Sonja Åkesson's lyrics & chords

Sonja Åkesson (19 April 1926 Buttle, Gotland– 5 May 1977) was a Swedish poet, writer, and artist. Sonja Åkesson first discovered her talent for writing at 28 after moving to Stockholm, after her divorce from Nils Westberg, a carpenter. They had two children at the time of the divorce and Sonja was expecting a baby (not her husband’s). The baby died from leukemia at the age of two. In 1956, Sonja married Bo Holmberg and had her fourth child, Mikael. The following year she published her first collection of poems: Situationer ("Situations"...read more