Torsten Pettersson (born 9 July 1955) is a Finnish-Swedish author, poet and professor. Born in Turku, Finland, Pettersson lives in Uppsala, Sweden where he works as a professor of literature at Uppsala University. In 1982 he graduated from Åbo Akademi University with a work about Joseph Conrad. He has also been professor in literature and aesthetics at University of Helsinki and in 1994 he started working as professor in Uppsala full time. Source: Wikipedia (en)