Background He was born in 1922 in Väring in Västergötland, Sweden and has received many prizes and recognition for his work.
Achievements The Svenska Dagbladet Prize for Literature 1955 The Nils Holgersson Plaque 1958 (for Magnus, Mattias och Mari) German Prize for Children"s Literature (Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis) 1959 The Astrid Lindgren Prize 1971 Wettergrens barnbokollon 1992.