'''Selma Ottilia Livisa Lagerlöf''' (* [[20 November]] [[1858]] – † [[16 Maart]] [[1940]]) was ’n [[Swede|Sweedse]] skryfster. Sy was die eerste vrou wat die [[Nobelprys vir Letterkunde]] gewen het (1909)<ref>{{en}} {{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1909 |publisher=Nobelprize.org |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1909/index.html |accessdateaccess-date=7 Oktober 2017 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144216/https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1909/index.html |archive-date=12 Junie 2018 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> en het bekendheid verwerf vir haar kinderboek ''[[Nils Holgersson se wonderbaarlike reis|Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige]]''.
