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Kaj Gunnar Wolter Mattsson (5 May 1937 – 9 August 1989) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer and journalist.[1] Mattsson rose to fame as a result of his book Prinsessan. The book was translated into some thirty languages, including English, it was a bestseller in Finland[2] and was filmed as A Time in the Sun in Sweden.

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Biography

Mattsson was born in Helsinki. He worked as a journalist for Hufvudstadsbladet newspaper. Suffering from alcoholism, he committed suicide at the age of 52 in Helsinki.[2]

References

Further reading

• Mattsson, Gunnar (1968). The Princess: Unabridged. Translated by Joan Bulman. London: Pan books.
• Stendahl, Majsan (2015). Gunnar Mattsson: Han fick prinsessan – men var blev kungariket? (in Swedish). Helsingfors. ISBN 978-952-93-5209-8.

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