Rebecca Zätterström

Rebecca Zätterström, Swedish born, is a writer, solicitor and singer, currently completing an MA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck, London. Her poetry focuses on reproduction and 20th century Swedish forced sterilisations. She was long-listed for the Heroica Poetry Prize 2024 and features in their poetry anthology Body Odyssey. In her spare time she enjoys skipping and karaoke (but not yet at the same time).

Swedish pronunciation: lesson 1

Think of the word ‘love’ as pronounced in a soppy movie-scene. Replace the ‘l’ at the start with an ‘s’.