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Håkan Nesser

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Håkan Nesser

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1950-02-21 （Kumla, Örebro County, Sweden）
Nationality
Sweden
Languages
Swedish
Residence History
Kumla, Örebro County, Sweden → Uppsala, Sweden → Greenwich Village, New York, USA → London, UK → Furillen, Stockholm, Sweden

Career

Occupations
teacher, author
Active Years
1988-2025

Awards

Best Swedish Crime Novel Award
1994
Work: Borkmann's Point
Organization: Swedish Crime Academy
Result: Winner
Best Swedish Crime Novel Award
1996
Work: Woman with Birthmark
Organization: Swedish Crime Academy
Result: Winner
Glass Key award
2000
Work: Carambole
Organization: Crime Writers of Scandinavia
Result: Winner
Best Swedish Crime Novel Award
2007
Work: En helt annan historia
Organization: Swedish Crime Academy
Result: Winner
Honorary Doctorate
2016
Organization: Örebro University
Result: Recipient
H. M. The King's Medal
2019
Organization: Royal Court of Sweden
Result: Recipient

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Mind's Eye

1993 Crime fiction

Detective Van Veeteren solves a mystery in the fictional city of Maardam.

psychological depthrevenge
Adaptations
  • [TV] Det grovmaskiga nätet (2000)
Translations
  • English translation available

Bibliography

  • Det grovmaskiga nätet
  • Borkmanns punkt
  • Återkomsten
  • Kvinna med födelsemärke
  • Kommissarien och tystnaden
  • Münsters fall
  • Carambole
  • Ewa Morenos fall
  • Svalan, katten, rosen, döden
  • Fallet G
  • Människa utan hund
  • En helt annan historia
  • Berättelse om herr Roos
  • De ensamma
  • Styckerskan från Lilla Burma
  • Den sorgsne busschauffören från Alster
  • Schack under vulkanen
  • Det kom ett brev från München
  • Ung mans färd mot natt

Adaptations

  • Kim Novak Never Swam in Genesaret's Lake
  • Van Veeteren series (TV)

Translations of Works

  • Translated into more than 20 languages

Style & Themes

Literary Style
psychologically profound narrativecomplex plot structuresfictional settings
Recurring Motifs
Detective Van VeeterenDetective Barbarottifictional city Maardam

Legacy

One of Sweden's leading crime fiction authors, winner of the Glass Key award. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages.

Trivia

  • In June 2024, sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison by Svea Court of Appeal for three counts of aggravated tax evasion.
  • First novel published in 1988.
  • Wife is psychiatrist Elke.