Solveig Hasselkvist – författare

A.B. Andersson (b. 1877- d. 1961 in Barva, Sweden) worked as a farmer during his entire life. In fact, however, August did not tend to the farm himself; the work in the fields was primarily done by his sons. The enterprises for which A.B. Andersson himself would be most remembered for in particular was of a municipal, but also a religious, nature. He was a man of the labor movement and the temperance movement. Moreover, he was a great poet and bard, and wrote many poems in his life.These poems was never published during his lifetime. Now - more than fifty years after his death - his poems comes out in print for the first time. A.B. Andersson var lantbrukare till yrket, men drev gården tillsammans med sin familj. Själv satt han också som medlem i Barva Blåbandsförening, Nykterhetsnämnden, Folkpartiet och i kyrknämnden. En av hans stora passioner var lyrik och prosa, och många av hans sysslor skulle komma att dyka upp som teman i egna dikter. A.B Andersson dog den 3 januari 1961 utan att ha fått några av sina dikter utgivna. Barnbarn till August Bernard Andersson. Har jobbat med löneutdelning på Eskilstuna Bil-elektriska och senare på Järnverket i Sandviken i många år. Nu mera pensionär och bosatt i Örebro. Barnbarns barnbarn till August Bernard Andersson. Studerar informationsvetenskap i Borås, och satsar på bibliotekarieyrket.