Biography Reading List

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Danish author

• The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography by Hans Christian Andersen
• Hans Christian Andersen: European Witness by Paul Binding

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), Finnish composer

• Sibelius: A Composer’s Life and the Awakening of Finland by Glenda Dawn Goss
• Jean Sibelius by Karl Ekman

Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), Danish philosopher

• Søren Kierkegaard: A Biography by Joakim Garff

Raoul Wallenberg (1912-1947), Swedish diplomat, humanitarian

• Righteous Gentile : the Story of Raoul Wallenberg, Missing Hero of the Holocaust by John Bierman
• The Hero of Budapest: The Triumph and Tragedy of Raoul Wallenberg by Bengt Jangfeldt, trans. by Harry Watson

Margaret I of Denmark (1353-1412), Danish queen

• Queen Margrete I, 1353-1412, and the Founding of the Nordic Union by Vivian Etting

Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961), Swedish diplomat, author

• Markings by Dag Hammarskjöld
• Hammarskjöld: A Life by Roger Lipsey

Greta Garbo (1905-1990), Swedish actress

• Garbo by Barry Paris
• Greta Garbo: A Life Apart by Karen Swenson