Jean Bolinder (5 December 1935 – 7 June 2020) was a Swedish author and film director.
Linköping
Linköping () is a city in southern Sweden, with around 105,000 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Church ...
-born Bolinder debuted in 1967 with the crime novel ''Skulle jag sörja då...'' in which he introduces the character Jöran and Marianne Bundin as problem solvers. The fictional couple later appeared in several of Bolinder's books.
Bolinder was born in
Linköping
Linköping () is a city in southern Sweden, with around 105,000 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Church ...
but grew up in
Enköping
Enköping is a locality and the seat of Enköping Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 30,000 inhabitants in 2018.
Geography
Enköping is situated near Lake Mälaren, about 78 km west of Stockholm.
A comparably large number of Swedi ...
. He studied in
Motala
Motala () is a locality and the seat of Motala Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 29,823 inhabitants (41,956 in the entire municipality) in 2010. It is the third largest city of Östergötland, following Linköping and Norrköping. M ...
, whose history he frequently discussed in his novels. Bolinder studied at
Uppsala University
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, graduating in 1964, and
Lund University
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Bolinder also directed the films "''Hjernans storhet och fall"'', ''"flykt"'', and ''"Ur askan i Elden"''.
He died on 7 June 2020.