Svenskt författarlexikon, subtitled Biobibliografisk handbok till Sveriges moderna litteratur, is a Swedish biobibliographical dictionary of Swedish-language authors published by Rabén & Sjögren between 1942 and 1981, covering the years 1900–1975 in seven parts in ten volumes.
The first part in three volumes was published in 1942 under the direction of Bengt Åhlén [sv] (1897–1955).
The first two volumes (935 pages) are a biographical dictionary of Swedish-language (Swedish, Finnish-Swedish and Swedish-American) fiction writers who were active in 1900 to 1940.
The aim was to include all authors who have published any work of fiction of at least 16 pages in length.
In addition to works of fiction, non-fiction (under the heading Varia) and translations are also listed.