12/06/2026
✨NEW AUTHOR - TIINA LAITILA KÄLVEMARK✨
We are delighted to welcome adult fiction author Tiina Laitila Kälvemark to the agency. Tiina's forthcoming, sixth novel, THE SWEDISH LOVER (Ruotsalainen rakastaja, WSOY, September 2026, 250pp), is a compelling novel about a volatile relationship between Ellen and her secretive, artist colleague, P., who seems to see her more clearly than anyone else does. Ellen's weekly "Sunday Club" meet-ups with her girlfriends at the Rival hotel bar, where they discuss life, s*x and relationships, Sweden and Finland over G&Ts, cause her to question her relationships, not only with P. but also with love itself. What does she really mean when she talks about love and has she learned to ask for too little? Does the one who loves least have all the power?
THE SWEDISH LOVER is an absorbing novel about the need to be seen, power, and love with echoes of Wilful Disregard, Assymmetry, and Diary of a Ditched Girl.
Tiina Laitila Kälvemark is a Stockholm-based writer and journalist originally from Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. She debuted in 2012 with a story collection and has published four subsequent novels to critical acclaim and numerous nominations for Nordic literary awards. Her work is characterised by themes of Swedish-Finnishness, migration and rootlessness, as well as globalisation and nomadism in a broader perspective.
THE SWEDISH LOVER will be on submission soon. For rights enquiries, contact [email protected]
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