Sonja Åkesson (19 April 1926 – 5 May 1977) was a Swedish poet, writer, and artist born in Buttle, Gotland.

[1][2] Sonja Åkesson first discovered her talent for writing at 28 after moving to Stockholm, after her divorce from Nils Westberg, a carpenter.

She married Jarl Hammarberg, a Swedish artist and poet, and gave birth to her fifth child, Gertie.

[1] Sonja Åkesson moved to Halmstad in the 1970s after suffering from mental illness, and in 1977 she died from liver cancer.

[1] Her works include:[2] Her manuscripts and other papers are held within the Women’s History Collections, Gothenburg University, Sweden.