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

Martin Brenner series

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kristina Ohlsson LinkedIn.
  2. Web site: The Fredrika Bergman Series . Simon & Schuster Canada.
  3. 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.
  4. News: Fernstedt . Nora . 2019-04-17 . Kristina Ohlsson: ”Jag fick mardrömmar av ’Glasbarnen’” . 2024-08-08 . . sv . 1101-2412.
  5. Web site: Nordh . Christina . 2019-06-10 . Kristina Ohlsson: Jag skriver sagor för vuxna – de behövs . 2024-08-08 . . sv.
  6. Web site: Kristina Ohlsson . Salomonsson Agency.
  7. Web site: Wejbro . Sandra . 2018-03-23 . Kristina Ohlssons succéböcker blir kriminalserie . 2024-08-08 . Aftonbladet . sv.
  8. Web site: Johannesson . Sune . 2009-10-09 . Debutdrömmen . 2024-08-08 . . sv.