{{Short description|Swedish author (1945–2025)}} {{Infobox writer | embed = | honorific_prefix = | name = Mats Wahl | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1945|5|10}} | birth_place = Malmö, Sweden | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2025|8|14|1945|5|10}} | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Writer | language = Swedish | residence = | nationality = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | home_town = | period = | genres = | subjects = | movement = | notable_works = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = 1978–2025 | module = | website = | portaldisp = }}

'''Mats Wahl''' (10 May 1945 – 14 August 2025) was a Swedish author. He published 43 books but also wrote several plays for the theatre, television programs, novels and film. ''Vinterviken'' (in English: the Winter bay) is one of his most famous books, which is also a film. Wahl died on 14 August 2025, at the age of 80.<ref>[https://www.svt.se/kultur/forfattaren-mats-wahl-dod Författaren Mats Wahl är död] {{in lang|sv}}</ref>

==Bibliography== <!-- Most of these titles will never have articles, and should therefore be unlinked. --> *''På spaning efter växandets punkt'' *''Konsten att undervisa'' *''Honungsdrömmen'' *''Hallonörnen'' *''Vinterfågel'' *''Förståelse och handling'' *''Guntzborg Jöntzon'' *''Norrpada'' *''Döläge'' *''Ungdomspedagogik'' *''Halva sanningen'' *''Havsörnsvalsen'' *''Hat'' *''Jiggen'' *''Husbonden'' *''Utbildning och klass'' *''Mannen som älskade kvinnor'' *''Den lackerade apan'' *''Anna-Carolinas krig'' *''Skrinet'' *''Jac Uppmuntraren'' *''Play it again'' *''Sjöbo'' *''Maj Darlin'' *''Kärlek i september'' *''Sagan om den lilla kråkodillen'' *''Därvarns resa'' *''Nåra riktigt fina dar'' *''Vinterviken'' *''Vildmarksfiskaren'' *''I ballong över Stilla havet'' *''Lilla Marie'' *''Nu seglar Vasa'' *''Emma och Daniel: Mötet'' *''De övergivna'' *''3 Pjäser'' * ''Den långa resan'' (with Sven Nordqvist) *1998 – ''Emma och Daniel: Kärleken'' *1998 – ''Emma och Daniel: Resan'' *''John-John'' *''Folket i Birka på vikingarnas tid'' *1999 – ''Maj Darlin'' *''Den osynlige'' *''Halva sanningen'' *''Såpa'' *''Tjafs'' *''Kill'' *''Svenska för idioter'' *''Återkomst'' *2006 – ''Den vilda drömmen'' *2008 – ''När det kommer en älskare''

==Awards== *Nils Holgersson-plaketten for the book ''Maj Darlin'' *Nordiske Börnebogspriset *Augustpriset for the book ''Vinterviken'' *ABF:s litteraturpris *Janusz Korczak-priset *Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for ''Vinterviken'' *Kulturpriset Till Adam Brombergs minne (Adamspriset)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://storyland.se/mainSite/mainframe.html Storyland] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100824220408/http://www.forfattarformedlingen.se/viewwriter.asp?pid=9&wid=192 Författarförmedlingen - Mats Wahl] *{{IMDb name| 0906267}}

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