I marginalen (“In the Margin”) is a collection of essays by the Finland-Swedish critic and writer Olaf Homén. This work is in Swedish. As the title suggests, the pieces gather marginal notes and reflections—literary, cultural, and personal—written from the vantage point of an attentive and cultivated observer.
Homén was a respected figure in early-twentieth-century Finland-Swedish letters, and his essays reflect the literary conversations of that world. We have chosen not to over-describe the specific contents in English; readers of Swedish will find here the considered prose of a thoughtful critic. Better Gutenberg offers the text as a clean, free EPUB so that this piece of Nordic literary culture can be read comfortably on modern devices by those who seek it out.