Viveca Sten (née Bergstedt; 18 June 1959, in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

) is a Swedish writer and lawyer. She has a law degree from

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and has an MBA from the

Stockholm School of Economics The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE; sv, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, HHS) is a private business school located in city district Vasastaden in the central part of Stockholm, Sweden. SSE offers BSc, MSc and MBA programs, along with ...

. Previously, she worked at

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, has had a highly successful legal career as a lawyer and held the position as General Counsel at PostNord (the Swedish & Danish mail service), but left in 2011 to focus on her writing. Viveca lives with her family just north of Stockholm. Since 1917, Viveca´s family have spent all their summers at

Sandhamn Sandhamn (Swedish for "Sand Harbour") is a small settlement in the central-peripheral part of the Stockholm Archipelago in central-eastern Sweden, approximately 50 km (30 mi) east of Stockholm. Sandhamn is located on the island Sandö ...

, a small settlement in the central-peripheral part of the Stockholm Archipelago where her crime fiction novels are set frequently. She is perhaps best known for the book series Sandhamn Murders.

Selected works

Fiction

*2008, ''I de lugnaste vatten'' (English translation: ''Still Waters'', 2015 -

Sandhamn Murders ''Morden i Sandhamn'' (English: ''Sandhamn Murders'') is a Swedish television crime drama series. It is based on the books of the same name by writer, Viveca Sten. The series is broadcast on TV4 (Sweden), TV4, which has presented eight seaso ...

Book 1) *2009, ''I den innersta kretsen'' (English translation: ''Closed Circles'', 2016 - Sandhamn Murders Book 2) *2010, ''I grunden utan skuld'' (English translation: ''Guiltless'', 2017 - Sandhamn Murders Book 3) *2011, ''I natt är du död'' (English translation: ''Tonight You’re Dead'', 2017 - Sandhamn Murders Book 4) *2012, ''Julbord i skärgården'' *2012, ''Ett gott nytt år'' *2012, ''I stundens hetta'' (English translation: ''In the Heat of the Moment'', 2018 - Sandhamn Murders Book 5) *2013, ''I farans riktning'' (English translation: ''In Harm's Way'', 2018 - Sandhamn Murders Book 6) *2014, ''I maktens skugga'' (English translation: ''In the Shadow of Power'', 2019 - Sandhamn Murders Book 7) *2015, ''I sanningens namn'' (English translation: ''In the Name of Truth'', 2020 - Sandhamn Murders Book 8) *2016, ''Djupgraven'' (English translation: ''The abyss'') *2017, ''Iskalla ögonblick'' *2018, ''I fel sällskap'' (English translation: ''In Bad Company'', 2021 - Sandhamn Murders Book 9) *2019, ''I hemlighet begravd'' (English translation: ''Buried in Secret'', 2022 - Sandhamn Murders Book 10)

Non-fiction

*''Förhandla i affärer'' (Negotiating in Business) *''Outsourcing av IT-tjänster'' (Outsourcing IT Services) *''Internationella avtal – i teori och praktik'' (International Agreements—In Theory and Practice)

References

External links

Official website
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