Julia Angelin takes up the post as the new CEO of Salomonsson Agency as of today, December 1st, 2016. The former CEO Niclas Salomonsson will from here on focus wholeheartedly on his work as a literary agent.

Julia Angelin has worked as a financial accountant and a literary agent at the agency since 2013. She has, besides representing a list of numerous prominent literary and crime fiction writers, founded the agency’s children’s books section, now a pillar of the agency.

Niclas Salomonsson:
-I started this agency to help the world discover Scandinavian voices – that’s my passion, and that’s what I’m good at. And that is also where I want to put my complete focus. Now I would like to pass the baton on to Julia, who is someone that possesses a wide competence and furthermore one of the best agents I have met during my seventeen years in the business. She has the drive to take the agency – and more importantly, our authors – to new heights.

Julia Angelin:
-I am of course thrilled to be shown such trust and confidence, and I hope to be able to continue the work of developing the agency in the same spirit as Niclas has done. That he has gone from doing everything by himself and fighting alone for his authors, to running one of Europe’s premier agencies, is something that is incredibly inspiring. My focus will be on the whole: on the authors and screenwriters, on the writing, and on the ideas themselves.

The Swedish video-on-demand service CMore has comissioned two seasons of a new spy thriller series based on Jan Guillou’s best-selling books featuring Swedish spy Carl Hamilton. The TV-series, which will be produced by Swedish IP-rights company IRLC and Dramacorp (known for TV series such as Blue Eyes and Midnight Sun) has been scheduled to start its production at the end of 2017.

Petter S. Rosenlund, who previously created the critically acclaimed The Heavy Water War (2015), which with its 1,7 million viewers earned one of the absolute highest ratings in Norway for a TV series drama, has been confirmed as Head Writer for the series. Dramacorp said he plans to write contemporary “high-concept, character-driven drama with international traction”.

The Hamilton books have been adapted into a number of feature films and miniseries, with Hollywood actor Stellan Skarsgård playing the central character role in the first movie back in 1989.

A Man Called Ove is No. 1 on the New York Times Best Seller List for the second week in a row. This marks the 48th consecutive week on the list for Fredrik Backman’s debut novel.

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry too stays at its No. 4 spot in its 32nd consecutive week on the list.

Modus, the hit Swedish TV series based on Anne Holt’s Inger Johanne Vik novels, and primarily its fourth installment Fear Not, premiered on BBC4 in the UK this Saturday. The series, which became the most successful Scandinavian TV series to air on the Swedish channel TV4 in 25 years, will run on Saturday evenings through December 17th.

Please click “Read more” below to read an article in The Guardian about Modus.

Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove has reached the No. 1 spot on the New York Times Best Seller List. This marks the 47th consecutive week on the list for A Man Called Ove.

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry climbs to No. 4 in its 31st consecutive week on the list.

Sofi Oksanen’s When the Doves Disappeared and Fredrik Backman’s My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry are longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2017. The shortlist will be published next year in April and the winner will be announced on June 21st.

Click on “Read more” below to read about the nominees.