Hedwig M. Binder, born in Augsburg in 1956, studied Scandinavian studies, sociology and history in Göttingen and has lived and worked as a literary translator from Scandinavian languages in Bremerhaven since 1987.

She has translated works from Swedish by Kerstin Ekman, Richard Swartz, Maj Sjöwall/Per Wahlöö, Elisabeth Åsbrink, and others.