Ernst Brunner (born 5 September 1950) is a Swedish writer and literary scholar.

His early fictional works include the poetry collections Jag ändrar ställning klokkan tre from 1979, Söderväggar from 1980, and I det stora och hela from 1982, and the novels Känneru brorsan?

[1] His novel Edith from 1992 is a fictional treatment of Edith Södergren, Fukta din aska (2002) is a biographical novel on Carl Michael Bellman, and Carolus Rex (2005) is a biographical novel on Charles XII of Sweden.

[2] In 2019 he published Likt ett skeleton, a historical biography of Johan Helmich Roman.

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