Gunnar Sandgren (27 June 1929 – 4 November 2016) was a Swedish journalist, novelist and playwright.^[1]

Gunnar Ernst Algot Sandgren was born in Ölmstad parish in Jönköping County, Sweden. He was the son of Ernst Sandgren and Signhild Nilsson. He first worked as a journalist at Svenska Dagbladet from 1952. He made his literary debut in 1960, with the novel Förklaringsberget. He later wrote a series of historical novels. Bonniers published his books for the next 30 years.^{[2] [3]}

During the 1970s, Sandgren worked for Sveriges Television where he and wrote a number of plays. He later he turned to classical theater where several of his plays attracted attention. He was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 1981. ^[1][4]