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Åsa Larsson

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Åsa Larsson

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1966 （Uppsala）
Nationality
Sweden
Languages
Swedish
Residence History
Uppsala → Kiruna

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Tax lawyer
Active Years
2003-2021
Nominations
Duncan Lawrie International Dagger shortlist

Awards

Swedish Crime Writers' Academy prize for best first novel
2003
Work: Solstorm
Organization: Swedish Crime Writers' Academy
Result: winner
Best Swedish Crime Novel Award
2004
Work: Det blod som spillts
Organization: Swedish Crime Writers' Academy
Result: winner
Best Swedish Crime Novel Award
2012
Work: Till offer åt Molok
Organization: Swedish Crime Writers' Academy
Result: winner
Best Swedish Crime Novel Award
2021
Work: Fädernas misgärningar
Organization: Swedish Crime Writers' Academy
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Solstorm

2003 Crime fiction
Adaptations
  • [Film] Solstorm / Leif Lindblom (2007)
Translations
  • Sun Storm (US), The Savage Altar (UK)

Det blod som spillts

2004 Crime fiction
Translations
  • The Blood Spilt

Svart stig

2006 Crime fiction
Translations
  • The Black Path

Till dess din vrede upphör

2008 Crime fiction
Translations
  • Until Thy Wrath be Past

Till offer åt Molok

2011 Crime fiction
Translations
  • The Second Deadly Sin

Fädernas misgärningar

2021 Crime fiction
Translations
  • The Sins of Our Fathers

Bibliography

  • Solstorm (2003)
  • Det blod som spillts (2004)
  • Svart stig (2006)
  • Till dess din vrede upphör (2008)
  • Till offer åt Molok (2011)
  • Fädernas misgärningar (2021)
  • Upptäck jorden (2003)
  • Aurinkomyrsky (2005)
  • Systrarna Hietala (2007)
  • Guds starka arm (2009)
  • Tjernaja tropa (2012)

Adaptations

  • Rebecka Martinsson TV series
  • Solstorm (2007 film)

Translations of Works

  • Rebecka Martinsson TV series based on her books

Legacy

Swedish crime fiction writer known for the Rebecka Martinsson series, adapted into TV.

In Popular Culture

  • Rebecka Martinsson TV series

Trivia

  • Raised in Kiruna in northern Sweden.
  • Granddaughter of Olympic skier Erik August Larsson.