Bert Diaries facts for kids

The Bert Diaries are a series of novels written in the form of a diary. They are by Swedish writers Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson. The main character is a teenager named Bert Ljung. Ljung lives in Öreskoga, a fictional town in Sweden, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The first book was published in 1987. Bert and his friends also have a pop/rock band, the Heman Hunters.

A TV series was made in 1994. It is directed by Tomas Alfredson and Svante Kettner. It was followed by a movie in 1995, also directed by Alfredson. In late-July 2016 the recording of a new Bert film was announced.

Between 1993 and 2002, and comic book, FF med Bert, was published Between 1992 and 1999, comic albums were published.

List of books

Old version

• Berts dagbok (Bert's Diary) - 1987, new edition in 1993
• Bert och brorsorna (Bert and the Brothers) - 1995
• Bert och Boysen (Bert and the Boys) - 1996
• Bert och bacillerna (Bert and the Coodies) - 1997
• Berts första betraktelser (Bert's First Reflections) - 1990
• Berts vidare betraktelser (Bert's Further Reflections) - 1991
• Berts ytterligare betraktelser (Bert's Additional Reflections) - 1991
• Berts bravader (Bert's Exploits) - 1991
• Berts bekännelser (Bert's Confessions) - 1992
• Bert och badbrudarna (Bert and the Bath Chicks) - 1993
• Berts bekymmer (Bert's Worries) - 1994
• Berts bryderier (Bert's Embarrassments) - 1995
• Berts befrielse (Bert's Liberation) - 1996
• Bert och beundrarinnorna (Bert and the Admirers) - 1997
• Bert Babyface (Bert Babyface) - 1998
• Berts bokslut (Bert's Closure) - 1999

New version

• Bert och kalla kriget (Bert and the Cold War) - 2005
• Bert och Heman Hunters (Bert and the Heman Hunters) - 2006
• Bert + Samira = Sant? (Bert + Samira = True?) - 2007
• Bert Badbojen (Bert the bath boy) - 2008
• Bert och ryska invasionen (Bert and the Russian Invasion) - 2009
• Bert och datadejten (Bert and the Computer Date) - 2010
• Bert och friheten (Bert and Freedom) - 2011
• Bert får scenskräck (Bert gets stage fright) - 2012
• Bert och frestelsen (Bert and the temptation) - 2012
• Berts fejsbok (Bert's Facebook) - 2013
• Bert och skrynkliga tanten (Bert and the wrinkled lady) - 2014