Lasse Strömstedt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swedish writer
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Place of Birth: Gävle, Gävleborg County, Sweden
About Lasse Strömstedt
- Folke Lars-Olov Strömstedt, (23 May 1935, Gävle - 4 July 2009), better known as Lasse Strömstedt, was a Swedish writer who wrote of and about his own life in prison and drug abuse.
- Strömstedt was born in Gävle in 1935.
- He was a casual laborer whose working life was frequently disrupted by imprisonment.
- After 1971 he changed his life and became a writer, debater and actor.
- In 1974, Strömsted published his first novel, Grundbulten (The Cornerstone), written together with reporter Christer Dahl under the pseudonym Kenneth Ahl.
- Strömstedt was married to Swedish singer and writer Ann-Christine Bärnsten.
- He died aged 74 of natural causes in Gränna on 4 July 2009.
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