Åsa Larsson

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Åsa Larsson (born June 28, 1966 in Uppsala ) is a Swedish writer.

Åsa Larsson (2013)

Life

Åsa Larsson grew up in Kiruna , the northernmost city in Sweden. She studied law in Uppsala and initially worked as a tax lawyer. She only began to write after the birth of her daughter. She lives in Mariefred with her partner and two children .

Åsa Larsson's crime novels are set in Kiruna and are partly rooted in the author's biography. The main character is the lawyer Rebecka Martinsson, who - like the author herself - grew up in Kiruna, but moved to the south for studies and work. The two novels Sonnensturm and White Night take place in the milieu of the Swedish free churches, in which the author herself grew up.

Åsa Larsson's first crime novel Sonnensturm was awarded the Swedish Crime Prize in 2003 for best debut. A year later she received the award in the category “Best Swedish Detective Novel” for her second novel, White Night .

Together with author Ingela Korsell and illustrator Henrik Jonsson , Asa Larsson wrote the urban fantasy series Pax for young people, the first volume of which was published in 2014. The focus is on the brothers Alrik and Viggo; the series takes place in Mariefred Larsson's home.

She is a granddaughter of the Swedish cross-country skier Erik Larsson , who became Olympic champion over the 18-kilometer route at the 1936 Olympic Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen .

Works

Rebecka-Martinsson series

  1. 2003 Solstorm
  2. 2004 Det blod som spillts
  3. 2006 Svart stig
    • The black bridge , German by Gabriele Haefs; Munich: Bertelsmann 2007. ISBN 3-570-00989-0
  4. 2008 Till dess din vrede upphör
  5. 2012 Till offer at Molok

PAX series

All titles in this series together with Ingela Korsell and Henrik Jonsson (illustration).

  1. PAX - Nidstången ; Stockholm: Bonnier Carlsen 2014. ISBN 978-9-163-87913-5
  2. PAX - grim ; Stockholm: Bonnier Carlsen 2014. ISBN 978-9-163-87912-8
  3. PAX - Mylingen ; Stockholm: Bonnier Carlsen 2015. ISBN 978-9-163-87985-2
  4. PAX - Bjäran ; Stockholm: Bonnier Carlsen 2015. ISBN 978-9-163-87981-4
  5. PAX - guests ; Stockholm: Bonnier Carlsen 2015. ISBN 978-9-163-87983-8
  6. PAX - sewing ; Stockholm: Bonnier Carlsen 2016. ISBN 978-9-163-87986-9

Reviews

The portal femundo praised the Rebecka Martinsson series as "an idiosyncratic mixture of crime thriller and a pinch of mystery, coupled with sensual descriptions of the landscape and natural phenomena north of the Arctic Circle".

Awards

  • 2003: Swedish crime prize - Bästa svenska debut for Solstorm (German: Sonnensturm )
  • 2004: Swedish Crime Award - Bästa svenska crime novel for Det blod som spillts (German: White Night )

Film adaptations

The novel Sonnensturm was filmed in 2007 under the direction of Leif Lindblom. Former Bond girl Izabella Scorupco plays the leading role as Rebecka Martinsson .

White Night and The Black Steg were filmed in 2017 under the direction of Fredrik Edfeldt and ran on German television on January 1st and 7th, 2018 on Das Erste. Until your anger subsides and because greed will ruin you were also filmed in 2017 and ran for the first time on German television on the Easter weekend April 1 and 2, 2018 in the first. Ida Engvoll played Rebecka Martinsson in these four films.

Web links

Commons : Åsa Larsson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Magical Realism from Lapland. femundo.de, March 22, 2018, accessed on May 12, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Larsson, Åsa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Uppsala , Sweden