Peder Carlsson

(1945-2011)

Peder Carlsson was, along with Leif Andersson, Bertil Mårtensson, Kristina Hallind and others, one of the Swedish fans who in the early to mid 1960s moved to Lund in order to study at the university, encountered eachother and formed the Lund Fantasy Fiction Society (since in Swedish "society" can be translated as "förening", the club was known as LF3 in Sweden). The LF3 was very active from its inception and at least through the 1980s, arranging several conventions (Con 69 in 1969, Logcon 73 in 1973, Bacon in 1978, Luncon 2 in 1986 and Luncon 3 in 1987, though by that time a new fan generation had taken over). Peder Carlsson was not primarily a fanzine fan, but with Kristina Hallind he took on the editorial position for the Stockholm fanzine Science fiction forum in 1971, publishing seven excellent issues during that year. He was otherwise a frequent contributor to other fanzines, of reviews, essays and sometimes fiction. Professionally he worked mainly as a travel guide throughout Europe, but published tree novels, two of them absurdist sf (Now You See It, Now You Dont, in Swedish 1976, and Did You Ever Have a Unicorn for Tea Questionmark, in Swedish 1979, while a third Beast of Burden, 1982,was an international thriller published also in English, Dutch, and other languages. Additionally he translated a number of both sf and mainstream authors, including Philip K. Dick, Ursula K. Le Guin, Keith Laumer, Douglas Copeland and Alexander McCall Smith into Swedish.

---

Person

1945—2011

This is a biography page. Please extend it by adding more information about the person, such as fanzines and apazines published, awards, clubs, conventions worked on, GoHships, impact on fandom, external links, anecdotes, etc. See Standards for People and The Naming of Names.