The legacy
Millennium trilogy
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
The 4th Book
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Controversy surrounding the legacy
Stieg Larsson spent 32 years of his life with the architect Eva Gabrielsson. However, the never married, maybe due to Stieg's dangerous work at the Expo-foundation. They did not have any children, and Stieg left no written will, so according to Swedish law, Stieg's estate was inherited by his father and brother. This sparked a dispute between Eva Gabrielsson and Stieg's relatives. She claims that they "were never a part of our lives" and that they are not the right persons handling Stieg's estate.
A fact complicating the matter is that Eva has the laptop with the partly finished script for the fourth book in the Millenium series. And she will not publish the script unless she is given the full rights to manage the novels in the Millenium series, the novels which she and Stieg worked with together. However, Stieg's father and brother has not been willing to meet this amend, and this has resulted in a stalemate which has lasted the five years since Stieg's death.
The most recent event took place when Stieg's father and brother in an interview with a newspaper offered Eva a final settlement of € 2 million. She rejected the offer, saying that it is not the money she is after, but the legal rights to administrate the literary property of Stieg.
So the stalemate continues, and the final words have not been said.
It was his responsibility to make sure she would be taken care of after his death. Since he had no will, the law takes over. I hope an agreement can be made. Money always screws things up when things aren't black and white. I have 2 Aunts who don't speak anymore because of an inheritance issue.
- Linda Landsverk, 31 August 2010
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It's very unfortunate that Steig Larsson's brother and father are probably making very large amounts of money out of his estate and will be in no hurry to settle as long as this is rolling in. It's not right and I feel very sorry for his partner - however, this is an issue for Government and they should be ashamed if they leave this situtaion as it stands.
- V Burnett, 31 August 2010
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Such a shame that no will was left to identify who was to inherit. Because of this feud, the world is being denied access to a 4th or more novels in this excellent series. Hang in there Eva, perhaps you can make a deal with the family. Hopefully they can see that by allowing you to control and guide the literary estate, they will make more money out of the deal. Greedy folks that they are...They may be legally right, but not morally right in their actions.
- Fern Reisner, 29 August 2010
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Eva Gabrielsson and Stieg spent 32 together and therefore his father and brother should have the integrity and sense of morality to grant Gabrielsson the legal rights to administrate the literary property of Stieg. She was part of the creation of his work and they, although they may have a legal right, morally they come across as greedy! What a shame!
- sarah, 28 August 2010
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HANG IN THERE EVA// best of LUCK //seemed like a great bloke// BOB DOUGLAS australia
- robert g douglas, 22 August 2010
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Does the Swedish government not see the injustice and irony of the fact Stieg spent his life's work fighting against injustices of women and corruption in government? It's alarming that what he felt so dear would come to pass at the expense of his closest partner on the planet, a woman apparently victimized (like Salander) by greedy men and the government. It's time for Sweden to join the modern age and acknowlage that Eva deserves AT LEAST a third of the estate and all that goes with it. Ironic also that Dag Svensson would die without ever getting to see the culmination of his life's work within the pages of the 2nd book-- an amazing foreshadowing of events to follow in this disturbing legal battle and truly heartbreaking series of events. Eva and Stieg deserve better than the cards they were dealt. Stieg can't be helped now but the government could surely atone for such a gross, selfish, greedy, injustice against Eva. It's just a horrible situation.
- Nickei Scott - Los Angeles, 21 August 2010
This should be a lesson to all....make a will. If you don't arrange things the way you want them then the law will step in. It is almost always not the way you would like things.
- Punch - Sacramento, 22 August 2010
well said!
- ~e, 26 August 2010
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it is unfortunate that women are disinherited because of lack of for thought on their and their companions part. however, if there is a manuscript on her computer, it stands to reason she has a part in the books and should be allowed to get credit. More than gredit, i want to read the fourth book!
- a fan, 21 August 2010
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How, indeed, life imitates art!
The real life situation is straight out of one of Stieg Larsson's novels, including the laptop with an incomplete novel in it being in the possession of Eva Gabrielsson.
I feel certain, deep within me that Stieg, whatever form of consciousness he is in now, wants the rights over his literary property to go to Eva Gabrielsson. Surely it is not about money. At any rate not just about money.
Ravindra Joshi
Mumbai, India
- Ravindra Joshi, 20 August 2010
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It would be possibly helpful if both parties agreed to mediation - much better than the father offering a particular sum - because money is not the only factor for Eva. Mediation works!!!
- seattlemaiden, 20 August 2010
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Obviously, this man loved to write and if his father and brother respected him, his work and his life they would allow his lady to have the rights of the works he has had published and the fourth book in the series.
Conversley, if she is honest when she says she has no interest in the money, she can have the literary rights but all profits would go to the brother and the father- there -I think I have solved the dilema for all of them and perhaps for the fans of of the Salander books.
- Kathi Lannom, 1 September 2010