''Drakarna över Helsingfors'' (''Kites over Helsingfors)'' is a Swedish-language novel written by Finnish author

Kjell Westö Kjell Westö (born 6 August 1961 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish author and journalist. Westö writes in Swedish. Best known for his epic novels set in Helsinki, he has also written short stories, poetry, essays and newspaper columns. Biogr ...

. The book tells about the life and faiths of the Bexar family, a Swedish-speaking

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

family living in

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(''Helsingfors'' in Swedish), from the 1960s to the 1990s. In 2001, the novel was made into a film of the same name starring

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Other titles

* ''Leijat Helsingin yllä'' (Finnish translation)

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Drakarna över Helsingfors
1996 novels 20th-century Finnish novels Novels set in Helsinki Finnish novels adapted into films Swedish-language novels {{1990s-novel-stub