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Left-wing activism and anti-war protests
After finishing school and his military service, Stieg Larsson worked a couple of years at a post office. During these years in the mid-seventies, he was an active member of the Swedish left-wing movement which flourished during these years. He edited a Trotskyite magazine, and he took a great interest in the ongoing war in Vietnam.
Private mapping of extremists
1977, Stieg Larsson started working as a graphic designer at TT, a multimedia news provider in Sweden, a job he kept for the following 22 years. As the seventies passed, Stieg Larsson's interest gradually turned more towards right-wing extremism, an interest which had started with a school project on the subject and then continued to inspire him for the rest of his life. When he was not at his work at TT, he worked on a private mapping of right-wing extremism in Sweden. In 1991, his research resulted in his first book "Right-wing extremism" ("Extremhögern") which he wrote in cooperation with Anna-Lena Lodenius, a Swedish writer specialized in autonomous and national extremist groups. In an interview she says that he had plans on writing a series of detective novels already back in the early 1990's, but it would take another ten years for him to start writing fiction.
The Expo foundation
As a response to the book "Right-wing extremism", a neo-Nazi newspaper published an article in 1993. In the article, both Larsson and Lodenius were presented with their pictures, addresses and telephone numbers, and the finishing lines raised the question whether "he should be allowed to continue his work, or if something should be done". The publisher of the newspaper was condemned to 4 months of imprisonment. However, this episode did not scare Stieg Larsson, instead it convinced him to step up his struggle. Stieg Larsson had since the early 80's worked as a Scandinavian correspondent for the British anti-fascist magazine Searchlight, and in 1995 he was the main force behind the founding of the similar Swedish magazine Expo in 1995. For two years, he combined the two full time jobs before he finally quit TT in 1997 to put all his effort into Expo. From 1999 to his death, he was the chief editor of the magazine.
A classic workaholic
When you look at the combination of working at Expo with writing books on right-wing extremism, holding lectures for international politicians, police forces and numberless youths, writing his detective novels at night, smoking 60 or more hand-rolled cigarettes a day and skipping most meals, the picture of a classic workaholic appears. In an article in the Swedish newspaper Expressen, the journalist, co-worker and close friend of Stieg's, Kurdo Baksi verifies this, "He used to come home at four-five in the morning. At that time had he also worked on his story about Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander. "It will be better next year", he (Stieg) said brightly.
Millennium trilogy
Se our article about the Millennium trilogy
What a thoroughly decent, moral and ethical person Steig cpmes across as in his brillaintly written books. I hope journalists everywhere read these books and follow Mikael's example.
- J Borton Australia, 30 January 2010
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These are the most fantastic books. Steig was absolutely brilliant! I couldn't wait until May, so I got the 3rd book from England. I certainly hope that there is a 4th book, and that Eva will complete it and get the financial rewards. Legal issues always present problems, no matter what country you live in. In addition, the translator, Reg Keeland, has done a terrific job...since I can't read Swedish, I can't imagine these books any better than they are! I couldn't put these books down!
- Karen Adler, New Jersey, USA, 11 January 2010
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I have just finished all three books.
Go EVA! Do it for Steig and Lisbeth ! !! !!!
- CarAmba from Poland, 30 December 2009
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i have just finished all three books. i have published 1 small book and know how hard it is to get the story onto paper. so his epic work should be honoured and admired by all.
please let there be a forth. Go EVA! Do it for Steig and Lisbeth
- paul gordon, sydney, 24 December 2009
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Cannot put his novels down once I start. Waiting for the third. Too bad there will be no more.
- , 5 December 2009
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What else did Stieg write apart from "The Girl" Books , I tremendously enjoyed his writing style and would like to read more of his work (in English)
- Andre Hattingh, 26 November 2009
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I throughly enjoyed the 3 books and would have looked forward to reading more of Stieg's works should he have lived. May I ask what was the cause of his death?
- David Moore Moffat Beach Australia 14/11/09, 14 November 2009
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Hugely enjoyable books with the most original female character in detective fiction. Lisbeth Salander is awesome.
- Amanda Brown, Sydney Australia, 4 November 2009
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I have just read the first book of the millenium series, started yesterday, finished today. Couldn't put it down. Keen to get number 2 asap.
- Clea, 3 November 2009
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just finished the series. the best Ive ever read. its saddens me greatly that he died so young. We will never know what esle may have happened to such wonderful charactors.
- , 25 October 2009
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Just finished book 1, so sorry that this unique voice is no longer in the world. am now very interested in his life.....is there a biography?
- Reader Girl, 12 September 2009
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where i can find the book "Man who hates women" ? am not able to find it...my e-mail is ahmadyassine@gmail.com
- , 12 September 2009
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What happened to him?
- , 10 February 2009
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Just finished the first book read most of it in one day as I couldn't put it down. It's the best book I have read for a long time, totally gripping brilliant how it is all brought together, the characters are brilliant.
I am now desperately trying to get the next one. Could kick myself as I picked this one up at a book shop in Melbourne Airport and thought I wouldn't get the next one then as unsure about wanting to all of them.
- Kathy Bunyan Gisborne,New Zealand, 9 February 2009
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Just read the first seventy-five pages of the first book. Totally hooked.
How all you who have finished them all must envy me!
- Laurence, London, England., 31 January 2009
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Just started to read book 1 (p160) . Exiting !
- Yves De Mulder,Idegem-BELGIUM, 31 January 2009
don't you just love the English language - exciting .... not exiting. How anyone who isn't British learns the bloody language I don't know.
- gaberoons, 16 December 2009
I've heard it's the most difficult language to learn and that doesn't surprise me. It can be baffling I'm sure.
- Sharron, 4 January 2010
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Fantastic thrilogy!! Does anyone continue???...Hope so...
- Lara-Italy-Rosta, 29 January 2009
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Great books, i'm in the middle of book number two and can't wait to start the last one.
This is great stuff, I can not wait to see the movies.
Great work Stieg!!
I'm sorry you are no longer with us and I'm sure you are in a great pleace now.
- Gert-Jan, Noordwijk, the Netherlands, 28 January 2009
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Does anyone know when the third book will be released in English and available in Australia?
I just can't wait !!
- Sonya, Sydney Australia, 13 January 2009
Hi! I saw it for sale, hard-cover, in Lisbon, Portugal at the FNAC, do you have it in Australia...?
- Maria from Lisbon, Portugal, 3 February 2010
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Without doubt they, the Millenium Triology, are amongst the best books I have the pleasure to read.
They are the equal of "The Wallander Series' by Henning Mankell
- Ross Australia, 5 February 2010