[2] Born on 20 February 1940 in Vaasa, Nyström studied Swedish literature and Nordic philology at the University of Helsinki, graduating in 1968.
They cried out: "Give women the tools to let them see and analyse their oppression, reassess their history and, in so doing, achieve feminist awareness and understanding of their true identity."
Her novel Den förvandlade gatan (The Transformed Street, 1991) is based in part on her memories of Sweden as a war child.
Galningen i trädgården och andra berättelser (The Lunatic in the Garden, 1996) evokes her years as a teenager with trips around Europe and the United States.
[5] Steve Whitaker appreciated her depictions of nature while reviewing Kolme | Tre - Three Poets From Finland (2018)[6] and gives special attention to her poem "Lethe's River", evoking oblivion and remembrance.