Majken Johansson

Swedish poet, writer and Salvation Army soldier

Majken Johansson
Majken Johansson (August 7, 1930, Malmö – December 11, 1993) was a Swedish poet, writer and a Salvation Army soldier. Majken Johansson was born out of wedlock in Malmö, and spent her childhood in foster care with an abusive foster mother. At the age of 9, she was evacuated from Malmö at the outbreak of World War II and lived with relatives in Småland. Despite her difficult childhood she went through school with good grades and managed to get in at the prestigious Lund University, where she graduated. During her teenage and university years she also suffered from alcoholism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majken_Johansson

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