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Mats Jonsson

Born 1973 · Sweden

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    Augustpriset 2021 · Shortlist

    När vi var samer

    Title translated by AI:“When We Were Sámi”

    Mats Jonsson · 48 when first published

    Novel · 344 pages · Family, Historical, Autofiction

    AI-generated summary:After his grandfather's death, a cartoonist's family finally opens a forbidden box of reindeer-mark papers, official letters and old photos, and learns that their ancestors were Forest Sámi from around Malå.