Background
Alakoski was born in 1962 in Vaasa, Finland and spent her early life in the Fridhem area in Ystad, Sweden.
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Susanna Alakoski
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She studied to become a socionom and finished her degree at the age of 23. In 1988, she studied writing at Skurups folkhögskola.
Career
Svinalängorna was filmed in 2010 as Beyond. She researches gender issues and works as a social worker Between 1995 and 2003, she worked as a press secretary for the Vänsterpartiet politician Gudrun Schyman.
In 2006, she released her debut novel Svinalängorna.
The novel sold over 400,000 copies in Sweden and it has been made into a feature film with the English title of Beyond. In 2010, she released her second novel, Håpas du trifs bra i fengelset.
She published a diary, Oktober i Fattigsverige in 2012. She has also been editor for the anthologies Tala om klass, Lyckliga slut, and Fejkad orgasm.
