Jan Fridegård, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Fridegård

Swedish writer

Date of Birth: 14-Jun-1897

Date of Death: 08-Sep-1968

Profession: writer, author

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Jan Fridegård, born Johan Fridolf "Fride" Johansson, (14 June 1897 – 8 September 1968) was a Swedish writer of the proletarian school.
Fridegård wrote a trilogy of novels about the Viking Era in Sweden : Trägudars land (1940; translated 1989 as Land of Wooden Gods), Gryningsfolket (1944; translated 1990 as People of the Dawn) and Offerrök (trans.
1991 as Sacrificial Smoke).