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Karin Alfredsson
Born1953
NationalitySweden
Genrenovel, essay

Karin Alfredsson (born 1953) is a Swedish writer and journalist.

She wrote articles for the magazine OmVärlden. Alfredsson worked as an editor for several programs for the Swedish public broadcaster SVT. She was also a visiting journalism professor at Umeå University. She contributed to the anthology The Tattooed Girl: The Enigma of Stieg Larsson and the Secrets Behind the Most Compelling Thrillers of Our Time.[1] Her books, including crime fiction, mainly deal with women's issues. She currently lives in Stockholm.[2]

Alfredsson has been credited with being the main driving force during the 1980s in persuading the Swedish government to treat domestic violence more severely.[2] She was the founder and head of "Cause of Death: Woman", a non-governmental project to stop violence against women which was active in ten countries.[3]

Selected works[2]

  • Den man älskar agar man?, on violence against women (1979) ("The person that you love you hurt?")[1]
  • 80 grader från Varmvattnet, crime novel (2006), received the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy debutante award, translated into English as Beauty, Blessing and Hope
  • Kvinnorna på 10:e våningen, crime novel (2008), translated into English as The Woman on the 10th floor
  • Klockan 21:37, crime novel (2009), translated into English as 9:37 pm
  • Den sjätte gudinnan, crime novel (2010), translated into English as The Sixth Goddess
  • Pojken i hiss 54, crime novel (2011), translated into English as The Boy in Elevator 54

References

  1. ^ a b Burstein, Dan; de Keijzer, Arne; Holmberg, John-Henri (2011). The Tattooed Girl: The Enigma of Stieg Larsson and the Secrets Behind the Most Compelling Thrillers of Our Time. pp. 133, 353. ISBN 1429983671.
  2. ^ a b c Brunsdale, Mitzi M (2016). Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Since 1967. pp. 401–02. ISBN 1476622779.
  3. ^ "Karin Alfredsson travels the world to help stop violence against women". Christian Science Monitor. September 19, 2011.
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