Jan Arnald (born 11 January 1963) is a

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and

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, whose

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is Arne Dahl. He has become famous with

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, and he is also a regular writer in Swedish newspaper ''

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''. He published ''Barbarer'' (2001) and ''Maria och Artur'' (2006) under his own name, but under his pen name he has written a series of crime novels about a fictional group of Swedish crime investigators, called "A Gruppen" in Swedish and "the Intercrime Group" in the first English translation. The books are translated into several languages. The first five books were made into 180-minute films, screened as two 90-minute episodes per story. The first, ''Misterioso'', was screened on

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in Sweden on 27 and 28 December 2011, with the following four stories shown in eight weekly instalments between October and December 2012. The series was picked up by

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and screened on British television on Saturday nights as part of BBC Four's foreign crime series season starting in April 2013.

Works written

As Jan Arnald

*''Chiosmassakern'' (novel, 1990) *''Nalkanden'' (poetry collection, 1992) *''Genrernas tyranni'' (thesis, 1995) *''3 variationer'' (prose, 1996) *''Klä i ord'' (stories, 1997) *''Barbarer'' (novel, 2001) *''Maria och Artur'' (novel, 2006) *''Intimus'' (novel, 2010)

As Arne Dahl

''Intercrime'' series

*''Misterioso'' (1999); English translation by

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: ''Misterioso'', (2010 - US title)/''The Blinded Man'' (2012 - UK title) *''Ont blod'' (1998); ''Bad Blood'' (2013 - UK title) *''Upp till toppen av berget'' (2000); ''To the Top of the Mountain''(2014 - UK title) *''Europa blues'' (2001) *''De största vatten'' (2002); ''Many Waters''/"Watching You" (2017 - UK title) *''En midsommarnattsdröm'' (2003); ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' *''Dödsmässa'' (2004) *''Mörkertal'' (2005) *''Efterskalv'' (2006) *''Himmelsöga'' (2007)

''Opcop'' quartet

*''Viskleken'' (2011); ''Chinese Whispers'' *''Hela havet stormar'' (2012); ''Musical Chairs'' *''Blindbock'' (2013); ''Blindfold'' *''Sista paret ut'' (2014); ''Last couple out'' The fourth installment of the series came out in spring 2014.

''Berger & Bloom'' series

*''Utmarker'' (2016); ''Watching you'' *''Inland'' (2017); ''Hunted'' *''Mittvatten'' (2018); ''You are next'' *''Friheten'' (2020) *''Islossning'' (2021)

Other books

*''Elva'' (2008); ''Eleven''

''Arne Dahl'' TV adaptations

The ten Intercrime novels have all been dramatised by Swedish production company Filmlance, the first five in 2011 and the rest in 2015. Filmlance is also responsible for the series ''

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'' (shown in the UK as "The Bridge") and for the later Martin Beck detective programmes. Each story has been dramatised in the form of a two-part

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, each with two ninety minute episodes (series 1) or two one hour episodes (series two).

Series 1 (2011–2012)

A 2011 TV adaptation of five of the ''Arne Dahl'' stories was produced by Filmlance International (in co-production with several other European companies. Outside Sweden, the series was broadcast in the UK on

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between April–June 2013, along with numerous other countries. The series is currently being broadcast in the United States through

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, most recently from November 2013 to January 2014.

Series 2 (2015)

The last five novels in the Intercrime series were adapted for Series 2 of the popular Arne Dahl TV series, produced by Filmlance. They premiered in February 2015 in Sweden. The BBC began airing the second season on BBC Four in October 2015.

Prizes and awards

*2003 The Palle Rosenkrantz prize, for ''Europa Blues'' *2005

Deutscher Krimi Preis The Deutscher Krimi Preis, or the ''German Crime Fiction Award'', is the oldest and most prestigious German literary prize for crime fiction. It has been awarded since 1985 by the Bochum Crime Archive. Unlike the Friedrich Glauser Prize, which is ...

, for ''Upp till toppen av berget'' *2006

, for ''Europa Blues'' *2007 Chosen by

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as Europe's best crime novelist *2007 The Swedish Crime Writing Award *2010 The Radio Bremen Crime Fiction Award *2010 Nominated to European Crime Fiction Star Award 2010/11 *2011

Best Swedish Crime Novel Award The Best Swedish Crime Novel Award (''Bästa svenska kriminalroman'') is a literary prize awarded annually since 1982 by the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy. The winners of the award are: Winners {, class="wikitable" border="1" class="sortable w ...

(Bästa svenska kriminalroman) for ''Viskleken''

References

External links

* – official website ''(English)'' *
''Arne Dahl''
mini-series films
''Arne Dahl''
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