FATIMA BREMMER IS an investigative journalist specializing in women’s history. She has worked as News Editor at Aftonbladet and Svenska Dagbladet, and is the author of several award-winning books.
SHE WON THE August Prize in 2017 for her book Life in Every Breath, a biography of the rule-breaking icon Ester Blenda Nordström. The book was a major success in Sweden and has sold over 200 000 copies. Bremmer was also shortlisted for the Great Non-fiction Award. She won the Skara Skara Citizen of the Year Award in 2018 and the Tôrpar Award in 2019. Since debuting her prize-winning story, Bremmer has been traveling the country to speak about the curious life of Ester Blenda Nordström the daring adventurer who travelled the world as a visionary investigative journalist. The interest in this fascinating woman grew so big after the book that Bremmer curated an exhibition that has been shown for two seasons at Skarhult Castle and Kalmar Castle.
BREMMER’S HISTORICAL EXPOSÉ Generation Housewife is a portrait of the 20th century heroines and home makers who raised an entire nation. The book was published in Sweden in 2011 and later reissued in 2019 due to the popularity of the author’s works. At the moment, Fatima is working on a new exciting biography about an infamous league of women who dared to challenge the rules of their time to win freedom for women for generations to come.
BOOKS
Non-fiction
