Biography
Sara B. Elfgren. B is for Bergmark.
Born in 1980 in Stockholm.
Writer with a degree in Cinema studies from Stockholm University.
Member of the Swedish Academy for Children’s Books since 2020.
Represented by Grand Agency. Contact: lena@grandagency.se
Awards
Winner of the Storytel Award, category YA for Grim, 2023.
Winner of the Kristallen Award for Best TV Drama for Deg (Dough), 2022.
Winner of the White Reindeer Award, 2019.
Norra Latin: Nominated for the Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize, 2018.
Norra Latin: Winner of the Swedish Audio Book Award, Best YA of the year, 2018.
De dödas röster: Nominated for Prix Europa, 2016.
The Circle (novel): Nominated for the August prize, 2011
etc.
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The dates refer to first publications, international editions may have been published at later dates.
2021
Grim
novel
Publisher: Rabén & Sjögren
Deg (Dough)
TV Show
Head writer together with Levan Akin and Mattias J. Skoglund (created by Mattias J. Skoglund and Levan Akin).
Winner of the Kristallen Award for Best TV Drama 2022
Produced by Nexiko for SVT Drama.
Directed by Levan Akin, Mattias J. Skoglund and Måns Månsson.
2020
Knäckarbanketten (The Big Banquet) - radio Advent calendar/Christmas series
A Christmas series in 24 parts Sveriges Radio
Scriptwriter. Story created with Emil Maxén.
Based on the book Knäckarbanketten created with Emil Maxén.
Director: Eva Staaf
Sveriges Radio/Drama för unga/Barnradion
2019
Knäckarbanketten (The Big Banquet)
co-created with illustrator Emil Maxén
Vei - book 2
Graphic novel, the final part in the saga of Vei.
Co-creator: Karl Johnsson.
Bortbytingen (The Changeling)
Stage play, based on short story by Selma Lagerlöf
First performance 6 April 2019 at the National Swedish Theatre
Director: Tobias Theorell
Actors: Rasmus Luthander, Mia Benson, Maia Hansson Bergqvist, Omid Khansari, Marall Nasiri, Razmus Nyström, Maria Salomaa, Andreas Rothlin Svensson
Ghost Giant
PlayStation VR-game
Written by Sara B. Elfgren
Zoink Games, PlayStation
Oscar Liljas försvinnande (The Disappearance of Oscar Lilja)
Stage play
First performance Hipp, Malmö City Theatre, 9/3 2019
Director: Sara Cronberg
Actors: Ana Stanišić, Alexander Abdallah, Lilja Fredrikson, Philip Lithner
Jag är inte sjuk! (I’m Not Sick)
Children’s book
Illustrated by Maria Fröhlich
Publisher: Rabén & Sjögren
Vi finns kvar (We’re Still Here)
Short film screenplay
Director: Alexander Rönnberg
World premiere at Gothenburg International Film Festival
Silvio Entertainment
2017
Norra Latin
Novel
Publisher: Rabén & Sjögren.
Vei - v0l 1
Graphic novel, part one of two
Co-creator: artist Karl Johnsson
Publisher: Kartago Förlag
2016
First Like
Short film screenplay
Director: Alexander Rönnberg
Won Best Foreign Short: Fantafilm, Italien
Nominated for 1 km film at Stockholms International Film Festival
In competition at Screamfest, L.A, etc
Produced by: Silvio Entertainment
Nu leker vi! (Let’s Play!)
Children’s book
Illustrated by Maria Fröhlich
Publisher: Rabén & Sjögren
De dödas röster (Voices of the Dead)
Fiction podcast for P3 Serie/Sveriges Radio Drama
Creator, showrunner and writer
Director: Mattias J. Skoglund
Other episode writers: Judith Kiros, Mattias J. Skoglund, Erika Stark och Gustav Tegby
Produced by: Sveriges Radio Drama/P3
2015
Just nu har vi varandra (Time for Each Other)
Children’s book
Illustrated by Maria Fröhlich
Publisher: Rabén & Sjögren
Cirkeln (The Circle)
Screenplay
Co-writer: Levan Akin
Director: Levan Akin
World premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival
Produced by: RMV Film
2013
Nyckeln (The Key)
Novel, part three of the Engelsfors trilogy
Co-writer: Mats Strandberg
Publisher: Rabén & Sjögren
Berättelser från Engelsfors (Tales from Engelsfors)
A graphic short stories collection about the characters from the Engelsfors trilogy
Co-writer: Mats Strandberg
Artists: Kim W. Andersson, Karl Johnsson och Lina Neidestam
Publisher: Rabén & Sjögren
2012
Flicka försvinner (In the Still of the Night)
Short film screenplay
Director: Alexander Rönnberg
World premiere at St Louis International Film Festival
Produced by Impasse Films
Eld (Fire)
Novel, part two of the Engelsfors trilogy
Co-writer: Mats Strandberg
Publisher: Rabén & Sjögren
Orangeriet
Short film screenplay
Director: Lovisa Inserra
World premiere at Gothenburg International Film Festival
Produced by Red Sister and Impasse Films
2011
Cirkeln (The Circle)
Novel, part one of the Engelsfors trilogy
Co-writer: Mats Strandberg
Publisher: Rabén & Sjögren
Sara B. Elfgren has worked as a script doctor and script editor for several large production companies and SVT.
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