Sven Lidman (writer)

Carl Hindrik Sven Rudolphsson Lidman (June 30, 1882 – February 14, 1960), military, poet, writer, and preacher, grandson of the priest Sven Lidman, born in Karlskrona, became a sublieutenant in the reserve in 1903 and studied law at Uppsala University. He then began a promising career as a celebrated poet with "Pasiphaë" (1904), "Primavera" (1905), "Källorna" (1906), and "Elden och altaret" (1907). He also wrote the dramas "Imperia" (1907) and "Härskare" (1908), before starting to write novels "Stensborg" (1910), "Thure Gabriel Silfverstååhl" (1910), "Carl Silfverstååhls upplevelser" (2nd ed. 1912), "Köpmän och krigare" (3rd ed. 1911), "Tvedräktens barn" (1913), "Det levande fäderneshuset" (1916). Then in 1917 he went through a religious revival. This reflected in his following novels "Huset med de gamla fröknarna" (5th ed. 1919), "Såsom genom eld" (5th ed. 1920), "Bryggan håller" (1923), "Personlig frälsning" (1924). In 1921 he joined the fast growing Swedish pentecostal movement, became the editor of its magazine "Evangelii Härold", and was considered the movement's 2nd leading person next to the founder Lewi Pethrus. Interred in the family grave with his grandfather.

His autobiography was published in four parts: "Gossen i grottan" (1952), "Lågan och lindansaren" (1952), "Mandoms möda" (1954), "Vällust och vedergällning" (1957). A biography was written by Knut Ahnlund, "Sven Lidman : ett livsdrama" (1996, ISBN 91-7486-316-9). Biographic and historic details also appear in Per Olov Enquist's "Lewi's Journey" (2001) and in the autobiographies by the younger Sven Lidman (lexicographer).

External links

* [http://www.pri.pingst.se/english/ Swedish Pentecostal Movement Research and Information Center]