Emma Larsson is a Swedish physician and writer whose work explores care, language, and the borders between illness and daily life. Raised in Möllevången, Malmö, she studied medicine at Uppsala University and completed her anesthesiology residency at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg.
After additional training in palliative care and narrative medicine, Emma split her time between Sweden and southern Mexico, collaborating with community health organizations in Oaxaca and serving as a visiting clinician-educator. Her essays have appeared in Scandinavian newspapers and literary journals, and she has contributed reflective pieces on medicine and culture to Nordic public radio. She has received a residency grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee for her nonfiction and has presented on empathy in clinical practice at regional medical conferences.
Emma lives in Gothenburg, where she teaches communication and ethics to medical trainees and tends a small balcony garden of rosemary, chilies, and geraniums. She is fluent in Swedish, English, and Spanish, and continues to volunteer with cross-cultural palliative care initiatives.
