Lars Kepler makes a double showing on the Swedish bestseller lists this week. The Sailor, a stand-alone collection of short stories, lands the No. 2 spot on the paperback list. Medusa, the latest title in the Joona Linna series, comes in at No. 3 in hardcover.

Janna Granström is a Swedish actor working across film, television and theatre. She graduated from the School of Theatre in Luleå in 2009 and has since worked extensively in theatre, with an established stage career at both Stockholms Stadsteater and Dramaten.

She is known for her physical presence, her comic range and her ability to carry both humour and darkness within the same performance. She is closely associated with Konträr in Stockholm, one of Sweden’s most prominent venues for international and boundary-pushing performing arts. There, she contributes as creator, director and performer in productions that challenge conventional forms at the intersection of text, body and audience.

Her screen credits include the dramedy series Alla utom vi (2021–2024) and the feature films Cirkeln (2015), Så länge hjärtat slår (2024), Hemmet (2025) and Arkipelag (2026).

Among her upcoming projects are the second season of the acclaimed SVT drama Hundarna and a Netflix series, which is soon to be officially announced.

Actor Noel Flike has been nominated for the TV4 Rising Star Award for his performance in the comedy feature film Flaggan (2026).

The award celebrates emerging talent across both film and television. The jury has been searching for “the year’s most memorable performances in front of the camera” and “talents with exceptional artistic potential.”

The winner will be announced at the Stockholm International Film Festival on November 19.

What happens when a person loses control of their thirst for revenge and their darkest desires?

The Chief of Police, Jakob Johanson, attends a midwinter feast with his girlfriend Guðrún’s family. The atmosphere is festive, with people dancing and enjoying one another’s company. The guests are just taking their seats around a table laden with traditional dishes when Jakob realizes that something is terribly wrong.

Meanwhile, detective Hildur Rúnarsdóttir and her partner, Einar, are investigating a strange crime in the village of Flateyri. What happened to a Finnish businessman in the upstairs rooms of a bookshop famous for its ghost stories?

Dísa has been working as a police informant, but the stream of criminal activity she has been reporting has dried up. With time on her hands, she decides to volunteer at a women’s shelter. Dísa knows what it feels like to be ignored, to have people look the other way when the police offer no help. She refuses to let anyone else suffer in silence or be forced to turn the other cheek.

In the depths of winter, a turning point in Hildur’s life brings her happiness. But in the Westfjords, revenge and the thirst for justice are drawing closer, and they are coming from the same direction.

Dísa is the 6th installment in the internationally bestselling Hildur series.

Karin Magnusson has been awarded the Summer Prize 2026 for her debut novel Broken White. Founded to increase reading, this is the tenth anniversary of the Summer Prize. It is awarded yearly to an author who pens high-quality and thought-provoking literature with an absorbing story and accessible prose.

The jury’s motivation reads:
“In her debut novel Broken White, Karin Magnusson takes on the 90s crisis, which tore careers and families apart but is forgotten today and seldomly portrayed in literature. She captures the 90s spirit in a touching way. We found the portrayal of social tensions and settings very rewarding, both in main character Stefan’s hometown and in Stockholm. Magnusson portrays Stefan’s life story with a sense for details and sharp observations.”

Josef is on the run. His years in the Clan has made him their worst enemy and there’s a high price on his head. But he cannot run forever. If he’s ever going to live a life in freedom and reunite with Antonia, he has to return to Sweden.

Following his father’s death, Muhammed is the head of the Clan and they are more powerful than ever. His sister Zara, however, is not mourning. She is plotting her revenge. With policeman Hjalmar on her side, they are both working tirelessly in the dark. The Clan must be destroyed.

Johanna has been placed in a group home. William lives in a villa in the nicer part of Sollentuna. Their realities are very different, but it doesn’t take long before they are both drawn into the Clan’s web. The young girl and the privileged boy easily move under the police’s radar. But soon lives are at stake and they need to choose which path to follow.

The Love is the third and final installment in the Clan trilogy. It is a stirring portrayal of gang criminality’s reckless violence and effect on our society, where individuals are enticed by money and status and innocent people are used and end up in the line of fire.

Félix and Victor are from two different worlds.

They couldn’t be more unalike. Félix grew up without parents in one of Stockholm’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods; Victor inherited a company from his father and lives in one of Stockholm’s most attractive areas. Now they’re both in big trouble. Félix is about to be evicted, and his brother is pressuring him to commit crimes. Victor is about to lose both his wife and his business, and the pills he takes to numb the pain cloud his mind. He needs help. He needs someone like Félix.

The problem is, Victor just fired Félix.

A Brother and a Friend is a tale of male friendship. Warm, funny, and intriguing, it shows a new side of Jens Lapidus’ versatile authorship.

Kristina Ohlsson is back with Midwinter Deeds, a Christmas novella about August Strindberg’s first ever Christmas holiday as a new resident of Hovenäset.

Winter has the small community of Hovenäset in its icy grip and snow covers the rugged coastal landscape. August’s second-hand store has had a nice start and he himself is head-over-heels for police officer Maria Martinsson.

But then strange things start to happen. August discovers signs of a nighttime visitor who appears to have made their way into his store to flee the cold. Maria meanwhile is pulled into the investigation of the theft of a painting and a kidnapped son. Both she and her colleague Ray-Ray soon suspect that there’s something strange afoot. What actually happened to the missing son? The case transforms into a fight against the clock. And with each night that passes, the temperatures drop…