Maj Söwall and Per Wahlöö
Photo: SvD/TT c.1971
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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
Frieda Klein
Gender: Female
She is a psychotherapist and curious, which is why she can’t refrain form delving deep into the problems of her patients – as well as her own problems. Freida Klein is in her twenties and lives in London. She suffers from insomnia and explores the darker sides of the city at night. In several books by Nicci French (pseudonym for Nicci Gerrard and Sean French) she cooperates with police detective M...