies and authors, screenplays for animators, and has also published translations from Spanish and German for Amazon Crossing. A retired diplomat, he is especially interested in working directly with Swedish writers.
Publications
The Elixir of Immortality by Gabi Gleichmann. Translated by Michael Meigs, Other Press (2013)
“Contemporary Scandinavian Literature – A Fan’s Notes” in Source (the online quarterly of the literary division of the American Translators Association), Fall 2018
Judith Moffett : Email : Website
Author of 12 books in 5 genres, including two collections of older Swedish poetry in translation. I live for half the year on my ex-farm in Kentucky, and the other half in Swarthmore PA.
Publications
1982: The annual Translation Prize of the Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademins tolkningspris), for Gentleman, Single, Refined and Selected Poems 1937-1959, by Hjalmar Gullberg (Louisiana State University Press and Norstedts, 1979), edited and translated by Judith Moffett.
Kjerstin Moody : Email
Paul Norlen : Email
Currently President of STiNA
Publications
A Darker Sky by Mari Jungstedt & Ruben Eliassen. Amazon Crossing (2016)
Killer Deal by Sofie Sarenbrandt. Stockholm Text (2016)
The Intruder by Håkan Östlundh. Minotaur Books (2015)
The Last Lullaby by Carin Gerhardsen. Penguin Books (2015)
Cinderella Girl by Carin Gerhardsen. Penguin Books (2014)
The Gingerbread House by Carin Gerhardsen. Penguin Books (2013)
Open Grave by Kjell Eriksson. Minotaur Books (2015)
Black Lies, Red Blood by Kjell Eriksson. Minotaur Books (2014)
Some Kind of Peace by Camilla Grebe & Åsa Träff. Free Press (2012)
Tourquai by Tim Davys (Mollisan Town Quarter #3). HarperCollins (2011)
Lanceheim by Tim Davys (Mollisan Town Quarter #2). HarperCollins (2010)
Amberville by Tim Davys (Mollisan Town Quarter #1). HarperCollins (2009)
Between Summer’s Promise and Winter’s End by Leif GW Persson. Pantheon Books (2010)
The Saga of Gösta Berling by Selma Lagerlöf. Penguin Classics (2009)
Sensitiva Amorosa by Ola Hansson. Madison: University of Wisconsin Introductions to Scandinavia (WITS) (2002)
Kathy Saranpa : Email
I am an American (native speaker of English) living in Finland and teaching translation. I specialize in legal and medical translation, but have also translated fiction and many personal letters and other documents. I’m always willing to explore new projects. Swedish is my B-language (near-native fluency).
Linda Schenck : Email : Website
I am an American living permanently in Sweden. Have translated novels by Kerstin Ekman, Majgull Axelsson, Annika Thor and others.
Publications
The Lily Pond by Annika Thor. Translated by Linda Schenck. Delacorte (2012). Award: Batchelder Honor Award
A Faraway Island by Annika Thor. Translated by Linda Schenck. Delacorte (2010). Award: Batchelder Honor Award
God’s Mercy by Kerstin Ekman. Translated by Linda Schenck. University of Nebraska Press (2009)
Eric Swanson :
Katarina Tucker : Email
Publications
The American Girl by Monika Fagerholm. Translated by Katarina Tucker. Other Press (2010)
Saskia Vogel : Email
Donald Weaver : Email
Publications
Black Banners by August Strindberg. Translated by Donald K. Weaver. Peter Lang (2010)
Laura Wideburg : Website
Co-founder of STiNA
Publications
The Fire Dance by Helene Tursten. Translated by Laura Wideburg. Soho Press (2014)
Night Rounds by Helene Tursten. Translated by Laura Wideburg. Soho Press (2011)
Island of the Naked Women by Inger Frimansson. Translated by Laura Wideburg. Pleasure Boat Studio (2009)
Good Night, My Darling by Inger Frimansson. Translated by Laura Wideburg. Pleasure Boat Studio (2007)
Rachel Willson-Broyles : Email : Website : Twitter
Specializing in contemporary fiction. Other translation interests include drama, popular non-fiction, and children’s/young adult literature.
Publications
Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All by Jonas Jonasson. Ecco (2016)
Everything I Don’t Remember by Jonas Hassen Khemiri. Altria (2016)
The Boy in the Shadows by Carl-Johan Vallgren. Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles. Quercus (2015)
Bad Blood by Arne Dahl. Translated by Rachel-Willson Broyles. Pantheon (2013)
Room no. 10 by Åke Edwardson. Translated by Rachel-Willson Broyles. Simon & Schuster (2013)
Sail of Stone by Åke Edwardson. Translated by Rachel-Willson Broyles. Simon & Schuster (2012)
Strindberg’s Star by Jan Wallentin. Translated by Rachel-Willson Broyles. Viking (2012)
Montecore by Jonas Hassen Khemiri. Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles. Knopf (2011)