Top Scandinavian Noir / Detective Authors
Each month we ask our Facebook followers for a book or series recommendation based on a particular genre or similar parameters – and then print the answers in our mid-month newsletter.
I thought it would be a good idea to have a separate page listing these, as I use it as a reference guide often.
So on this page you will find all of the readers’ answers when I asked them for the best Scandinavian Noir / Detective Authors. This was originally printed in the May 2020 Newsletter.
There are many great authors out there within that genre. Jussi Adler-Olsen who writes the Department Q series and Camilla Lackberg who pens the Hedstrom / Fjallbacka series.
There are no doubt other authors not listed that fall within this category – feel free to recommend them in the comments, and I’ll update the list! List is presented alphabetically by first name of author:
- Anders Roslund & Borge Hellstrom (Ewert Grens series)
- Anna Jansson (Maria Wern)
- Anne Holt (Hanne Wilhelmsen, Vik/Stubo)
- Arnaldur Indridason (Inspector Erlendur)
- Arne Dahl (Intercrime, Detective Sam Berger)
- Antti Tuomainen (Standalones)
- Asa Larrson (Rebecka Martinsson)
- Camilla Grebe
- Camilla Lackberg (Hedstrom / Fjallbacka)
- Carin Gerhardsen (Hammarby)
- Chris Ould (Faroes Series)
- Christoffer Petersen (Greenland Crimes)
- Hakan Nesser (Inspector Van Veeteren)
- Helene Tursten (Detective Inspector Huss)
- Henning Mankell (Kurt Wallander)
- Jo Nesbo (Harry Hole)
- Jorn Lier Horst (Detective William Wisting)
- Jussi Adler-Olsen (Department Q)
- Karin Fossum (Inspector Sejer)
- Kjell Eriksson (Ann Lindell
- Kristina Ohlsson (Fredrika Bergman)
- Lars Kepler (Inspector Joona Linna)
- Lene Kaaberbol (Nina Borg series)
- Maj Sjowall (Martin Beck)
- Mari Jungstedt (Inspector Anders Knutas)
- Michael Hjorth & Hans Rosenfeldt (Sebastian Bergman)
- Mons Kallentoft (Malin Fors)
- Ragnar Jonasson (Dark Iceland, Inspector Hulda)
- Soren Sveistrup (Standalone)
- Thomas Enger (Henning Juul)
- Torquil MacLeod (Inspector Sundstrom)
- Viveca Sten (Sandhamn Murders)
- Yrsa Sigurdardottir (The Children’s House Series)
How about Antti Tuomainen?
Christoffer Petersen and Asa Larsson?
I wanted to suggest Soren Sveistrup but he only has one book.
Thank you. Added – and Soren as well 🙂
Henning Mankell
Thank you. I knew I was missing one really big one. Added 🙂
Other favorites of mine:
Kjell Eriksson
Anne Holt
John Lier Horst
Kristina Ohlsson
Thanks Susan. We did have Horst listed but not the others – added them now 🙂