The Icelandic edition of Niklas Natt och Dag’s debut novel The Wolf and the Watchman, translated into Icelandic by Hilmar Hilmarsson, has been bestowed with the Icepick Award for the best translated crime fiction title of 2019.

The jury praises the novel as “extremely exciting, with a narrative that is compelling and beautifully written, and that Hilmarsson manages to convey in a very convincing and natural way in his translation.”

Denmark’s largest book retailer Bog og Idé’s weekly crime fiction bestseller list sees Arne Dahl’s Freedom claim the No. 5 position for the second week in a row. Meanwhile Stefan Ahnhem’s X Ways to Die claims the No. 6 spot and Anders Roslund’s Knock Knock appears at No. 7.

The Swedish bestseller lists for week 20 see Ulf Lundell claim two No. 2 spots, in hardback and e-book respectively, with his Weekdays 3. Also making multiple appearances this week is Stina Jackson, whose The Last Snow is No. 4 in hardback as well as No. 5 in both the audio and e-book categories. In audio she is accompanied by Arne Dahl who comes in at No. 7 with Freedom, his latest installment in the Berger & Blom series.

The Norwegian bestseller lists for week 20 see Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger’s Smoke Screen, the second title in the Blix and Ramm series, come in at No. 3 in the paperback category. Hedvig Montgomery’s The Adolescent Years, the fifth installment in her Parental Magic series, meanwhile nabs the No. 5 spot in non-fiction.

For the 16th week running, Niklas Natt och Dag’s debut novel The Wolf and the Watchman finds itself in the top ten of the Spanish bestseller list. This week the novel nabs the No. 9 spot.

Netflix has ordered Clark, a drama series about the Swedish criminal Clark Olofsson, who will be portrayed by Bill Skarsgård (It Chapter Two). The six-episode series is based on Olofsson’s autobiography Vafan var det som hände and will chart Clark’s early years until present day. Referred to as a “celebrity gangster,” Olofsson started his criminal career in the 1960s and became one of the most controversial personalities in contemporary Swedish history. Over the years, Clark gave rise to the concept of Stockholm Syndrome, escaped from prison multiple times, and committed robberies all over Europe.

Clark will be directed by Jonas Åkerlund (Lords Of Chaos) and produced by Scandinavian Content Group. Fredrik Agetoft, Peter Arrhenius and Jonas Åkerlund are the writers.