Håkan Nesser

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Håkan Nesser at the Gothenburg Book Fair 2005
Håkan Nesser at the Gothenburg Book Fair 2005

Håkan Nesser (born February 21, 1950) is a Swedish author and teacher who has written a number of successful crime fiction novels. His books have been translated from Swedish into numerous languages.

Håkan Nesser was born and grew up in Kumla, and has lived most of his adult life in Uppsala. His first novel was published in 1988, but he worked as a teacher until 1998 when he became a full-time author. In August, 2006, Håkan Nesser and his wife Elke moved to Greenwich Village in New York.

A recurring main character is called Van Veeteren, a former detective and owner of an antique books shop. These books play out in a fictitious city called Maardam, said to be located in northern Europe in a country which is never named but resembles Sweden, the Netherlands, Poland and Germany. The names however are Dutch.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Koreografen (1988)
  • Det grovmaskiga nätet (1993)
  • Borkmanns punkt (Borkmann's Point, 1994)
  • Återkomsten (The Return, 1995)
  • Barins triangel (1996)
  • Kvinna med födelsemärke (1996)
  • Kommissarien och tystnaden (1997)
  • Kim Novak badade aldrig i Genesarets sjö (1998)
  • Münsters fall (1998)
  • Carambole (1999)
  • Flugan och evigheten (1999)
  • Ewa Morenos fall (2000)
  • Svalan, katten, rosen, döden (2001)
  • Och Piccadilly Circus ligger inte i Kumla (2002)
  • Kära Agnes (2002)
  • Fallet G (2003)
  • Skuggorna och regnet (2004)
  • Människa utan hund (2006)
  • En helt annan historia (2007)

[edit] Filmography

  • Van Veeteren series
    • Det grovmaskiga nätet (2000,t TV)
    • Återkomsten (2001)
    • Kvinna med födelsemärke (2001, TV)
    • Münsters fall (2005)
    • Carambole (2005)
    • Borkmanns punkt (2005)
    • Moreno och tystnaden (2006)
    • Svalan, katten, rosen, döden (2006)
    • Fallet G (2006)

[edit] External links

Official wensite (Swedish)