Erik Hjalmar Eriksson

Swedish miner, writer, novelist and anarcho-syndicalist, born. Member and organiser in the Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation (SAC), Hjalmar Eriksson's novels depict working class mining communities: 'Järn och Bröd : en bergslagshistoria' (Iron and Bread: a mining history; 1946), 'Arbetets Melodi' (Work Melody: a miner's novel; 1946), 'Folket i Loälvsdalen' (The People of Loälvsdalen; 1960), 'Du Trygga Folk' (You Safeguard People; 1968), 'Gruvans Sång' (The Mine's Song; 1969) and 'Lille Hugo : berättelser från gruvorna och skogarna' (Lille Hugo: stories from the mines and forests; 1972).