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Kristina Ohlsson

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Kristina Ohlsson
Born (1979-03-02) 2 March 1979 (age 45)
Kristianstad, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
GenreCrime Fiction

Kristina Ohlsson (born 2 March 1979) is a Swedish political scientist and award-winning writer.

She grew up in Kristianstad and then moved to Gothenburg, where she studied Political Science. Then, she obtained a master’s degree in political science and crisis management from the Swedish Defence University in Stockholm.[1] Ohlsson has worked as a Counter-Terrorism Officer at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe; she has also worked for the Swedish Security Service, for the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and for the Swedish National Defense College. She lives in Stockholm.[2][3]

Besides her adult fiction, which includes a series featuring investigative analyst Fredrika Bergman, Ohlsson has also written a popular trilogy of children's suspense novels.[4] In 2010, she was awarded the Stabilo Prize for Best Crime Writer of Southern Sweden.[3] In 2013, she received the Children's Novel Award from Sveriges Radio.[5] In 2017, she was awarded the Crimetime Specsavers Award for children's crime fiction.[6]

Ohlsson's first novel Unwanted was adapted for Swedish TV as Sthlm Rekviem (Stockholm Requiem on Walter Presents in the UK).[7]

Selected works[2][3]

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Fredrika Bergman series

  • Askungar, crime novel (2009),[8] translated as Unwanted (2012)
  • Tusenskönor , crime novel (2010), translated as Silenced (2012), shortlist for Swedish Crime Writers' Academy Best Crime Novel of the Year
  • Änglavakter , crime novel (2011), translated as The Disappeared (2013), shortlist for Swedish Crime Writers' Academy Best Crime Novel
  • Paradisoffer , crime novel (2012), translated as Hostage
  • Davidsstjärnor , crime novel (2013), translated as The Chosen
  • Syndafloder, crime novel (2017), translated as The Flood[6]

Martin Brenner series

  • Lotus BLues , crime novel (2014)
  • Mios BLues , crime novel (2015)

References

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  1. ^ "Kristina Ohlsson LinkedIn".
  2. ^ a b "The Fredrika Bergman Series". Simon & Schuster Canada.
  3. ^ a b c Brunsdale, Mitzi M (2016). Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Since 1967. pp. 490–91. ISBN 978-0786475360.
  4. ^ Fernstedt, Nora (2019-04-17). "Kristina Ohlsson: "Jag fick mardrömmar av 'Glasbarnen'"". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  5. ^ Nordh, Christina (2019-06-10). "Kristina Ohlsson: Jag skriver sagor för vuxna – de behövs". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  6. ^ a b "Kristina Ohlsson". Salomonsson Agency.
  7. ^ Wejbro, Sandra (2018-03-23). "Kristina Ohlssons succéböcker blir kriminalserie". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  8. ^ Johannesson, Sune (2009-10-09). "Debutdrömmen". Kristianstadsbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-08-08.