Hjalmar Soderberg

Hjalmar Soderberg, 1869-1941, was a civil servant and then a journalist before becoming a full-time writer. His novels include Martin Birck's Youth (1901), Doctor Glas (1905) - widely regarded as his masterpiece - and The Serious Game (1912). Soderberg's play Gertrud (1906) was made into a film by Carl Dreyer.

Hjalmar Soderberg, 1869-1941, was a civil servant and then a journalist before becoming a full-time writer. His novels include Martin Birck's Youth (1901), Doctor Glas (1905) - widely regarded as his masterpiece - and The Serious Game (1912). Soderberg's play Gertrud (1906) was made into a film by Carl Dreyer. See less