Abstract
In the beginning, the article briefly presents Finland-Swedish literature and the Swedish speaking minority in Finland, describes the social status of Finland-Swedes and Finland-Swedish authors and mentions the relevant characteristics of the relevant period (1960s). Further, it deals with the phenomenon of the Finland-Swedish prose writers debuting in the 1960s, revolting children from so called "good families" of the upper class (especially Christer Kihlman, Henrik Tikkanen) and the reception of their works in the 1960s.
The described events end in the period of 1970s: in the birth of the movement of male and female writers, debuting in the 1970s, mainly of the lower social strata, in the reception of Tikkanen's work Mitt Helsingfors (My Helsinki) and especially in the reception of Tikkanen's and Kihlman's books published in 1975 (Snobs' island/A winter's day; Sweet Prince). The debate which followed in 1976, one of the greatest literary Finland-Swedish polemics, which ever took place, is interpreted in the categories of class, politics and identity.