The latest film in the Millennium series, based on Stieg Larsson's much-loved trilogy, was released in Sweden on Friday – and eagle-eyed The Local readers will be able to spot a familiar website in the film.
David Lagercrantz, the Swedish writer behind the sequels to Stieg Larsson's Millennium, has spoken about the fifth instalment in the global Nordic Noir hit series. Here are the best bits.
Swedish Nordic Noir heroine Lisbeth Salander could be returning to Hollywood. It's been reported that a controversial sequel to Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy is set to be turned into a movie.
Furious fans of the Millennium trilogy have vented their anger on social media after a Swedish asset management firm used Nordic Noir heroine Lisbeth Salander in one of their adverts.
Nordic Noir fans had cause to celebrate on Thursday after David Lagercrantz said another two novels were set to follow on the Swedish writer's first sequel to Stieg Larsson's best-selling Millennium trilogy.
The Swedish author of the highly-anticipated sequel to the Millennium crime trilogy has come out in support of a number of media that have decided to boycott him, after his publishing house asked them to agree to rigorous conditions in order to be granted interviews.
David Lagercrantz, commissioned to write the upcoming sequel to the late Stieg Larsson's best-selling Millennium trilogy, wrote in the Dagens Nyheter newspaper on Sunday that he lived "day and night" with Larsson's characters.
Currently back in her native Sweden at the Gothenburg Film Festival, Stieg Larsson star and London resident Noomi Rapace says she finds the Swedish attitude to success "oppressive".
Revenues stemming from Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy of crime novels continue to pour in, bringing in nearly 100 million kronor ($14.8 million) in the last year.
A new crime thriller called "The Storm", which is allegedly written by a Swedish crime writer called Per Johansson and recently published in Germany, seems to have thrown up at least as many intrigues, malicious plots, and mysteries as it contains.
Sweden – a country of sexually liberated people, sensible cars and flat-pack furniture, or a modern society battling with violence, injustice and men who hate women? The Local's <b>Rebecca Martin</b> looks at how the success of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy has affected Sweden’s image abroad.
The late Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson's former partner has slammed the commercialization of the author's best-selling novel, “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” in connection with the release of Hollywood's adaption of the book.
As the world awaits the impending release of the Hollywood version of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”, The Local's <b>Geoff Mortimore</b> looks at whether the capital of the US film industry can accurately portray Sweden's dark underbelly.
Swedish publishing house Norstedts, publisher of Stieg Larsson's 'Millennium' trilogy, released an English-language “Chasing Salander” iPhone app on Tuesday, just days ahead of the world première of the Hollywood version of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo".
Stieg Larsson's best-selling Millennium thrillers have inspired films, an upcoming comic book, sightseeing tours and now a special H&M line dedicated to his tattooed hacker heroine, the Swedish fashion giant said Wednesday.
Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, author of the world acclaimed Millennium trilogy, came in at shared ninth when Forbes recently ranked stars who are still earning big in the afterlife.
A letter to late Swedish author Stieg Larsson rejecting his application to journalism school due to doubts about his writing skills is set to go on the auction block.
Students at the prestigious Harvard University will soon have the chance to study Stieg Larsson and heroine Lisbeth Salander when an expert on Swedish crime fiction joins the faculty for a guest lectureship.
David Fincher, the director of the forthcoming Hollywood version of the Stieg Larsson novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor) has changed the ending of the story
Kurdo Baksi, confidant and author of an expose book on deceased Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson, has claimed that the manuscript believed to be the fourth book in the Millennium series is almost complete.
A new report commissioned by regional authorities around Stockholm estimates that the Swedish films based on Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy have brought $155 million in terms of marketing value exposure to the region.
While Stieg Larsson's Millennium crime trilogy turned him into a global phenomenon, the late Swedish author never dreamed of being famous, his Swedish biographer tells The Local's <b>Geoff Mortimore</b>.
