Mats Ulrik Malm
Birth date10 May 1964 (age 62)
Birth placeGothenburg, Sweden
Occupationtranslator, literary historian, editor
SpouseGunilla Hermansson
Mats Malm
OfficeMember of the Swedish Academy
(Seat No. 11)
Term start20 December 2018
PredecessorKlas Östergren
Office 2Permanent Secretary
of the Swedish Academy
Term start 21 June 2019
Term end 231 May 2016
Predecessor 2Anders Olsson
Successor 2Ingrid Carlberg

Mats Ulrik Malm (born 10 May 1964) is a Swedish literary writer and translator. On 18 October 2018, Malm was elected a member of the Swedish Academy, on 26 April 2019 he was elected the new Permanent Secretary and Speaker of the Swedish Academy.[1]

Mats Malm is a university professor of literary science at the University of Gothenburg. He has a PhD in Gothicism. As a translator, he has published Icelandic Sagas. He is working on digitizing Swedish literature as director of the Swedish Literature Bank. Since 2012, Malm has been a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities. On 18 October 2018, Malm was elected member of the Swedish Academy, where he succeeded Klas Östergren in Chair No. 11.[2] On 20 December 2025, Malm announced he would step down from his office as Permanent Secretary and will be succeeded by Ingrid Carlberg.[3]

Works

  • Voluptuous Language and Poetic Ambivalence. The Example of Swedish Baroque, Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt am Main etc. 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-59299-1.
  • Minervas äpple: om diktsyn, tolkning och bildspråk inom nordisk göticism (1996)[4]
  • Textens auktoritet: de första svenska romanernas villkor (2001)[5]
  • Det liderliga språket: poetisk ambivalens i svensk "barock" (2004)[6]
  • Poesins röster: avlyssningar av äldre litteratur (2011)[7]
  • The Soul of Poetry Redefined: Vacillations of Mimesis from Aristotle to Romanticism (Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2012)[8]

Translations

Awards

  • Schückska Award of Swedish Academy 2010

References

  1. ^ "The Swedish Academy appoints a new Permanent Secretary". 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  2. ^ Ny ledamot i Svenska Akademien, Swedish Academy, October 19, 2018.
  3. ^ "Head of Nobel-awarding Swedish Academy resigns". The Local Sweden. 21 December 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  4. ^ Minervas äpple: om diktsyn, tolkning och bildspråk inom nordisk göticism. ISBN 91-7139-290-4.
  5. ^ Textens auktoritet: de första svenska romanernas villkor. ISBN 91-7139-508-3.
  6. ^ Det liderliga språket: poetisk ambivalens i svensk "barock". ISBN 9171396667.
  7. ^ Poesins röster: avlyssningar av äldre litteratur. ISBN 9789171398796.
  8. ^ The Soul of Poetry Redefined: Vacillations of Mimesis from Aristotle to Romanticism. ISBN 9788763537421.
  9. ^ Götriks saga: en fornaldarsaga. ISBN 91-86020-94-3.
  10. ^ Gisle Surssons saga. ISBN 91-7842-146-2.
  11. ^ Om François Rabelais' liv och skrifter. ISBN 91-86270-36-2.
  12. ^ Snorres Edda. ISBN 91-7842-217-5.
  13. ^ Islänningasagorna: samtliga släktsagor och fyrtionio tåtar. ISBN 978-9935-9199-2-2.