Outside of the late author Stieg Larsson, Mr. Alfredson is probably Sweden's most successful cultural export of the moment.

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It advertised a Stieg Larsson tour, exactly what I wasn't looking for.

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The top 10 most popular authors of 2012 in the Amazon.co.uk Kindle Store are: EL James, Suzanne Collins, Stieg Larsson, James Patterson, Lee Child, Nick Spalding, S.J.

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Aside from the usual suspects like Albert Einstein, Elvis and John Lennon, we added two interesting newcomers this year: Stieg Larsson and George Steinbrenner.

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She will star as Lisbeth Salander in the studio's upcoming version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the first of a planned trilogy based on Stieg Larsson's bestselling novels.

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At least it does for me, as I believe the recent success of Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell has made us, as a nation of readers, warmer toward our Scandinavian neighbors.

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Recent years have seen an upsurge in international interest in gloomy, gritty, Scandinavian crime fiction such as the Wallander series, Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy or the Danish TV series The Killing.

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Finally, we explored the phenomenon of the Stieg Larsson "Millennium" tour in Stockholm, where tourists are flocking to follow in the footsteps of the late author's characters portrayed in his books and more film adaptations.

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