Oskar Kroon © Nils Kroon
Oskar Kroon © Nils Kroon

Oskar Kroon

Sweden
Guest at the ILB: 2025

Oskar Kroon (*1980 in Sweden) first worked as a journalist, then retrained as a baker, and now writes children’s books. His debut novel »Mitt fönster mot rymden« was published in 2018 and was followed by seven more books. »Vitsippor och pissråttor« is his second book to be awarded the August Prize for Best Children’s Book of the Year. Kroon lives with his family in Stockholm.

Status: April 2025

Vitsippor och pissråttor
Rabén & Sjögren
Stockholm, 2023

Wir zwei gegen die Pissratten
Thienemann
Stuttgart, 2025
[tr: Stefan Pluschkat]

Fakta Om Pappor
Förlaget
Helsinki, 2021

Alles über Väter
Carl-Auer Verlag
Heidelberg, 2024
[tr: Maxime Pasker]

Vänta på vind
Brombergs
Stockholm, 2019

Warten auf Wind
Hummelburg Verlag
2021
[tr: Stefan Pluschkat]

Mitt fönster mot rymden
Brombergs
Stockholm, 2018

Gurke und die Unendlichkeit
Thienemann
Stuttgart, 2024
[tr: Stefan Pluschkat]