Glass Key award
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (2005) Winner
Anders Roslund
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Anders Roslund
Pen Names:
Anton Svensson（Pseudonym shared with brother Stefan Thunberg for the Made in Sweden series.）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1961-01-01 （Jönköping）
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Languages
- Swedish
- Residence History
- Sweden
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Journalist
- Active Years
- 2004-2024
- Affiliations
- SVT, Swedish Prison and Probation Service
- Influenced By
- Stieg Larsson
- Nominations
- Nominated Best Swedish Crime Novel 2006 (Cell 8), Nominated Glass Key Award 2010 (Three Seconds)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Glass Key Award | Pen 33 | — | Scandinavian Crime Society | winner |
| 2005 | Best Swedish Crime Novel Award | Box 21 | — | Swedish Crime Writers' Academy | winner |
| 2009 | Best Swedish Crime Novel Award | Three Seconds | — | Swedish Crime Writers' Academy | winner |
| 2011 | CWA International Dagger | Three Seconds | — | Crime Writers' Association | winner |
| 2017 | Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! | The Father: Made in Sweden Part I | 海外部門 | Takarajimasha | winner |
Glass Key Award
2005
Work:
Pen 33
Organization:
Scandinavian Crime Society
Result:
winner
Best Swedish Crime Novel Award
2005
Work:
Box 21
Organization:
Swedish Crime Writers' Academy
Result:
winner
Best Swedish Crime Novel Award
2009
Work:
Three Seconds
Organization:
Swedish Crime Writers' Academy
Result:
winner
CWA International Dagger
2011
Work:
Three Seconds
Organization:
Crime Writers' Association
Result:
winner
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!
2017
Work:
The Father: Made in Sweden Part I
Category:
海外部門
Organization:
Takarajimasha
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Best Swedish Crime Novel Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 28 (2009) Winner
Works
Major Works
Pen 33 / The Beast
2004 Crime fictionCrime novel set in a prison.
Victim and perpetrator
Box 21 / The Vault
2005 Crime fictionStory about human trafficking.
Social vulnerabilityMoral ambiguity
Adaptations
- [TV series] Roslund & Hellström: Box 21 / Johan Brisinger (2020)
Three Seconds
2009 Crime fictionStory of an undercover agent.
BetrayalJustice
Bibliography
- Pen 33 / The Beast
- Box 21 / The Vault
- Cell 8
- The Girl Beneath the Street
- Three Seconds
- Two Soldiers
- Three Minutes
- Three Hours
- Knock Knock
Adaptations
- Box 21 TV series (2020)
- Cell 8 TV series (2022)
Translations of Works
- Translated into over 30 languages including Japanese.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- RealisticSocial issues reflectedTense plots
- Recurring Motifs
- Boundaries between perpetrator and victimSocial background of crimeMoral gray areas
Legacy
Anders Roslund, with Börge Hellström, created internationally acclaimed crime novel series and continued the Ewert Grens series after Hellström's death. Awards include Glass Key and CWA International Dagger.
Trivia
- Was placed on a death list by a far-right extremist organization.
- Worked as a journalist and TV presenter for SVT for 15 years.
- Discussed death threats with Stieg Larsson.