Kristina Ohlsson Explained
| Kristina Ohlsson |
| Birth Date: | 2 March 1979 |
| Birth Place: | 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.[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]
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
Martin Brenner series
- Lotus BLues, crime novel (2014)
- Mios BLues, crime novel (2015)
Notes and References
- Web site: Kristina Ohlsson LinkedIn.
- Web site: The Fredrika Bergman Series . Simon & Schuster Canada.
- Book: Brunsdale, Mitzi M . Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Since 1967 . 490–91 . 2016 . 978-0786475360.
- News: Fernstedt . Nora . 2019-04-17 . Kristina Ohlsson: ”Jag fick mardrömmar av ’Glasbarnen’” . 2024-08-08 . . sv . 1101-2412.
- Web site: Nordh . Christina . 2019-06-10 . Kristina Ohlsson: Jag skriver sagor för vuxna – de behövs . 2024-08-08 . . sv.
- Web site: Kristina Ohlsson . Salomonsson Agency.
- Web site: Wejbro . Sandra . 2018-03-23 . Kristina Ohlssons succéböcker blir kriminalserie . 2024-08-08 . Aftonbladet . sv.
- Web site: Johannesson . Sune . 2009-10-09 . Debutdrömmen . 2024-08-08 . . sv.
