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Short bio (100 words):
Jörgen Löwenfeldt is a Swedish author and journalist. He writes fiction, essays, and experimental forms, often circling identity, intimacy, and the odd logic of contemporary life. He is the author of the novel Ensamma tillsammans, the podcast series Människor som går iväg and the creator of The Bagatelles, an English-language newsletter featuring newly written fiction, with thousands of subscribers in more than 110 countries. Alongside his writing, he leads digital collecting projects at The Nordic Museum, documenting everyday life through public participation. He lives in Stockholm.
Name pronunciation:
Jörgen Löwenfeldt, approx. “YUR-gen LUR-ven-felt” (the Swedish “ö” sounds similar to the ‘i’ in “bird” for many UK accents).
Press photo (photo: Mafalda Dancante):
Below is a selection of press coverage from recent years.
Fiction writer
The Bagatelles, 2025–2026
- Compact Magazine: Substack Has Revived the Serial Novel (2026). An article on serialised fiction, featuring The Wind Chime Chronicles, an interactive literary project by Jörgen Löwenfeldt.
- Dagens Opinion: The winners of Inbox Awards 2026 (2026). The Bagatelles wins gold for Best Creative Newsletter.
- Drop a Story: Author portrait of Jörgen Löwenfeldt (2025). An interview about writing, literary influences and creativity.
- The Curious George Questionnaire: Jörgen Löwenfeldt (2025). An English-language interview about curiosity, literature and life.
Earlier interviews and radio fiction
- Sveriges Radio, Kulturnytt: The author Jörgen Löwenfeldt meets readers on social media (2017). A radio interview about writing, social media and the relationship with readers.
- Vi Läser: Interview about Ensamma tillsammans (2017). Interview clipping preserved on Instagram.
- Sveriges Radio, P1: Men Who Do Not Wait (2017). The broadcaster’s introduction to Män som inte väntar, a radio short story written by Jörgen Löwenfeldt and read by Maja Rung.
Reviews of Ensamma tillsammans
- Norrköpings Tidningar: A gifted debut novel (2017). Review by Sara Segraeus.
- Modern Psykologi: Review of Ensamma tillsammans (2017). Review clipping preserved on Instagram.
- Sydsvenskan: Book recommendation (2017). A clipping from the newspaper.
- Fiktiviteter: Ensamma tillsammans (2017). A review exploring the novel’s characters, psychology and relationships.
Project Lead
Nordiska museet: Everyday life, dreams and contemporary collecting
- Aftonbladet Kultur: On tiredness, sleep and winter (2026). A cultural essay by Minna Höggren featuring an interview about sleep, dreams and the project How Was Your Night?
- Dagens Nyheter Kultur: Nordiska museet begins collecting dreams (2026). Coverage of the museum’s project on sleep and dreams.
- Sveriges Radio, P4 Stockholm: Nordiska museet wants your dreams (2026). A radio interview about collecting dreams, bedrooms and sleeping habits.
- Dagens Nyheter Kultur: The museum collects diaries (2025). Coverage of the search for people willing to document their everyday lives.
- Sveriges Radio, Kulturnytt: The museum’s public diary writers (2025). An interview about selecting five people to document their daily lives for a year.
- Tidningen Syre: Thousands of young people document a day in their lives (2024). An extensive interview about My Life, a collecting project involving more than 5,000 schoolchildren.
- Magasin K: Our collecting work is essential to society (2023). An interview about digital collecting, cultural heritage and the future of museums.
- Heja Framtiden, episode 431: Jörgen Löwenfeldt (2023). A podcast interview about long-term thinking and collecting visions of the future.
- SVT Kulturnyheterna: Looking towards the future (2023). Interview about collecting visions of the Nordic region in 2173.
Earlier coverage: Covid-19 and Ukraine
- Dagens Nyheter: Nordiska museet collects Swedish accounts of the war in Ukraine (2022).
- SVT Nyheter: ”The world has shrunk” (2020). An interview about the first personal accounts collected during the pandemic.
- Aftonbladet / TT: Children say everyone is talking about corona (2020). An extensive interview about documenting children’s experiences of the pandemic.
- Sveriges Radio, P1 Morgon: Collecting children’s everyday experiences after 80 years (2020). An eight-minute interview about My Life and the museum’s historical collections.
- Sveriges Radio, P4 Stockholm: Coronavirus stories that will help future researchers (2020). Interview about documenting people’s experiences during the pandemic.
- Sveriges Radio, Kulturnytt: Nordiska museet receives thousands of stories and photographs about Covid-19 (2020). Coverage of the museum’s public collecting initiative.
Internet Museum
- Sveriges Radio, P1 Morgon: The history of emojis (2019). A six-minute radio interview about the Internet Museum’s exhibition on the history of emojis.
- Sveriges Radio: Emojis turn 20 (2019). Interview about the development of emojis as a global language.
- SVT Kulturnyheterna: Preserving Sweden’s early years on the internet (2018). Coverage of Welcome to My Homepage, featuring a statement from Jörgen Löwenfeldt.
Other interviews and appearances
- Norrköpings Tidningar: An honorary appointment for Löwenfeldt (2019). A personal interview about joining the board of IFK Norrköping.
- Sveriges Radio, Kulturnytt: Steven Soderbergh’s Mosaic and interactive television (2018). Interview about interactive storytelling and the future of television.
Talks & Video
Recorded lectures, presentations and panel discussions
- Museipanelen: Museums, democracy and contemporary culture (2026). A recorded panel discussion at Museernas omvärldsdagar in Malmö, exploring political engagement, international cooperation and the role of museums.
- Nordiska museet: The Past and Future of the Future (2023). Framtiden förr och nu, a lecture on how visions of the future have changed throughout human history, delivered at Nordiska museet’s Future Day.
- Internetdagarna: How We Measure Success as a Digital Museum (2018). A presentation about running, evaluating and developing Sweden’s first entirely digital museum.
- Digikult: Our Future, Looking Towards the Nordic Region in 2173 (2023). A conference presentation about collecting visions of the future at Nordiska museet.
- Digikult: How Visitors Built Sweden’s First Digital Museum (2018). A conference presentation about participation and audience engagement at the Internet Museum.