Maj Söwall and Per Wahlöö
Photo: SvD/TT c.1971
Sample of authors
Wahlöö, Per
Per Fredrik Wahlöö was a Swedish author born in Kungsbacka. His father was a newspaper editor in Lund. Per Wahlöö passed his baccalaureate in 1946 and was employed at Sydsvenska Dagbladet and Kvällsposten 1947–54 and FiB 1954–62. He lived with his partner Maj Sjöwall from 1963 until his death in 1975.
Per Wahlöö is best known for a series of ten novels known as Roman om ett brott (1965–75, Novel a...
Literary figures
Flavia Albia
Gender: Female
When ‘private informer’ Marcus Didius Falco’s wife Helena meets her, Flavia Albia is a sullen teenager of unknown origin: she probably has a Roman father and a mother from Britannia. Falco and Helena adopt the girl, who grows up to become a beautiful woman and a clever detective. She takes over after Falco as the main character in Lindsay Davis’ historical detective stories, which are set in the 1...