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Portrait image of Håkan Nesser Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex (2015)

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Nesser, Håkan

Håkan Nesser was born in Elvesta Gård (manor) on the outskirts of Kumla. His father was a farmer, as were his family since the 1600s. His mother was an office worker. In 1953, the family moved to Kumla, where the son went to Haga School and the local Junior Secondary School in Kumla, after which he started at Allé School in Hallsberg from which he graduated in 1968. In his youth, his great in...

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