Jan Fridegård
1897-1968.
Author.
Johan Fridegård, known as Jan Fridegård, grew up in a stately home outside Enköping and made his debut in 1931 with the poetry collection Den svarta lutan. Before his debut, he worked in several different professions but was periodically unemployed and without income.
Fridegård wrote articles for the revolutionary magazine Brand, and his first novel, En natt i juli (A Night in July), was published in 1933. The theme of liberation is portrayed in the autobiographical suite of novels Jag Lars Hård (1935), Tack för himmlastegen (1936), and Barmhärtighet (1936).
During the mood of preparedness for the Second World War, Fridegård began to write about the rebellious slave Holme in Trägudars land (1940), Gryningsfolket (1944) and Offerrök (1949).
Fridegård moved several times in his life and lived during the latter part of his life at Bredmansgatan 7A in Uppsala.
A museum has been dedicated to Jan Fridegård at Övergran church in Håbo.
Burial site: 0105-0304
Image description: Jan Fridegård in his home, Uppsala 1948. Photo: Paul Sandberg / Upplandsmuseet. [The image is cropped]
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