Per Wahlöö

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Per Wahlöö
Born5 August 1926
Died22 June 1975
CitizenshipSwedish
OccupationAuthor

Per Fredrik Wahlöö (5 August 1926 – 22 June 1975) was a Swedish author. He was perhaps best known for the works with his partner Maj Sjöwall on a series of ten novels about the adventures of Martin Beck, a police detective in Stockholm, published between 1965 and 1975. In 1971. He won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America.

Personal life[change | change source]

Wahlöö had a thirteen-year relationship with his colleague Maj Sjöwall but never married her, as he already was married.[1]

He died on 22 June 1975 from problems caused by pancreas surgery in Malmö, Sweden at the age of 48.

Bibliography[change | change source]

Novels written by Per Wahlöö alone (see Martin Beck for joint collaboration with Sjöwall)

  • The Chief (1959)
  • The Wind and Rain (1961)
  • A Necessary Action (1962)
  • The Assignment (1963)
  • No Roses Grow on Odenplan (1964)
  • Murder on the Thirty-First Floor (1966)
  • The Steel Spring (1968)
  • A Necessary Action (1969)
  • The Generals (1974)

References[change | change source]

  1. France, Louise (21 November 2009). "The queen of crime". The Observer. Retrieved 4 April 2017.