Stieg Larsson Wiki Biography
Karl Stig-Erland “Stieg” Larsson was a Swedish journalist and writer. He is best known for writing the “Millennium trilogy” of crime novels, which were published posthumously. Larsson lived much of his life in Stockholm and worked there in the field of journalism and as an i…
| Full Name | Stieg Larsson |
| Net Worth | $50 Million |
| Date Of Birth | August 15, 1954, Skelleftehamn, Sweden |
| Died | November 9, 2004, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Place Of Birth | Skelleftehamn |
| Profession | Writer, Journalist, Crime writer |
| Nationality | Sweden |
| Parents | Erland Larsson, Vivianne Boström |
| Siblings | Joakim Larsson, Zara Larsson |
| Nicknames | Karl Stig-Erland Larsson , Stig Larsson , Karl Stig-Erland “Stieg” Larsson |
| IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm2297183 |
| Awards | Glass Key award, Best Swedish Crime Novel Award, Exclusive Books Boeke Prize, Anthony Award for Best First Novel, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Mystery & Thriller, Macavity Awards for Best First Mystery Novel, Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel, Dobloug Prize – Sweden |
| Nominations | CWA International Dagger, Dilys Award, Anthony Award for Best Novel, Goodreads Choice Awards Favorite Book, Goodreads Choice Awards Favorite Heroine |
| Movies | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest |
| Quote | |
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| 1 | To exact revenge for yourself or your friends is not only a right, it’s an absolute duty. |
| Fact | |
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| 1 | Spent part of 1977 in Eritrea, training a squad of female Eritrean People’s Liberation Front guerrillas in the use of grenade launchers. |
| 2 | In May 2008, it was announced that a 1977 will, found soon after Larsson’s death, declared his wish to leave his assets to the Umeå branch of the Communist Workers League. As the will was unwitnessed, it was not valid under Swedish law, with the result that all of Larsson’s estate, including future royalties from book sales, went to his father and brother. |
| 3 | Once remarked to a colleague that he would like to see stories about famous children’s literature characters when they had grown up. His novels appear to have put this into practice. His hero, Mikael Blomkvist, is named for Kalle Blomkvist (AKA Bill Bergson in English translations), a child detective appearing in novels by Astrid Lindgren. The heroine, Lisbeth Salander, sounds as if she was named, at least in part, after Blomkvist’s companion Eva-Lotta Lisander. She was also named for a real-life rape victim Larsson knew. She is modeled in most other respects after another Lindgren character, Pippi Longstocking. Both girls are natural redheads who frequently outsmart authority figures who underestimate them. Salander also puts the name “V. Kulla” on her second apartment, a reference to Longstocking’s home Villa Killekulla. |
| 4 | Witnessed a rape when he was 15, and was helpless to stop it. This event haunted him for the rest of his life. The girl being raped was named Lisbeth, which he later used as the name of the heroine on his Millenium trilogy. Sexual violence against women is also a recurring theme in his work. |
| 5 | Finished his so-called Millennium Trilogy shortly before his death in 2004. All three novels were published posthumously. He had finished three-quarters of a fourth book before his death and had notes for two more and had planned a series of ten. |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Girl in the Spider’s Web | 2018 | characters pre-production | |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | 2011 | novel “Män som hatar kvinnor” | |
| Millennium | TV Mini-Series novels – 4 episodes, 2010 novel – 2 episodes, 2010 | ||
| The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest | 2009 | novel | |
| The Girl Who Played with Fire | 2009 | novel | |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | 2009 | novel |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Die Stieg Larsson Story | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| White Terror | 2005 | Documentary | Himself – Editor of ‘Expo’ |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timeshift | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself – Author – Interviewed in 1998 |