The weekly Swedish bestseller lists
Anders Roslund’s long-running bestseller Knock Knock is No. 5 both in audio and e-book on week 35’s official Swedish bestseller lists.
The weekly Norwegian bestseller lists
The August bestseller list for children’s fiction in Norway
Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ The Search for the Magician’s Tome is No. 1 on the official children’s bestseller list for the third month in a row. The activity book is joined also this month by the fifteenth book in the Detective Agency No. 2 series, Operation Sable Forest, which comes in at No. 5.
Jo Nesbø No. 2 in Germany
Jo Nesbø’s Knife, the twelfth Harry Hole novel, has gone straight to No. 2 on Der Spiegel’s bestseller list for hardcover fiction after being published by Ullstein in Germany just a week ago.
‘Stupid Young Heart’ chosen as Finland’s Oscar candidate
Selma Vilhunen’s Stupid Young Heart will be Finland’s submission for ‘Best International Feature Film’ at the Academy awards. The celebrated film had its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival and won the Crystal Bear for ‘Best Youth Film’ at the 2019 Berlinale.
Stupid Young Heart tells the story of a group of teenagers grappling with the unexpected grown-up problem of pregnancy while far right ideas start to spread in their multicultural neighborhood.
The Academy award nominations in the International Feature Film category will be announced on January 13th, 2020.
The Tim Bergling Foundation organizes Avicii tribute concert for mental health awareness
A tribute concert featuring the music of Avicii will take place on December 5th in Stockholm, Sweden. The concert will feature 19 of the original singers on Avicii’s biggest hits as well as opening sets from friends like David Guetta, Kygo, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Laidback Luke and Nicky Romero. The participating singers — Aloe Blacc, Adam Lambert, Alex Ebert, Rita Ora, Joe Janiak and more — will perform alongside a 30-piece band in a two-hour headlining set at the Friends Arena in Stockholm.
All net profits from the Avicii Tribute Concert for Mental Health Awareness, which is produced by the foundation bearing Avicii’s real name, Tim Bergling, will go to supporting organizations which address mental health needs and suicide prevention.
Read more in Variety by clicking “Read more” below.
‘The Informer’ receives praise in UK press
The feature film The Informer, based on the novel Three Seconds by Roslund & Hellström, is released nationwide in theatres in the UK today. Several of the biggest UK newspapers are already lauding the film, which is directed by Andrea Di Stefano, and stars Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike and Ana de Armas in the lead roles.
“Joel Kinnaman stars in a sharp, cunning crime thriller. /…/ The Informer is one of the year’s more pleasant genre surprises: a clenched fist of a crime thriller in the mode of The Departed or The Town, in which every element is just a notch smarter than you’d expect. […] it holds together absorbingly, thanks to a sturdy script which ups stakes and adds characters with cunning and intelligence. /…/ While gritty genre fare gravitates more and more to the small screen, it’s strangely satisfying to watch two hours spent doing business the old way.”
-Telegraph, UK
“It’s a genuinely tense, gritty, New York City-set drama with a compelling leading man in Joel Kinnaman, and solid support from Rosamund Pike, whose fragrant English Rose period is now just a distant memory. /…/ That’s an admirably multinational team behind a film that feels not just distinctly American but carries that particular whiff of New York City underbelly, of sweat and pretzels and acrid steam rising from subway gratings.”
-Daily Mail, UK
“Old-school twisty thriller holds its best tricks until the end. /…/ This hard-edged, old-school crime thriller is a resolutely grim and increasingly violent affair, and holds your attention with a hardworking cast, decent production values and a twisty story which holds its best tricks until the end.”
-Daily Mirror, UK
“Gripping tale of brawn and bloodshed behind bars. /…/ Rosamund Pike is an FBI agent who sends an ex-con undercover in a gritty crime drama that drips with menace. This is a tough, muscular, sweaty thriller […] its world reeking with cynicism and fear.”
-The Guardian, UK
“It’s pulled off with slick effectiveness and has enough bumps in the road to demand your attention to the end.”
–The Times, UK
The weekly Swedish bestseller lists
Anders Roslund once again grabs three spots on the official weekly Swedish bestseller lists, where his Knock Knock is now No. 2 in hardcover and audio, and No. 3 in e-books. On the audio list is also Jo Nesbø with Knife, at No. 4, and Stina Jackson with The Silver Road, at No. 5. Nesbø’s twelfth Harry Hole novel also comes in at No. 5 in e-book.
‘438 Days’ lauded in Swedish press
Today is the theatrical release for 438 Days, and the anticipated film has already received great praise in Swedish press.
“438 Days is uninterruptedly thrilling and entertaining.”
–Aftonbladet
“A grandiose film of Hollywood proportions.”
–Göteborgs-Posten
“438 Days is one of the best Swedish films of the year.”
–Filmtopp.se
“[Ganslandt and Birro] have made a suspenseful and well-made thriller that dares to be both drama and feel good.”
-_TT_
“A very entertaining film not to be missed!”
–Filmparadiset.se
438 Days is directed by Jesper Ganslandt, written by Peter Birro, and produced by Miso Film.