THE SWEDISH DECADE
Apparently some Swedish novel was named crime fiction book of the decade at Boucheron 2010.
I have done my own very simple analysis of the years 2000-2009 in Swedish crime fiction to discover who was the Swedish crime writer of the decade.
My system involved awarding three points for a Nordic Glass Key, two points for winning the Basta Svenska Kriminalroman, and one point for a nomination.
The result was inconclusive as it produced a triple tie for first place!
Stieg Larsson- 8 points [Glass Key 2006, 2008: basta svenska 2006]
Hakan Nesser- 8 points [Glass Key 2000: basta svenska 2007: nomination 2000, 2001, 2009]
Anders Roslund-Borge Hellstrom- 8 points [Glass Key 2005: basta svenska 2009: nomination 2005, 2006, 2007]
Having finished reading the thriller Three Seconds by Roslund-Hellstrom I have started another Swedish blockbuster, Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End by Leif G.W.Persson.
posted by Uriah Robinson at 7:44 AM
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This is reminding me that I promised myself to go back to Nordic noir, as I call it, before the end of the year.
I plan to read "Roseanna," by Sjowall/Wahloo, "A Mind's Eye," by Nesser," and "The Redbreast," by Nesbo, unless some other titles grab me.
Swedish crime fiction delivers intense intellectual pressure and then suddenly shifts into serenity.
Incomparable yet recognizable,definitely not the story itself, but its class of authors. Cheers!
I'm surprised Henning Mankell didn't make this list. Isn't he the most-read Swedish author worldwide, or was until Stieg Larsson came along, but Mankell may still outdo Larsson in readership.
Kathy, you are correct Henning Mankell dominated the previous decade when he would have collected 11 points.
Nordic Glass Key: 1992
Basta svenska: 1991,1995
nominations: 1993,1996, 1997,1998
I'm so tempted to go back to Nordics, and a few English and U.S. books, but I must hold to my informal global challenge and finish it.
Thanks for all of your Scandinavian Golden Age updates.
I would love to hibernate with tea and cookies and finish the 7 Sjowall/Wahloo I haven't yet read, but the Challenges are calling for closure.
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