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Crime novels from Sweden have been among the bestsellers on the book market for years.
Many of the books have been made into films.
You should definitely read these ten.
1 / 10Make a note: Småland, March 1986. Ice fog hangs over the two mirror-smooth lakes, which look like lifeless eyes in the barren landscape.
The sight of her gives Sanna, who has recently trained as a police officer, a shiver because two years earlier the bloody remains of a missing girl were found in two white suitcases right here.
The cruel murderer has been behind bars ever since - at least that's what the residents of the village of Augu believe.
When Sanna learns that another local girl is missing, she goes on her own... © Penguin
2 / 10On a snowy winter night on the Swedish archipelago, a four-year-old girl disappears without a trace from her family's holiday home.
Little Ellie Svensson's parents are beside themselves with concern, and the police and local residents immediately organize a search.
The case is also an emotional test for Inspector Sofia Hjortén, as she is heavily pregnant herself.
Shortly afterwards, another member of the Svensson family disappears.
As the Nordic winter rages mercilessly, Sofia feverishly investigates and uncovers a dark truth... © Goldmann
3 / 10apfelmaedchen.jpg © blanvalet
4 / 10thetruth.jpg © Limes
5 / 10feuerbootshaus.jpg © Limes
6 / 10finsternebel.jpg © Droemer
7 / 10refugium.jpg © dtv
8 / 10Third volume of Tove Alsterdal's trilogy: When the ice begins to melt in spring, divers start work in the harbor of Ådalen.
There is a lot to examine at the bottom of the Ångermanland River: shipwrecks, the remains of a small town from the industrial age and the rubble of the Sandö Bridge, which collapsed before the outbreak of the Second World War, killing many people.
When the divers found a skeleton near the remains of the bridge, they immediately suspected that it was one of the victims of the accident who had not been recovered.
© Rowohlt
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9 / 10Anna Jansson "Doll's Blood" - Continuation of the Inspector Bark series: January 1967: A lifeless woman's body floats in the ice-cold Svartån River, very close to Örebro Castle.
The name of the dead woman is Mary Billbro, she lived in the mental hospital in Västra Mark.
The cause of death remains unknown.
More than 50 years later, Mary's granddaughter Eva is tracing her family history.
She really wants to find out what happened to her grandmother.
But then she receives death threats herself.
© blanvalet
10 / 10Summer Solstice.jpg © Ullstein
The book covers of Scandinavian crime novels show what Nordic Noir is all about: forests, lakes, fjords, mountains and the typical red wooden house.
Authors from Scandinavia have gained a loyal readership for dark, suspenseful books.
These are often characterized by intense brutality.
This success is reflected not only in literature, but also in numerous films, TV series and streaming productions.
Here we present ten exciting crime novels from Sweden that you can't miss.