‘The Swedish Torpedo’ showered with nominations at the Guldbagge Awards
The nominations for this year’s Guldbagge Awards have been presented, and Frida Kempff’s The Swedish Torpedo received a staggering eight nominations, including ‘Best Film’ and ‘Best Screenplay.’
The Guldbagge Awards ceremony, hosted by actress Shima Niavarani, will be held at Cirkus in Stockholm on January 13, 2025. Swedish Television (SVT) will be broadcasting the event live.
‘Dry Land’ No. 1 in Norway
Jørn Lier Horst’s Dry Land, the latest installment in the bestselling Wisting series, tops both the hardcover and e-book bestseller lists this week.
Photo: Carla Orrego Veliz; Rickard Eriksson
Andrzej Tichý and Anders Rydell receivers of the Albert Bonnier Scholarship Foundation
Each year, the Albert Bonnier Scholarship Foundation awards eight scholarships to support, encourage, and celebrate authors writing in Swedish. These scholarships are distributed across the following categories: fiction writers, poets, cultural journalists, translators, illustrators/designers, and non-fiction writers.
Both Anders Rydell and Andrzej Tichý are among this year’s recipients. Tichý, who released his critically acclaimed Book of Events in February, is one of the recipients in the fiction category. Rydell, whose latest work is the highly praised Stolen Music, is one of two recipients in the non-fiction category.
Pascal Engman, Anders de la Motte, and Jens Lapidus selected among Falu-Kuriren’s best books 2024
As the year 2024 is coming to an end, Swedish newspaper Falu-Kuriren has listed its best suspense novels of 2024. Among the selected titles are No One by Pascal Engman, The Rust Forest by Anders de la Motte, and Grand Finale by Jens Lapidus. The paper offers the following reviews:
“With journalistic sharpness, Pascal Engman has the ability to create suspense literature in which he puts his finger on different societal issues. Detective Vanessa Frank and her colleagues are recurring characters, but Engman puts as much care into criminals and victims in his stories. /…/ The many threads are intertwined to a ball that rolls faster and faster. Pascal Engman writes highly topical suspense like no other.”
“De La Motte’s writing is impressive, and The Rust Forest is definitely worth a read.”
“Jens Lapidus’ Top Dog series has been influential in shaping both novels and TV shows about Stockholm’s underworld as it appears today. With this, he brings the series to the finish line, and it is truly a Grand Finale.”
Lisa Ridzén, Lisa Marklund, Lars Kepler, and Tina Mackic on the Swedish bestseller lists
This week, Lisa Ridzén’s When The Cranes Fly South claims the No. 1 spot on the bestselling list for paperbacks, closely followed by Liza Marklund’s Storm Mountain at No. 3. Lars Kepler’s The Sleepwalker holds the No. 2 spot on the hardcover list, while Tina Mackic’s The Summer Shadow and the Christmas Prank, comes in at No. 3 on the children’s list.
‘Book of Events’ and ‘Stolen Music’ selected by Sydsvenskan as two of the best books of 2024
Sydsvenskan, the largest newspaper in southern Sweden, has announced its list of this year’s best books, featuring the acclaimed works Book of Events by Andrzej Tichý and Stolen Music by Anders Rydell. The newspaper offers the following reviews of the books:
“What a privilege it is to be human and to read the nearly 700-page-long Book of Events. Andrzej Tichý—Sweden’s master of darkness—has written a completely brilliant and twisted novel about racism, violence, and vulnerability. It is a pleasure to follow Tichý into the heart of darkness.”
“With immense knowledge and passion, Anders Rydell portrays the horrifying campaign in the Third Reich to erase Jewish musicians and their works from history.”
‘The Sleepwalker’ No. 1 in Finland
The official Finnish bestseller list for the month of November is out, and The Sleepwalker ranked No. 1 in the translated category for hardcover, audiobook, and e-book formats. Moreover, it secured the No. 5 spot across all formats.
Lars Kepler No. 1 in Czech Republic
Lars Kepler’s latest installment in the bestselling Joona Linna series, The Sleepwalker, debuts at No. 1 on the Czech Republic official bestseller list this week.
Lars Kepler, Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger, and Jørn Lier Horst stays put on the Norwegian bestseller lists
Lars Kepler’s The Sleepwalker remains firmly at the top of the e-book bestseller list, holding steady at No. 1. Jørn Lier Horst and Thomas Enger’s Victim continues to secure the No. 2 spot on the paperback list. Meanwhile, Jørn’s Dry Land ranks No. 2 in both the hardcover and e-book categories.
‘Jönssonligan kommer tillbaka’ premieres in Swedish cinemas
Friday December 6 saw the premiere of Jönssonligan kommer tillbaka in Swedish cinemas. The heist comedy has received great reviews, many of them praising the film for bringing the old and beloved characters into a new contemporary context.
Eddie Åhgren is directing the film with a stellar cast including Robert Gustafsson, Jonas Karlsson, Anders Jansson, Jennie Silfverhjelm, Arvin Kananian and Johan Rabaeus.