Gunhild Margareta Strömstedt (née Henriksson; 19 May 1931 − 28 March 2023) was a Swedish author, journalist and translator.

[1][2] Strömstedt was born in Ljungby on 19 May 1931, to August Henriksson, a Free Church minister, and Sigrid Bergma.

In the 1960s Strömstedt worked as a children's theatre critic for the newspaper Dagens Nyheter.

[1] Strömstedt's debut work for children, Fjärilar i klassen, was published in 1961, followed in 1962 by Kom tillbaka, lilla Jenny!.

She also wrote books for adults, her first, the autobiographical novel Julstädningen och döden, appearing in 1980.