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When he was questioned, he returned home after meeting with the Riksbank Jubilee Fund outside Stockholm Central Station.

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"It was a bit overwhelming – I was terrified at first, I never thought I'd have the question.I had planned to do some research and look for all the silence after doing heavy tasks.

But after thinking for a moment, how long did he want to go, he finally said yes.

What did you say yes?

"The academy is a valuable institution and has a very important activity.

What do you think you can contribute?

– I have worked with literary heritage, mainly Swedish fiction, and am the director of Litteraturbanken.se. It is important to take care of the literary cultural heritage, but it is not only classics, but also to see what is classics, to critically examine a canon and to determine who decided.

You follow Klas Östergren on chair 11. What does his author mean to you?

"He wanted to say a lot. gentlemen Come on, it was awesome and his writings are very close.

Are you going to read about his books now before your entry?

– Well, I'm pretty cool. I do not really know how it will be, the situation is a little different when you manage to live alive.

What do you think of the recent turbulence at the Academy?

– I saw it from the outside like most others. Most things indicate that there is a good way to go and I am happy if I can help.

Mats Malm joins the Swedish Academy on December 20th.

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Malts Malm, professor of literature at the University of Gothenburg, was elected to the Swedish Academy. . Image: Bengt Oberger / Wikipedia

Facts: Mats Malm

Born in 1964

Professor of literature at the University of Gothenburg.

Dissert on a thesis on streetism and wrote books on, among others, the first novel of Sweden and the changes occurred in the reading of literary works.

Director of Literature Bank, which works on the digitization of Swedish literature.

Translated, among others, Icelandic tales.

Member of the Royal Vitterness Academy and member of the board of the Swedish Witness Society.

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