Photo: Jan Collsjöö / TT (1998)
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Larsson, Stieg
Stieg Larsson was a Swedish author and journalist who, despite only publishing three novels, is one of Sweden’s best-selling authors of fiction ever, both at home and abroad. He was born as Karl Stig-Erland Larsson in Skelleftehamn, but since his parents were only nineteen years old and had no money at the time, he was brought up by his grandparents, initially in the small village of Utviken and l...
Literary figures
Jonas Mørck
Gender: Male
When the reader first gets to meet him, he is a detective sergeant with the Danish Rejsehold – a sort of Danish FBI – but he gets older in the books by Danish author Poul Ørum, and eventually retires, although he still continues to be involved in murder investigations. Jonas Mørck is a dutiful and conscientious police officer, and after the death of his wife he has a deep understanding for peopl...