Swedish Crime Fiction

The Making of Nordic Noir

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  • Why
  • have
  • authors
  • from
  • the
  • safe,
  • social
  • welfare
  • state
  • Sweden
  • captivated
  • the
  • minds
  • of
  • the
  • crime
  • fiction
  • readers
  • across
  • the
  • globe?
  • Kerstin
  • Bergman
  • suggests
  • that
  • killer
  • marketing
  • and
  • a
  • widespread
  • curiosityabout
  • the
  • “exotic”
  • Nordic
  • welfare
  • states,
  • their
  • waste
  • landscapes
  • and
  • alleged
  • gender
  • equality,
  • has
  • propelled
  • these
  • authors
  • and
  • novels
  • into
  • the
  • international
  • spotlight.
  • Bergman
  • uses
  • this
  • innovative
  • angle
  • to
  • retell
  • the
  • recent
  • history
  • of
  • crime
  • fiction
  • in
  • Sweden,
  • exploring
  • central
  • themes
  • and
  • selecting
  • key
  • authors
  • that
  • have
  • garnered
  • national
  • and
  • international
  • acclaim
  • for
  • their
  • lethal
  • plots.
  • Swedish
  • Crime
  • Fiction:
  • The
  • Making
  • of
  • Nordic
  • Noir
  • contextualizes
  • the
  • explosive
  • recent
  • history
  • of
  • the
  • genre,
  • offering
  • newcomers
  • and
  • aficionados
  • insights
  • into
  • the
  • minds
  • of
  • protagonists
  • and
  • their
  • literary
  • creators.
  • This
  • is
  • the
  • first
  • research-based
  • and
  • exhaustive
  • presentation
  • of
  • Swedish
  • crime
  • fiction
  • and
  • its
  • Nordic
  • “neighbours”
  • to
  • an
  • international audience.
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