Lagerlöf, Selma Syllabification: (La·ger·löf, Selma)Pronunciation: /ˈlägərˌləv, -ˌlœf/Definition of Lagerlöf, Selma (1858–1940), Swedish novelist; full name Selma Ottiliana Lovisa Lagerlöf. She became known with the publication of Gösta Berlings Saga in 1891. Nobel Prize for Literature (1909). Lagerlöf, Selma in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Lagerlöf, Selma in the British & World English dictionary