Viveca Lärn
Swedish writer and journalist
Viveca Lärn, earlier Viveca Sundvall (born 6 April 1944), is a Swedish writer and journalist. She is mostly famous for writing the Mimmi and the Eddie children's book series. She has also written books for an adult audience, and many of those books formed the basis for the TV series Saltön.
Biography
Childhood and upbringing
Viveca Lärn is the daughter of Hubert Lärn, who was a journalist and cartoonist, and Katarina, born Ekstrand, as well as niece to Ferdinand Lärn. In the autobiographical book Sladdisen, a book about my childhood, she depicts her growing up in Gothenburg with the summer holidays at Tjörn. The parents were artistically educated, and the home was characterized by "fantasy, art, literature and popular science walks". She learned early to read and write. Her parents, rather, experienced as her friends than as authorities. In front of games and children's party, she preferred to stay at the creek near the home and fantasize for herself.
When she began at school, Viveca Lärn had to skip first class.
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