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Leif GW Persson
Leif Gustav Willy Persson (born 12 March 1945) is a Swedish criminologist and novelist. Persson has four children, one of whom, Malin Persson Giolito, is also a crime writer. Early life Leif Gustav Willy Persson was born on 12 March 1945 in Stockholm, Sweden to Gustav and Margit Persson. He attended the High School Norra Real. Career In 1977, while working at the Swedish National Police Board, Persson was the whistleblower who worked with journalist Peter Bratt in the so-called Geijer Scandal when he confirmed a classified memo sent by then National Police Commissioner Carl Persson to Prime Minister Olof Palme about the alleged ties of the Minister of Justice, Lennart Geijer, to a prostitution ring in Stockholm. Following this affair he was fired from the National Police Board. The string of events almost drove Persson to suicide, but he soon returned as lecturer at Stockholm University. The prostitution ring affair inspired him to write his first novel, ''Grisfesten''. He retu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Swedish National Police Board
The Swedish National Police Board ( sv, Rikspolisstyrelsen, RPS) was the central Government agencies in Sweden, administrative authority for the police in Sweden from 1 January 1965 to 1 January 2015, when the Swedish Police Authority was established. The Swedish police used to consist of the National Police Board and #County police authorities, 21 local police authorities, with their geographical areas of responsibility divided along county lines. The board was led by the National Police Commissioner (Sweden), National Police Commissioner and its main responsibilities were administration, coordination and supervision of the Swedish police. It also acted as the superordinate authority for the #National Laboratory of Forensic Science, National Laboratory of Forensic Science. The #National Criminal Police, Swedish National Criminal Police — sometimes also referred to as the Swedish National Bureau of Investigation — used to be a constituent part of the National Police Board, toget ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claes Malmberg
Claes Malmberg (real name ''Clas-Peder Malmberg'', born 8 April 1961 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish actor and stand-up comedian. He has worked together with Anders Aldgård. He has appeared in theatre plays and in films and TV series. Career Malmberg was first famous as the figure Ronny Jönsson. After that he became a stand-up comedian, together with Lennie Norman. Together they were hosts of the TV program '' Måndagsklubben''. He has appeared in ''Parlamentet'', ''Så ska det låta'', ''Doobidoo'', ''Sing-A-Long'' and '' Pratmakarna'', and on stage at Gunnebo House. In 2018, he participated in '' Let's Dance'' on TV4 TV4 or TV 4 may refer to: *TV4 (Poland), a private Polish television station *TV4 (Sweden), a Swedish television network **TV4 Group, owners of the Swedish television station *South African Broadcasting Corporation TV4, a channel operated by the st .... Selected filmography *2011 - '' Hur många lingon finns det i världen?'' *2010 - '' Saltön'' (TV) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Between Summer's Longing And Winter's End
''Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End'' (''Mellan sommarens längtan och vinterns köld'') is a novel by Leif G. W. Persson, published in 2002. Belonging to scandinavian noir genre, the novel switches through classic detective fiction, spy story and social novel. Along with the following '' Another Time, Another Life'' (2003) e '' Falling Freely, as if in a Dream'' (2007), it composes the trilogy called ''Fall of the Welfare State''. Plot On November 22, 1985, US journalist John Krassner dies from the window of the fifteenth floor of a student residence in Stockholm and the case is filed as suicide. Deputy chief of Swedish National Criminal Police (RKP) Lars Martin Johansson, however, is not convinced of the official version and, when he finds a piece of paper with his (theoretically secret) private address in the heel of Krassner's shoe, he begins a solitary investigation. The parallel storyline of the novel simultaneously concerns the events of Swedish Security Servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mellan Sommarens Längtan Och Vinterns Köld
''Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End'' (''Mellan sommarens längtan och vinterns köld'') is a novel by Leif G. W. Persson, published in 2002. Belonging to scandinavian noir genre, the novel switches through classic detective fiction, spy story and social novel. Along with the following '' Another Time, Another Life'' (2003) e '' Falling Freely, as if in a Dream'' (2007), it composes the trilogy called ''Fall of the Welfare State''. Plot On November 22, 1985, US journalist John Krassner dies from the window of the fifteenth floor of a student residence in Stockholm and the case is filed as suicide. Deputy chief of Swedish National Criminal Police (RKP) Lars Martin Johansson, however, is not convinced of the official version and, when he finds a piece of paper with his (theoretically secret) private address in the heel of Krassner's shoe, he begins a solitary investigation. The parallel storyline of the novel simultaneously concerns the events of Swedish Security Servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Stenbeck
Jan Hugo Robert Arne Stenbeck (; 14 November 1942 – 19 August 2002) was a Swedish business leader, media pioneer, sailor and financier. He was head of Kinnevik Group from 1976 and founded among other things the companies Comviq, Invik & Co AB, Tele2, Banque Invik, Millicom, Modern Times Group and NetCom Systems. Stenbeck was one of Sweden's wealthiest people, worth some $800 million. Early life Stenbeck was born on 14 November 1942 in Stockholm, the youngest son of business lawyer Hugo Stenbeck (1890–1977) and his wife Märtha (née Odelfelt; 1906–1992). He was brother of Hugo Jr (1933–1976), Elisabeth Silfverstolpe (1935–1985) and the former Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Margaretha af Ugglas. He passed the ''studentexamen'' at Östra Real in Stockholm and received a Candidate of Law degree from Uppsala University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School in United States in 1970 together with Endre Røsjø. Career Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Radio
Sveriges Radio AB (, "Sweden's Radio") is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster. Sveriges Radio is a public limited company, owned by an independent foundation, previously funded through a licensing fee, the level of which is decided by the Swedish Riksdag. As of 1 January 2019, the funds stem from standard taxation. No advertising is permitted. Its legal status could be described as that of a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization. History The company – which was founded as AB Radiotjänst ("Radio Service Ltd") by a consortium of newspaper companies, the TT news agency, and radio manufacturing interests on 21 March 1924 – made its first broadcast on 1 January 1925: a relay of High Mass from St James's Church in Stockholm. It was officially renamed Sveriges Radio in 1957. Sveriges Radio was originally responsible for all broadcasting in Sweden, both radio and television, and hosted the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest. A reorganization in 1979 saw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palme Assassination
On 28 February 1986, at 23:21 CET (22:21 UTC), Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden, was fatally wounded by a single gunshot while walking home from a cinema with his wife Lisbeth Palme on the central Stockholm street Sveavägen. Lisbeth Palme was slightly wounded by a second shot. The couple did not have bodyguards with them. Christer Pettersson, who had previously been convicted of manslaughter, was convicted of the murder in 1988 after having been identified as the killer by Mrs. Palme. However, on appeal to Svea Court of Appeal, he was acquitted. A petition for a new trial, filed by the prosecutor, was denied by the Supreme Court of Sweden. Pettersson died on 29 September 2004, legally declared not guilty of the Palme assassination. On 10 June 2020, chief prosecutor Krister Petersson, in charge of the investigation, announced his conclusion that Stig Engström, also known as the "Skandia Man", was the most likely suspect. No direct evidence was presented but the prosecut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camilla Kvartoft
Camilla Kvartoft (born 6 March 1968) is a Swedish television presenter and journalist. She hosted the SVT crime show Veckans Brott between 2010-2018. Kvartoft was born in Hägersten Hägersten (''Heronstone'') is an urban district Urban district may refer to: * District * Urban area * Quarter (urban subdivision) * Neighbourhood Specific subdivisions in some countries: * Urban districts of Denmark * Urban districts of Germany * ..., Sweden. Kvartoft has also presented the political debates between the party leaders on SVT. References Living people 1968 births Swedish television hosts Swedish women television presenters Journalists from Stockholm {{Sweden-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Sweden, Swedish national public broadcasting, public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksdag (national parliament). Prior to 2019, SVT was funded by a television licence fee payable by all owners of television sets. The Swedish public broadcasting system is largely modelled after the system used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Television shares many traits with its British counterpart, the BBC. SVT is a public limited company that can be described as a quasi-autonomous non-government organisation. Together with the other two public broadcasters, Sveriges Radio and Sveriges Utbildningsradio, it is owned by an independent foundation, ''Foundation Management for SR, SVT, and UR, Förvaltningsstiftelsen för Sveriges Radio AB, Sveriges Television AB och Sveriges Utbildningsradio AB''. The foundation's board consists of 13 politicians, repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Efterlyst
''Efterlyst'' ("Wanted") is a Swedish television program, equivalent of ''America's Most Wanted''. The show plays security camera footage, reconstructions of crimes, and then takes calls and tips from the Swedish public. Since it was first aired, ''Efterlyst'' has led to the identification and arrest of many of Sweden's most noted criminals. In Swedish prisons, ''Efterlyst'' is commonly referred to as "Golartimmen", literally meaning "Snitch-hour". The host, Hasse Aro, was, until the season of 2009, assisted by crime-expert Leif G W Persson. From the 2010 season he is assisted by former State Police Chief Tommy Lindström. Since 2011 he is assisted by Jens Lapidus and Thomas Bodström. In the 2012 season only Thomas Bodström will assist as expert commentator. On 5 February 2014, Aro made his last appearance as host of ''Efterlyst''. Robert Aschberg Robert Aschberg (born 19 March 1952 on Kungsholmen, Stockholm) is a Swedish journalist and media executive. He works for the Swe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
