Larsson grew up with his maternal grandparents in northern Sweden until age nine, when he rejoined his parents in Stockholm. Despite death threats and financial difficulties, Larsson never ceased to fight for and write about his most firmly held principles. Stieg Larsson, original name Karl Stig-Erland Larsson, (born August 15, 1954, Skelleftehamn, Swedendied November 9, 2004, Stockholm), Swedish writer and activist whose posthumously published Millennium series of crime novels brought him international acclaim. Stieg Larsson, who lived in Sweden, was the editor-in-chief of the magazine Expo and a leading expert on antidemocratic right-wing extremist and Nazi.

His most important writings - perceptive, learned and committed texts - illustrate the breadth of his journalistic and political activities in connection with matters that were closest to his heart, and to which he devoted his life. Stieg Larsson (1954-2004) was a Swedish author who is best known for the Millennium series, a crime fiction series that includes the incredibly popular The. Included also is an account written for Vagabond magazine of his travels aboard the Trans-Siberian Express from Moscow to Beijing. The Millennium series consists of three bestselling novels, originally written in Swedish, by the late Stieg Larsson (1954-2004). Collected here for the first time are essays and articles on right-wing extremism and racism, on violence against women and women's rights, on homophobia and honor killings. Now almost exclusively known as the author of the bestselling Trilogy, as a professional journalist Stieg Larsson was an untiring crusader for democracy and equality.Īs a reporter and editor-in-chief on the journal Expo he researched the extreme right both in Sweden and at an international level.

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