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Gun Björkman (1935–2001) was a Swedish Egyptologist and author.

Biography

Björkman was born in Högsby, Sweden in 1935.^[1] She graduated in 1953 from Kalmar University and moved to Uppsala.^[1] In 1972, she was awarded her PhD and became an associate professor in Egyptology at Uppsala University.^[1]

Björkman was also an author, her debut novel was O gamla klang (1958).^[1] In her 20s, Björkman began sufferings from diabetes, that later affected her eyesight.^[2] She wrote the acclaimed novel Vid tjugo blev hon söt in 1975, and followed it with the sequel Sofia i säcken ten years later in 1985, which focused on a young woman in her twenties, Sofia, who was diagnosed with diabetes.^[2][3] In 1992, Björkman won the Lundequistska Bokhandelns Litteraturpris.^[1]

Publications

Egyptology

• Björkman, Gun. (1966). Smithska Samlingen Av Egyptiska Fornsaker I Östergötlands Och Linköpings Stads Museum.
• Björkman, Gun. (1971). Kings at Karnak. A study of the treatment of the monuments of royal predecessors in the early New Kingdom. Universitet; Almqvist & Wiksell.
• Björkman, Gun. (1971). A selection of the objects in the Smith Collection of Egyptian Antiquities at the Linköping Museum Sweden. Almqvist & Wiksell.
• Björkman, Gun. (1981). De Gamla Egyptierna. Natur och kultur.

Other Academic Disciplines

• Björkman, Gun. (1994). Maria Sophia De La Gardie : Kvinna I Stormaktstiden. Gyllenstiernska Krapperupstiftelsen.

Novels

• Björkman, Gun. (1959). O Gamla Klang. Nyblom.
• Björkman, Gun. (1975). Vid Tjugo Błev Hon Söt. Trevi.
• Björkman, Gun. (1985). Sofia I Säcken. Trevi.

References