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- Bertil Malmberg (1889–1958)
- Bodil Malmsten (born 1944)
- Henning Mankell (born 1948)
- Liza Marklund (born 1962)
- Harry Martinson (1904–1978)
- Moa Martinson(1890–1964)
- Erik Mesterton (born 1903)
- Lukas Moodysson (born 1969) (published poetry before becoming a film director)
- Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973)
- Jan Myrdal (born 1927)
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