Martin Gelin is a journalist and award-winning author of seven books on American politics and culture, published in Sweden. For almost two decades, he worked as the U.S. Correspondent for Dagens Nyheter, a national newspaper in Sweden, and covered four presidential elections.

He has written features and analysis for The Guardian, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, The New York Times, New York Magazine, Foreign Policy, Slate, The Daily Beast, The New Republic, The Independent, The Prospect, Boston Review, The LA Review of Books, Granta Magazine and Harvard’s Nieman Lab, among others.

Martin Gelin has been interviewed by the BBC, CNN, NPR, Monocle, Quartz and The Times of India, and he’s a regular commentator on foreign affairs for Swedish TV and radio.

His two recent books were finalists for the August Prize, Sweden’s highest literary honor. He has also been awarded The Stockholm Prize and The Johan Hansson Prize for previous books. His work has been translated to seven languages, including Chinese and French. Martin Gelin is the recipient of grants from the Axson Johnson Foundation, The Stieg Larsson Foundation, Institut Suédois, The Japan Foundation, The Swedish Authors Union, The Swedish Federation of Publicists and the Swedish Journalist Fund.

He moved to Paris with his family in 2024, and covers foreign affairs for international media. He is also a board member and vice president of the largest press club for English-speaking journalists in France, AAPA.

He has lectured on foreign affairs and culture at Columbia University, New York University, The Jaipur Literary Festival, The American Library in Paris, University of Hong Kong, The Swedish Institute of International Affairs, and the Swedish parliament.

As a U.S. Correspondent for international media, he interviewed and profiled three presidents, and major names in politics and culture, including Joe Biden, Mitt Romney, Michelle Obama, Madeleine Albright, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Dominique de Villepin, Ursula von der Leyen, and John Kerry; Silicon Valley moguls like Reed Hastings and Daniel Ek; authors and scientists like Daniel Kahneman, Don Delillo, Lydia Davis and Fran Lebowitz; and artists, actors and directors, including Meryl Streep, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Martin Scorsese and Michael Haneke.

His books have been called “marvelous” (Joseph O’Neil, NYRB) and “stunning” (Martin Hägglund, Yale University) and his work has been praised by climate scientist Michael Mann, economist Gabriel Zucman, historians Rick Perlstein and Anne Nelson, and TV host Samantha Bee, among many others.