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The following list was given to me in Nov. 2012. It was prepared by Dr. Mitzi Brunsdale, author of this major reference work:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01F2AEM2O/?tag=id2100-20
Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction | Guardian Bookshop
Brunsdale digs deep into Nordic mysteries
Here is Dr. Brunsdale's list ("also" refers to recommendations she gave me on another occasion):
SWEDEN
The ten-novel Maj Sjöwall-Per Wahlöö series about Martin Beck, starting with Rosanna
Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander series
Liza Marklund: The Red Wolf
Camilla Läckberg: The Gallows Bird
Leif Persson, Between Summer's Longing and Winters End
Hakon Nesser: Borkmann's Point
NORWAY
Jo Nesbø: The Harry Hole series: The Redbreast; The Snowman; also The Phantom
Anne Holt: The Hanne Wilhelmsen series: 1222; Blind Goddess; also Blessed Are Those Who Thirst
Thomas Enger: Burned
Karin Fossum: Don't Look Back; also The Indian Bride
ICELAND
Arnaldur Indriðason: Silence of the Grave; Jar City; also Hypothermia
Yrsa Sigurdardóttir: Last Rituals; Ashes to Ashes
DENMARK
Jussi Adler-Olsen: The Department Q series, beginning with Mercy; also The Keeper of Lost Causes
The Kaaberbøl-Friss Nina Borg series, beginning with The Boy in the Suitcase
FINLAND
Matti Joensuu: The Priest of Evil
Kjeli Westø: Lang
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01F2AEM2O/?tag=id2100-20
Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction | Guardian Bookshop
Brunsdale digs deep into Nordic mysteries
Here is Dr. Brunsdale's list ("also" refers to recommendations she gave me on another occasion):
SWEDEN
The ten-novel Maj Sjöwall-Per Wahlöö series about Martin Beck, starting with Rosanna
Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander series
Liza Marklund: The Red Wolf
Camilla Läckberg: The Gallows Bird
Leif Persson, Between Summer's Longing and Winters End
Hakon Nesser: Borkmann's Point
NORWAY
Jo Nesbø: The Harry Hole series: The Redbreast; The Snowman; also The Phantom
Anne Holt: The Hanne Wilhelmsen series: 1222; Blind Goddess; also Blessed Are Those Who Thirst
Thomas Enger: Burned
Karin Fossum: Don't Look Back; also The Indian Bride
ICELAND
Arnaldur Indriðason: Silence of the Grave; Jar City; also Hypothermia
Yrsa Sigurdardóttir: Last Rituals; Ashes to Ashes
DENMARK
Jussi Adler-Olsen: The Department Q series, beginning with Mercy; also The Keeper of Lost Causes
The Kaaberbøl-Friss Nina Borg series, beginning with The Boy in the Suitcase
FINLAND
Matti Joensuu: The Priest of Evil
Kjeli Westø: Lang
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