Scandinavian Mysteries Covered So Far: a Whole List

An Overview

The following is a list of Scandinavian mysteries I have read since 2005, starting with Henning Mankell's The return of the dancing master.

Here I would like to express my special thanks to Gary Decker who has constantly provided me with new mystery authors and titles, ever since the retirement of Colin Dexter and semi-retirement of P.D. James. My gratitude also extends to Donna Swedberg. Without her mystery orders and selections, I would not have had those exciting readings.

I am equally grateful to our 23Things' Team, especially Victor, Sarah, Paula and Gail. They have empowered me with such an effective platform as blog to organize my reading list.

Country: Denmark
Author: Peter Høeg, 1957-
Place: Copenhagen
Character:
Titles:
1. The History of Danish Dreams (Forestilling om det Tyvende århundrede, 1988)
2. Tales of the Night (Fortællinger om natten, 1990)
3. Smilla's Sense of Snow; UK title: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (Frk. Smillas fornemmelse for sne, 1992)
4. Borderliners (De måske egnede, 1993)
5. The Woman and The Ape (Kvinden og aben, 1996)
6. The Quiet Girl (Den stille pige, 2006)

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Country: Iceland
Author: Arnaldur Indridason, 1961-
Place: Reykjavík
Character: Erlendur Sveinsson (Fictitious character) (divorced with a son and daughter)
Titles:
1. Jar city (Myrin, 2005)
2. Silence of the grave (Grafarpögn, 2006)
3. Voices (Röddin, 2006)
4. The draining lake (2007: unread yet)

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Country: Norway
Author: Dahl, Kjell Ola, 1958-
Place: Oslo
Character:
Frølich, Frank (Fictitious character)
Gunnarstranda (Fictitious character)
Titles:
1. The fourth man (Fjerde raneren, 2007)
2. The man in the window (2008: unread yet)

Author: Fossum, Karin, 1954-
Place: Elvestad
Character: Sejer, Konrad (Fictitious character)
Titles:
1. Don't look back (Se deg ikke tilbake!, 2004)
2. He who fears the wolf (Den som frykter ulven, 2005)
3. When the devil holds the candle (Djevelen holder lyset, 2006)
4. The Indian bride (Elskede Poona, 2007)
5. Black seconds (Svarte sekunder, 2007)

Country: Norway
Author: Holt, Anne
Place: Oslo
Character:
Stubo, Adam (Fictitious character)
Vik, Johanne (Fictitious character)
Titles:
1. What is mine (Det som er mitt, 2006)
2. What never happens (Det som aldri skjer, 2008)

Country: Norway
Author: Nesbø, Jo, 1960-
Place: Oslo
Character:
Hole, Harry (Fictitious character)
Titles:
1. The devil's star (Marekors, 2006)
2. The redbreast (Rødstrupe, 2006)

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Country: Sweden
Author: Edwardson, Åke
Place: Göteborg
Character: Winter, Erik (Fictitious character)
Titles:
1. Sun and shadow (Sol och skugga, 2005)
2. Never end (Lêat det aldrig ta slut, 2006)
3. Frozen tracks (Himlen èar en plats pêa jorden, 2007)

Country: Sweden
Author: Eriksson, Kjell, 1953-
Place: Uppsala
Character: Lindell, Ann (Fictitious character)
Titles:
1. The princess of Burundi (Prinsessan av Burundi, 2006)
2. The cruel stars of the night (Nattens grymma stjärnor, 2007)
3. The demon of Dakar (2008)

Country: Sweden
Author: Jungstedt, Mari, 1962-
Place: Gotland
Character:
Knutas, Anders (Fictitious character)
Berg, Johan (Fictitious character)
Titles:
1. Unspoken (In denna stilla natt; 2007)
2. Unseen (Den du inte ser; 2006)

Country: Sweden
Author: Larsson, Åsa
Place: Kiruna
Characters:
Martinsson, Rebecka (Fictitious character: attorney)
Mella, Anna-Maria (Fictitious character) (Police investigator; Married with children)
Stalnacke, Sven-Erik (Fictitious character) (Police investigator)
Titles:
1. Sun storm (Solstorm, 2006)
2. The blood spilt (Blod som spillts, 2007)
3. The black path (Svart stig, 2008)

Country: Sweden
Author: Mankell, Henning, 1948-
Place: Ystad
Character: Wallander, Kurt (Fictitious character)
Titles:
1. Faceless Killers (Mördare utan ansikte, 1991)
2. The Dogs of Riga (Hundarna i Riga, 1992)
3. The White Lioness (Den vita lejoninnan, 1993)
4. The Man who Smiled (Mannen som log, 1994)
5. Sidetracked (Villospår, 1995)
6. The Fifth Woman (Den femte kvinnan, 1996)
7. One Step Behind (Steget efter, 1997)
8. Firewall (Brandvägg, 1998)
9. Before the Frost (Innan frosten, 2002, about Linda Wallander)
10. Pyramid: and four other Kurt Wallander mysteries (2008)

Country: Sweden
Author: Nesser, Håkan, 1950-
Place: Uppsala
Character: Van Veeteren (Fictitious character)
Titles:
1. Borkmann's point : an Inspector Van Veeteren mystery (2006)
2. The return : an Inspector van Veeteren mystery (2007)
3. Mind's eye : an Inspector Van Veeteren mystery (Grovmaskiga nätet, 2008)

Country: Sweden
Author: Tursten, Helene
Place: Göteborg
Characters: Huss, Irene (Fictitious character) (married with two twin daughters and master chef husband)
Titles:
1. The torso (2006)
2. The glass devil (2007)