Nils-Olof Franzén
Nils-Olof Franzén (born August 23, 1916 in Oxelösund , Sweden ; † February 24, 1997 ) was a Swedish author of primarily detective and detective novels , author of biographies and program director at Swedish Radio from 1956 to 1973. He became famous through his books about the fictional bizarre detective Agaton Sax . Other fictional characters he created in the 1960s are Göran Ulv, Fred Y and Mr. Zippo.
He wrote biographies of Hjalmar Branting , Alfred Dreyfus , the Swedish sports journalist Sven Jerring, Jenny Lind , Molière , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Christina Nilsson , Gioacchino Rossini and Émile Zola .
Web links
- Literature by and about Nils-Olof Franzén in the catalog of the German National Library
- Nils-Olof Franzén in the DNB
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| SURNAME | Franzén, Nils-Olof |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oxelösund , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1997 |