Dates:
- Tue, 6 Oct 2026, 17:00–18:00
Meet Sara Lundberg (SE), winner of the Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize 2025, in conversation with Philip Teir (FI) about her award-winning work Ingen utom jag (No One But Me) and her work as an author, illustrator and artist.
Sara Lundberg (born 1971) is educated at Konstfack and the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm. She has won the August Prize – Sweden’s most prestigious prize for literature in Swedish – twice, most recently in 2017 for the book Fågeln i mig flyger vart den vill (The Bird in Me Flies).
Her CV also includes collaborations with authors such as Sara Stridsberg and Ulf Stark. In 2025, she was awarded the Nordic Council Children’s and Young People’s Literature Prize for the picture book Ingen utom jag (No One But Me).
Philip Teir (born 1980) is an author and former culture editor at Hufvudstadsbladet. In 2024, he was awarded the Svenska Yle Literature Prize for his novel Eftermiddag i augusti (“An afternoon in August”, not translated into English).
Teir is also the programme director of Helsinki Lit.
Nordic Culture Point
6.10.2026
17.00-18.00
Free entry, held in Swedish
Cost: Free
Categories: conversation, Nordic identity, cultural events, literature
More information: https://www.nkk.org/en/events/sara-lundberg-in-conversation-with-philip-teir/
Source: Event information supplied by City of Helsinki Linked Events.
