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Stieg Larsson
Stieg Larsson (1954-2004) was a Swedish writer and journalist.
Prior to his sudden death of a heart attack in November 2004 he finished three detective novels in his trilogy "The Millenium-series" which were published posthumously; "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo", "The Girl Who Played With Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest". Altogether, his trilogy has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide (summer of 2009), and he was the second bestselling author in the world 2008.
STIEG LARSSON, 1954-2004
Before his career as a writer, Stieg Larsson was mostly known for his struggle against racism and right-wing extremism. Starting in the late 1970's, he combined his work as a graphic designer with holding lectures on right-wing extremism for the Scotland Yard. During the following years he became an expert on the subject and has held many lectures as well as written many novels on the subject. In 1995, when 8 persons were killed by neo-Nazis I Sweden, he was the main force behind the founding of the Expo-foundation, a group intended on exposing neo-Nazi activity in Sweden. From 1999 and on, he was appointed chief editor of the magazine Expo.
During the last 15 years of his life, he and his life companion Eva Gabrielsson lived under constant threat from right-wing violence.
News: The first Movie-review, "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo"
Rumors: Is there a 4th book? and will it ever be published?
Discuss the movie and everything else about Lisbeth Salander, Stieg Larsson and The Millennium Series in our Discussion Board!
Great writing, gripping reading.
- , 7 February 2010
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just finished the final book - very sad that that's the last one but will read them again in time
- louise, 7 February 2010
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His books are about the very best I've read in years.
- , 7 February 2010
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I just finished reading the first book. I could not put it down. Stieg Larsson has a new fan.
- Brenda Cervantez - Cali., 6 February 2010
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This is one of the densest novels I've ever read! And you've got to pay attention...I love this heroine, she's everything that many of us would like to be, fearless, organized, supersmart. These are remarkable books indeed. I see a similarity between Lisbeth and Smilla ("Smilla's Sense of Snow"), the heroine of another wonderful Scandinavian imagination.
- Fru Teston, 6 February 2010
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- m.m. oregon, 5 February 2010
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All three bookes are amazing. It kept me awake through several nights, and I had to force my self to go to sleep. I heard about a fourth book still in the PC of Larsson and only one person seems to be able to retrieve it. And, this person seems to be caught in a inheritance problem which is not settled yet. Maybe this is a rumor. As a fan I would love to read a fourth book. But, also sad to know that Stieg Larsson himself could not see his own book success.
K.I. - Netherlands
- , 5 February 2010
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I GOT THE FIRST BOOK FROM A FRIEND IN ENGLAND (I LIVE IN GREECE AND WE'RE A BIT BEHIND THE REST OF EUROPE!) AND RUSHED OUT WITHIN 2 DAYS TO PROCURE THE OTHER TWO - THANK GOD FOR PUBLIC BOOK STORES - FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE - ONLY SAD THAT THERE ISN'T A FOURTH . CAN ANYONE RECOMMEND ANY OF LARSSON'S WORK?
PAULA MCILWAINE-THESSALONIKI
- , 5 February 2010
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I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to Steig's first two books. His development of the characters is amazing. I was unaware of the third book until I came upon this website and have just ordered the third book on cd from Amazon.uk... thanks Suzanne! I cannot wait to see what Lisbeth gets entangled with in the last book.
- Tammy Lampro, Wisconsin, U.S., 4 February 2010
Oops.. spelled Stieg's name wrong... well, you all know who I meant.. :-)
- Tammy Lampro, Wisconsin, U.S., 4 February 2010
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The best books I ever read!! Now Its so difficult to find new book after those 3...
- Tine Vad, Denmark, 3 February 2010
Yeah.....I've never been so entertained in the crime-thriller catagory.....makes most of the so-called best American writers in the same genre look weak......but try Martin Cruz Smith if you are struggling with withdrawl symptoms to find anything else that comes close to Mr Larsson's three superior titles. Sadly though, finding a new character who matches up to Salander is going to be a serious problem!
- Eddie Walker Middlesbrough England, 5 February 2010
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The Girl with the dragon tattoo is BRILLIANT!
I could not put the book down.
Needless to say I am looking forward to reading the other two. As Cristopher Corbett said, we could have followed Lisbeth for years.
- Stanford, 3 February 2010
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Just finished the Girl who Kicked the hornets nest. A friend ordered it from overseas because it's not available in the states yet. I thought it was better then the 1st two, that I also thought they were great. It's really too bad about Mr. Larsson's death as he hit a homerun with this series and Lisbeth was certainly someone we could follow for years to come. I'm sad now because I'm done with them.
- Christopher Corbett, from Michigan, 2 February 2010
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My wife is Estonian from Russian origin and was interested to see if the trilogi has been translated into russian. I read the Dutch version and that is too difficult for her. I do'nt think there's a Russian version yet. They are probalby still negociating with publishers. Can you imagine if this work comes out in Chinees / Russian or Indian versions how many more they will sell. My wife did some research on internet and claims that Stieg Larsson was popular in Russia for his playwritting ?? This is new for me after reading and seeing ( DVD 1 extra ) his biografie. I told her this is probably a case of mistaken identity. Stieg and Larsson are such a common names in Sweden that I think this is probably another person. Does anybody know if this could be true. I want to proove my wife wrong, and not easy to do that.
As I said, she is Russian :)
Guido from Paris
- , 1 February 2010
Yes he is another Swedish author, known for his quite weird and dark dramas about power and vulnerability. But he spells his name Stig, not Stieg.
By the way, Stieg was named Stig but changed to avoid confusion with the mentioned Stig. I have never heard of another Stieg Larsson.
- Tom, 1 February 2010
Txs Tom. Nice that somebody could answer this for me. I was right and my dear wife was wrong. She'll be pissed. lol. Enjoy reading
- Guido from Paris, 3 February 2010
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January 2010 - Well, I just finished reading The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and I thoroughly loved it. I found it to be no worse written than most good stories, in fact, somewhat better than most. The 1st half is kind of slow, but, I was hard pressed to stop reading to sleep during the 2nd half. That's in keeping with most good story books I've enjoyed. Other than expecting more about nazis than was put in, I was satisified that it alluded that most nazis are perverted sick dysfunctional 'human' beings. And that there seems to be a lot of those amongst big corporations, which historically is the benefactor of national socialism. As for whether he wrote every word, it is extremely common practice for good writers to have help, to consult 1 person or a team of people to critique the work and inspire re-writes. It is also a common practice for 1 person to have the overall idea, but, for another to write it in the way that many will enjoy reading it. Look at Dick Francis of the UK. One of the most successful writers of mystery books. He always said he relied on and depended on his wife's good assistance. Then some years after she died, he 'confessed' that the ideas and overall plot were his but the credit for putting it all in to pop-story reading format belonged to his deceased wife. With his consent of the results of course. So, I ask, what's wrong with any of that ? Nothing. If it turns out to be that Stieg Larsson had the ideas, the overall plot and story, and did all the research and outlined his books, while his partner Ms Gabrielsson did most of putting it in to an enjoyable result, it will not diminish my enjoyment of the 1st book, nor any others I am lucky to get to read in the future. - Thank you Mr. Larsson, where-ever you are, and Ms Gabrielsson, for your good books. - As for Mr. Larsson's very untimely death, did he have any signs or symptoms or family history of heart troubles ? It's only because of his fiction books that I ever heard about him and his anti-nazi efforts for decades. Obviously these books would have given him a global platform to shine a very bright light on the very real threat of global neo-nazism today. It's very easy to induce a heart attack that's undetectable as not being natural. Perhaps 'they' assassinated him with a 'loaded umbrella' one day on a street corner to stop Mr. Larsson from educating the world about 'them' thru his fact-based pseudo-fiction books.
- Steve Hartwell, Toronto, Canada, January 2010, 31 January 2010
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I wrote a comment and it disappeared! Iown and have read the first two books as has my husband. I want the 3rd book! I live in Alabama in U.S. How do I get the 3rd? HELP!
- E.K. Langford, 30 January 2010
Waterstone's in the UK. Cost $30 with shipping. Took 1 week to get Houston
- MR, 31 January 2010
I got mine from amazon.uk - price to NM was $27.87. Well worth it!
- Suzanne, 4 February 2010
Oh, and it only took 6 days!
- Suzanne, 4 February 2010
I got a present of an AmazonKindle for Christmas and downloaded all three books for just over $20.00. The best present ever and the best $20.00 ever spent. Having read 3 of the most fantastic books, I also wonder if Steig's death was unseemly!
- Jac. Ireland, 7 February 2010
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Love these books! Will be both happy and sad to read the 3rd. Have a question though-----There is a Swedish childrens author/alphabet book mentioned in the 1st or 2nd book, anyone have this info?
- applev, 30 January 2010
Astrid Lindgren and her "Pippi Longstockings" books.
- KL, 30 January 2010
I beleive this refers to a well known (at the time) alphabet book published in 1966 by a television show called Hylands Hörna. The content consisted of two-line ryhms contributed by the viewers and the proceeds went to charity. The pictures were drawn by famous artists. (for those familiar with Swedish you can find the texts for example here: http://www.minabibliotek.se/default.aspx?id=101349 )
- Mike, Stocholm, 30 January 2010
Absolutely excellent books! I was raised with it and all my friends loved it too.
- JVN, 30 January 2010
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Je viens de finir la trilogie de Stieg Larsson . Fantastique .... C'était un très bon auteur qui mérite son succès et ce sera sûrement l'un des meilleurs polars que j'ai lus.!!!!! Bien dommage de ne pas avoir la suite. Merci à lui.
- Alyfera, 29 January 2010
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hi, the first book wich i just read was perfect, also it is the most exciting book ever i think.
thanks to Steig Larssonn
türkiye
- selçuk, 29 January 2010
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I think I've never enjoyed a story as much as the millenium trilogy. I could not put it down and read al three books within a week. I can't help but fall in love with especially Lisbeth Salander, what a great character. I really hope that the rumour about a fourth book is true. I also saw the first two movies and have to wait till the end of March to see the third so meanwile I try to read anything on the web I can Find. So I saw that Hollywood is looking to make a remake of the original Swedish version and I must say that I'm horrified by that idea, if there is one thing that their not qualified to do in my opinion is put their 'Hollywood' hands on this story. Can you imagine what they would do to this? Most likely they find some hot babe to play Lisbeth and a happy ending where lisbeth and Mikael get married or something. Thank you Stieg Larsson to leave behind such a great novel and I certainly hope that this does't get raped.
- Nathalie from Holland, Sally you rock, 28 January 2010
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"The Girl Who Played with Fire" (should be underscored) is done as of this AM, it was hard to put down for sleep, work, child-care, etc. I came here to verify that Hornet's Nest is ready and waiting. I haven't been this wired for a writer since finishing the Patrick O'Brian series. He's tremendous, a pleasure to read, and a very untimely loss. I want to tromp around Sweden and see for myself. rip and blessings to Eva.
- Steve Malsin, NY, USA, 7 February 2010
I purchased "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" through Amazon UK back in October because I couldn't wait for June for it to come out in the US.
- Janel Carrasco, 7 February 2010