Kristina Ohlsson
Kristina Ohlsson | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | 2 March 1979 Kristianstad, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Genre | Crime 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. 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. In 2017, she was awarded the Crimetime Specsavers Award for children's crime fiction.[4]
Ohlsson's first novel Unwanted was adapted for Swedish TV as Sthlm Rekviem (Stockholm Requiem on Walter Presents in the UK).
Selected works[2][3][edit]
Fredrika Bergman series
- Askungar, crime novel (2009), 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[4]
Martin Brenner series
- Lotus BLues , crime novel (2014)
- Mios BLues , crime novel (2015)
References[edit]
- ^ "Kristina Ohlsson LinkedIn".
- ^ a b "The Fredrika Bergman Series". Simon & Schuster Canada.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Kristina Ohlsson". Salomonsson Agency.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
| Other | |
