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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 Ghost Detectives

The Bohus Coast Trilogy

August Strindberg

Children's stand-alone

Martin Benner

The Monster Trilogy

Fredrika Bergman

The Glass Children Trilogy

Related news

‘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.

Photo: Anna-Lena Lundqvist

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.

‘Beyond Rescue’ No. 1 in Sweden

Beyond Rescue, Kristina Ohlsson’s newly published novel in the August Strindberg series, makes its debut at No. 1 on the hardcover bestseller list of the week.

‘Beyond Rescue’ published in Sweden

The summer heat has finally come to stay and crayfish season is just around the corner. August’s wish for a family has been realized and he and Maria are enjoying their life as newly minted parents. But then a shade from August’s past turns up; someone in his family appears to have carried a great secret.

Their idyllic community is once more shaken to its core as an elderly couple is found poisoned. Residents of the area for fifty years, the couple were well-liked by all. Who would wish them ill? The investigation lands on Maria’s desk, but there’s something boiling under the surface in her team. What is her colleague Ray-Ray hiding? The case proves to have an even darker side to it than anyone could have imagined…

Beyond Rescue is the fourth installment in Kristina Ohlsson’s No. 1 international bestselling series about August Strindberg.

Kristina Ohlsson No. 1 in Sweden

Kristina Ohlsson claims the No. 1 spot on the paperback list also this week, featuring at the top with Dimmed Lights, the third August Strindberg novel. She is also the No. 1 most sold on the paperback list for the month of November.

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