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Kristina Ohlsson

Kristina Ohlsson (b. 1979) is one of Sweden’s most successful and lauded authors of crime fiction and children’s books. Before becoming a full-time writer, Kristina worked for the OSCE (the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe), the Swedish Security Service, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since her switch to a literary career, she has been a frequent name on national and international bestseller lists, award shortlists, and a critics’ favorite. In 2020, she embarked on a new crime series set on the atmospheric west coast of Sweden: the August Strindberg series.

“No one creates intrigues like she does. It is simply brilliant.”
Maj Sjöwall

“The writing is tense, dense and very atmospheric. The stories sharp and impossible to let go. Kristina Ohlsson is a true queen of scandinavian crime.”
Mons Kallentoft

“Kristina Ohlssons has managed to do what many before her have tried: to take the Swedish crime novel to a new and unexpected level.”
Arne Dahl

Awards

Shortlisted for the BookBeat Award (Crime Writer of the Year) Sweden 2023
Shortlisted for the Storytel Awards (Best Suspense) Sweden – Skuggläge Dimmed Lights 2023
Shortlisted for the Storytel Awards (Best Suspense) Sweden – Stormvakt Storm Watch 2020
Shortlisted for the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award (Best Swedish Crime Novel) Sweden – Stormvakt Storm Watch 2020
Shortlisted for the Storytel Awards (Best Suspense) Sweden – Henrys hemlighet To Him Who Knocks 2019
Book of the Year 2018 (Grades 5-7) Norway – Det magiska hjärtat The Magical Heart 2018
The Crimetime Specsavers Award (Children’s Crime Fiction of the Year) Sweden – Varulvens hemlighet The Werewolf’s Secret 2017
Shortlisted for the Swedish Radio’s Children’s Novel Award Sweden – Det magiska hjärtat The Magical Heart 2017
Shortlisted for the Crimetime Specsavers Award (Crime Writer of the Year - Readers’ Award) Sweden 2017
Shortlisted for the Crimetime Specsavers Award (Children’s Crime Fiction of the Year) Sweden – Zombiefeber Zombie Fever 2016
Shortlisted for the Crimetime Specsavers Award (Children’s Crime Fiction of the Year) Sweden – Glasbarnen The Glass Children 2016
Shortlisted for the Crimetime Specsavers Award (Children’s Crime Fiction of the Year) Sweden – Silverpojken The Silver Boy 2016
Shortlisted for the Crimetime Specsavers Award (Children’s Crime Fiction of the Year) Sweden – Stenänglar The Stone Angels 2016
The Latvian National Library Children’s Literature Centre’s Award Latvia – Glasbarnen The Glass Children 2015
The Bookjury! Award Sweden – Silverpojken The Silver Boy 2014
The Swedish Bookshop Association’s Your Book, Our Choice Award Sweden – Silverpojken The Silver Boy 2014
Swedish Radio’s Children’s Novel Award Sweden – Glasbarnen The Glass Children 2013
Shortlisted for the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award (Best Crime Novel of the Year) Sweden – Änglavakter The Disappeared 2011
Shortlisted for the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award (Best Crime Novel of the Year) Sweden – Tusenskönor Silenced 2010
The Stabilo Prize (Best Crime Writer of Southern Sweden) Sweden 2010
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Bibliography

Stand-alone

The Bohus Coast Trilogy

The Ghost Detectives

August Strindberg

Children's stand-alone

Martin Benner

The Monster Trilogy

Fredrika Bergman

The Glass Children Trilogy

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The Adlibris Awards 2024

The nominees for the 2024 Adlibris Awards have just been announced. Adlibris is the leading book retailer in the Nordics and the award was founded in 2019 to celebrate the site’s biggest titles. The nominated works have been selected by a jury of Adlibris employees, but the winners will be voted forth by the public.

Liza Ridzén has been nominated in both the “Fiction of the Year” and “Debut of the Year” categories for When The Cranes Fly South. Nominated for “Debut of the Year” are also Johanna Swanberg for Cassi, and Ebba Bandh for A Little Death

Amongst the nominated titles in the “Crime Fiction” category are Kristina Ohlsson’s Beyond Rescue, and Lars Kepler’s The Sleepwalker.

Finally, in the “Children’s Book of the Year, Ages 6-12” category, Martin Widmark has received a nomination for The Space Mystery

The winning titles will be announced on January 30, 2025.

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Kristina Ohlsson receives the Kristianstadsbladet’s Culture and Entertainment Award

Kristina Ohlsson has been honored with this year’s Kristianstadsbladet Culture and Entertainment Award. The prize was established in 2006 and is awarded annually to a cultural personality, cultural initiative, or production related to the newspaper’s distribution area in and around Kristianstad in northeastern Skåne.

The jury’s motivation reads as follows:

“With desire, curiosity and skill, she captures young and old alike, with stories that are like fairy tales filled with all sides of life: people and ghosts, light and dark, suspense and riddles.”

Lars Kepler, Martin Widmark, Kristina Ohlsson, and Tina Mackic on the Swedish bestseller list

The Sleepwalker, the latest installment in Lars Kepler’s Joona Linna series, stays put at No. 1 on the bestseller list for hardcovers. Meanwhile, Martin Widmark’s The Space Mysteryis No.1 in the children’s category for the 5th consecutive week, followed closely by Kristina Ohlsson’s The Ghost Detectives and the Case of the Ghastly Game at No. 2. Tina Mackic’s just published The Summer Shadow and the Christmas Prank comes in at No. 3.

‘Beyond Rescue’ No. 2 in Norway

Beyond Rescuethe fourth installment in Kristina Ohlsson’s bestselling August Strindberg series, climbs the Norwegian bestseller list and lands the No. 2 spot on the e-book list, and shoots to No. 4 on the hardcover list this week.

‘Beyond Rescue’ No. 4 in Norway

The latest installment in Kristina Ohlsson’s bestselling August Strindberg series, Beyond Rescueshoots to No. 4 on the bestseller list for e-books this week.

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Kristina Ohlsson shortlisted for 2024 BookBeat Award

Kristina Ohlsson is shortlisted for this year’s BookBeat Award in the “Crime Writer of the Year” category. The winner will be determined based on the audiobook service’s statistics from the past year.

The winning authors and titles will be announced during the Crimetime Awards ceremony at the Gothenburg Book Fair on September 28.

Kristina Ohlsson the most sold of quarter two in Sweden

The comprehensive sales statistics for Q2 2024 have been published, and the fourth installment in the August Strindberg series, Beyond Rescue, is the No. 1 most sold title on both the fiction list and the one for total sales. The lists highlight the top 20 bestsellers based on sales value, with total sales including all print and digital formats combined.

‘Beyond Rescue’ No. 2 on the Swedish bestseller list for the second quarter

The official statistics of the bestselling titles in Sweden during the second quarter of 2024 have just been published. The fourth book in Kristina Ohlsson’s bestselling August Strindberg series, Beyond Rescueis No. 2 in the hardcover category.

‘Dimmed Lights’ on Der Spiegel’s bestseller list

Dimmed Lights, the third installment in Kristina Ohlsson’s lauded August Strindberg series, enters Der Spiegel’s list for trade paperbacks at No. 5 this week.

‘Beyond Rescue’ and ‘Death on Capri’ among most sold in Sweden this May

Beyond Rescuethe fourth installment in Kristina Ohlsson’s successful August Strindberg series, is No. 2 on the official monthly bestseller list for hardcovers in Sweden. Moreover, the first installment in Anders and Anette de la Motte’s whodunit mystery series, Death on Capri, comes in at No.5.

Kristina Ohlsson and Moa Herngren on the Swedish bestseller list

Kristina Ohlsson’s latest installment in the August Strindberg series, Beyond Rescueis No. 2 in Sweden this week, which marks the book’s fourth consecutive week on the list. Meanwhile, Moa Herngren’s The Inheritancewhich was just published, sailed straight to No. 3 on the list.

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