Writer | Name | Music

RobberDotter

Swedish | Music | Vignettes

RobberDotter is an ongoing writing collection of mostly vignettes, mostly about music and mostly about Swedish music. It was started with no distinct plan for format and no fixed rules, the aim being to allow it to develop over time. It’s an adventure.

The Writer

RobberDotter is written by Anna, and informed by her time living in Sweden, her studies in Swedish language, literature and culture, her husband, her friends, and her colleagues within the Swedish communities in Seattle, the US and Sweden. Oh, and KEXP, her favorite radio station, which plays plenty of Swedish bands but does not have a Swedish music show… yet.

The Name

The name comes from Anna’s favorite children’s novel, Ronia the Robber’s Daughter by Astrid Lindgren, a book she read again and again as she grew up. She read it again in college–only this time in Swedish, Ronja Röverdotter–and then taught it in her language classes at the Swedish Cultural Center. The name RobberDotter is a marriage of the English and Swedish titles.

The Music

Anna’s favorite musical genres are soul, hip hop, blues and indie pop, probably in that order, but it depends, of course. Special favor goes to artists and bands out of Sweden, Scandinavia in general as a second. While there are no plans to include non-Swedish (especially non-Scandinavian) artists in RobberDotter, passion trumps logic and theory clashes with reality, so we shall see.

Thanks for reading!