Berta Magnusson

Berta Magnusson (6 October 1928 – 11 April 2021) was a Swedish writer and playwright. Magnusson has been a member of the since 1983.
Magnusson wrote poetry, prose, revues, cabaret, singing and chronicle plays, and many articles in newspapers and magazines. She worked as a teacher in Föllinge for thirty years, when she, among other things, was the first ever to teach the Jämtland dialects at the primary school. She made her debut as a writer in 1975 with the collection of poems "Jamtblomman" written in Jämtland dialects, and has often written her poetry and rural plays in this dialect.
She wrote about forty Jämtland village plays, including in recent years a play about Bridget of Sweden that was performed at the church ruin in Sunne in 2003, and a play about Malin Tangen from , which was performed at Storsjöteatern in Östersund in 2005.
Magnusson died on 11 April 2021, aged 92.