Anna Svärd - Selma Lagerlöf

Art. no. 216584021 24 Apr 2025

Anna Svärd (1928) is a novel by Selma Lagerlöf, the third and final installment in the Löwensköld Ring trilogy. The book explores themes of love, faith and fate through a complex web of characters and events.

Anna Svärd follows the young priest Karl-Artur Ekenstedt and his wife, the valley girl Anna Svärd. Karl-Artur believes he has been commanded by God to marry Anna after his relationship with Charlotte Löwensköld has been broken. The novel interweaves their lives with other characters, such as Charlotte Schagerström, who lives happily with her husband but still can't forget Karl-Artur, and the obnoxious Thea Sundler. Through Lagerlöf's characteristic narrative style, in which fairy tales and folk tales are woven into the plot, complex relationships and fateful events are explored.