The Literature Education Network (LitEd) gathers researchers and teachers inside and outside of Sweden. Its purpose is to make visible and to strengthen literature education research and practice in school, higher education, and the society at large.

Collaboration across language subjects

LitEd brings together teachers and researchers in Comparative literature, Swedish, Swedish as a second Language, English, and Modern Languages who focus on questions relating to literature and education in primary, secondary, and tertiary education.

Its distinctive feature, the collaboration across language subjects, highlights the many ways in which literary and/or fictional works are used in education, ranging from literary analyses and developed narrative competencies to language development. Information regarding upcoming conferences, current research and publications is publicized via the LitEd webpage and Facebook group.

Board members

The members of the board represent several of the country's higher education institutions.

Board members

Gustav Borsgård

Gustav Borsgård is Senior Lecturer in Swedish and education, specializing in literary studies, at Dalarna University. His literature educational research focuses on political and ideological dimensions of literature and teaching, mainly in upper secondary education. Contact: gbr@du.se

Ingela Johansson

Ingela Johansson is Senior Lecturer in Spanish at Lund University. Her literature education research focuses on tertiary literature teaching in Spanish. Contact: ingela.johansson@rom.lu.se

Lena Manderstedt

Lena Manderstedt is Associate Professor in Swedish and education at Luleå University of Technology. Her literature educational research focuses on children's and youth literature as well as on reading in primary and secondary education. Contact: lena.manderstedt@ltu.se

Angela Marx Åberg

Angela Marx Åberg is Senior Lecturer in German, specializing in literature education, at Linnaeus University. Her literature education research focuses on the subjects of German and Swedish as a Second Language, and on literature teaching in primary and secondary education. Contact: angela.marx-aberg@lnu.se

Ann-Sofie Persson

Ann-Sofie Persson is Associate Professor in Language and Culture, specializing in French Literature, and works at Linköping University. Her literature education research focuses on the tertiary education in the subjects of French and Swedish as a Second Language. Contact: ann-sofie.persson@liu.se

Anette Svensson

Anette Svensson is Associate Professor in Literature Education, specializing in English and Swedish, and works at Malmö University. Her research focuses on the uses of multimodal texts in primary, secondary, and tertiary education. Contact: anette.svensson@mau.se

Eva Söderberg

Eva Söderberg is Senior Lecturer in Swedish at Dalarna University. Her research focuses on literature education in primary and secondary education. Contact: sev@du.se

Mats Tegmark

Mats Tegmark is Associate Professor in English and education at Dalarna University. His research focuses on reading and writing practices at primary, secondary and tertiary education. Contact: mte@du.se

Previous board members

Andrea Castro

Professor of Spanish specialising in literature at the University of Gothenburg.

Katherina Dodou

Associate Professor in English Literature specialising in literature education at the University of Oslo.

Maritha Johansson

Docent in pedagogical work with a focus on literary didactics at Linköping University.

Anders Öhman

Professor emeritus in literary studies at Umeå University.

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The Literature Education Network has hundreds of members from higher education institutions across the country.

Current Literature Educational Research

Conference

The next conference, LDN2025, will be organized by Linköping University in 2025. Keep an eye out here on the website or in our Facebook group for further information.

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