Maj Sjöwall: ‘Nordic noir’ pioneer, author of the Martin Beck series, dies aged 84

‘The giant on whose shoulders the titans of modern Scandi crime fiction stand’: author Maj Sjöwall has died at the age of 84. Photograph: IBL/REX/Shutterstock

source https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/30/maj-sjowall-nordic-noir-pioneer-author-of-the-martin-beck-series-dies-aged-84