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Stieg Larsson

Swedish writer, journalist, and activist known for the Millennium series of crime novels.

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Stieg Larsson is best known for Author of the Millennium crime novel trilogy, exposing social issues and right-wing extremism. On Dead or Alive, Stieg Larsson is listed in the Swedish Icons category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Stieg Larsson is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Author of the Millennium crime novel trilogy, exposing social issues and right-wing extremism
Listed under: Swedish Icons

About Stieg Larsson

The trilogy was adapted as three motion pictures in Sweden, and one in the United States (for the first book only). His journalistic work covered socialist politics and he acted as an independent researcher of right-wing extremism. He was the second-best-selling fiction author in the world for 2008, owing to the success of the English translation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, behind Afghan-American novelist Khaled Hosseini. The third and final novel in the Millennium trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, became the bestselling book in the United States in 2010, according to Publishers Weekly. By March 2015, his series had sold 80 million copies worldwide.

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