Scandinavian Literature, The modern Swedish novel

The development of the novel was associated with Gustaf Hellstr�m, Ludvig Nordstr�m, Elin W�gner, and Sigfrid Siwertz. Hellstr�m's work as a journalist in Europe, the United States, and England greatly influenced him. Irony and careful detail emerged in his best known novel, Sn�rmakare Lekholm f�r en id� (1927; Lacemaker Lekholm Has an Idea). Siwertz was a more elegant stylist,