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Portrait image of Elsebeth Egholm Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex (2015)

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Egholm, Elsebeth

The Danish author Elsebeth Egholm was born in Nyborg and grew up in Lisbjerg. Her parents owned a garden centre and rented out rooms to students and Turkish guest workers. Egholm and her brothers were brought up in an open-minded environment surrounded by people from different backgrounds.
She began to play the piano when she was eight years old and attended the Jutland conservatory for four...

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Harry Friberg

Gender: Male

Stieg Trenter based his protagonist Friberg on his friend, the photographer K. W. Gullers. Friberg too is a well-known photographer. He is a cheerful, alert man who loves good food and the company of women. It is not he, however, who solves crime, that is the job of Detective Inspector Vesper Johnson. When Trenter died, his wife Ulla continued the series, allowing Friberg to get married.

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