Karl Folke Sigvard Mellvig (23 May 1913 in

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–4 September 1994 in Haninge Municipality,

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, Sweden) was a Swedish

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and

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. Mellvig was one of

's most popular crime writers in the 1950s and 1960s, with murder mysteries set in "peaceful" Swedish summer time; at countryside locations and often in aristocratic or upper-class environments. His crime-solving middle-class city couple Kajsa and John Hillman (with their fumbling assistant Freddy) are famous, later on popular characters in the early Swedish thriller/crime films - the so-called "Hillman-thrillers", directed by

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(all with an effectful colour in the title). The most successful of these films were ''The Lady in Black'' and ''Mannequin in Red'' (both released in 1958). The first book on the Hillman-couple was published in 1951 ''(Uppdrag för Hillman/"A Mission For Hillman")'' and then several books followed on the couple but only a few selected were adapted to film. Folke Mellvig was brother to the Swedish

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Börje Mellvig.

Selected bibliography

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

- ''Gengångaren'' ("The Ghost") *

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

- ''Målarn och de tre andra'' ("The Painter and the Three Others") ''(youth crime)'' *

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

- ''Briljantarmbandet'' ("The Crystal Bracelet") *

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

- ''13'' *

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

- ''Den gula bilen'' ("The Yellow Car") *1963 - ''Vita frun'' ("The Lady in White") *

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

- ''Lyckta dörrar'' ("Locked Doors") *

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

- ''Brott i paradiset'' ("Crime In Paradise") *

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

- ''Ryttare i blått'' ("Rider In Blue") *1959 - ''Sist till kvarn'' ("Last One Up") *1959 - ''Mannekäng i rött'' ("Mannequin in Red") *

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

- ''Damen i svart'' ("The Lady in Black") *

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

- ''Farligt för familjen'' ("Dangerous For Family") *

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...

- ''Mord igen kapten Hillman'' ("Murder Again Captain Hillman") *1956 - ''De tre ingenjörerna'' ("The Three Engineers") *

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

- ''Hillman och kavaljeren'' *1955 - ''Att skugga en man'' *

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

- ''Mord på halsen'' *1954 - ''Dags för död'' ("Time For Death") *

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

- ''Guldlock och björnarna'' *1953 - ''Sent besök hos Hillman'' ("Late Night Visit At Hillman's") *1953 - ''Döden spelar upp'' ("Showtime For Death") *

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...

- ''Ett, tu, tre'' ("One, Two, Three") *

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

- ''Stjärnfall'' ("Falling Stars") *

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

- ''Uppdrag för Hillman'' ("Mission For Hillman") *

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

- ''Gäst i byn'' ("Village Guest") ''(non-crime) *

1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...

- ''Genom spärren''

Screenplays

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

- '' Sonja'' * 1967 – '' Kullamannen'' *'' Den gula bilen'' (1963) *'' Vita frun'' (1962) *''

Ryttare i blått ''Rider in Blue'' (Swedish: ''Ryttare i blått'') is a 1959 Swedish mystery thriller film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Annalisa Ericson, Gunnel Broström and Bengt Brunskog.Krawc p.557 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Sto ...

'' (1959) *'' Brott i Paradiset'' (1959) *''

Mannekäng i rött ''Mannequin in Red'' ( sv, Mannekäng i rött) is a 1958 Swedish crime/ thriller film directed by Arne Mattson and written by Folke Mellvig. Starring film couple Karl-Arne Holmsten and Annalisa Ericson as the investigating detective couple Joh ...

'' (1958) * '' The Lady in Black'' (1958) * '' Crime in Paradise'' (1959)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mellvig, Folke 1913 births 1994 deaths Writers from Malmö 20th-century Swedish writers Swedish-language writers Swedish crime fiction writers