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Maj Sjöwall

Swedish writer. Together with her husband Per Wahlöö, author of crime novels about detective Martin Beck, using the signature Sjöwall/Wahlöö.

Swedish writer (1935–2020)

Born	25 September 1935
Died	29 April 2020

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Roseanna

by Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö, Ona Rius Piqué, Tom Weiner, Martin Lexell, and Elda García First published in 1967 — 55 editions

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The man who went up in smoke

by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö First published in 1966 — 42 editions

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The man on the balcony

by Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö, Full Cast, Neil Pearson, Steven Mackintosh, Alan Blair, Tom Weiner, Martin Lexell, MANUEL ABELLA MARTINEZ, and 1 other First published in 1968 — 35 editions

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The Laughing Policeman: The Martin Beck Series

by Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö, and Tom Weiner First published in 1968 — 33 editions
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The Locked Room

by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö First published in 1972 — 31 editions
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Murder at the Savoy

by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö First published in 1970 — 26 editions

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Cop Killer: The Martin Beck Series

by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö First published in 1974 — 25 editions

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The fire engine that disappeared

by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö First published in 1969 — 23 editions

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The abominable man

by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö First published in 1971 — 20 editions

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The Terrorists

by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö First published in 1975 — 20 editions
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Le Policier qui rit

by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö First published in 2008 — 11 editions

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Eine Frau wie Greta Garbo

by Maj Sjöwall and Tomas Ross First published in 1990 — 5 editions

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Alarm in Sköldgatan.

by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö First published in 1980 — 4 editions

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A purple place for dying / Home to Roost / The Terroists

by John D. MacDonald, Andrew Garve, Per Wahlöö, and Maj Sjöwall First published in 1976 — 2 editions

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A darker shade of Sweden: original stories by Sweden's greatest crime writers

by John-Henri Holmberg, Åsa Larsson, Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, Alessandro Bassini, Tove Alsterdal, Rolf Borjlind, Cilla Borjlind, Åke Edwardson, and 13 others First published in 2014 — 2 editions
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The Man on the Balcony, the Story of a Crime; a Martin Beck Police Mystery / 2

by Per Wahlöö and Maj Sjöwall First published in 1976 — 1 edition

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Martin Beck Mysteries

by Per Wahlöö and Maj Sjöwall First published in 2008 — 1 edition

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SOS Title Unknown

by Maj Sjöwall First published in 2007 — 1 edition

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L'homme qui partit en fumée

by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö First published in 2008 — 1 edition

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Meurtre au Savoy

by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö First published in 2009 — 1 edition

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Swedish writer (1935–2020)

Born	25 September 1935
Died	29 April 2020

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OLID: OL709121A
BookBrainz: 0673e84c-4b72-4b5e-ba6d-dd3df7faabd9
ISNI: 0000000121479135
IMDb: nm0803711
Library of Congress Names: n79121396
LibraryThing: sjowallmaj
MusicBrainz: d34d63bd-550f-41e7-b905-172c5d287fa5
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): LIAV004523
VIAF: 111631772
Wikidata: Q264855
Inventaire.io: wd:Q264855

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Sjowall

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