Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
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Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, (respectively, born September 25, 1935, Stockholm, Sweden—died April 29, 2020; born August 5, 1926, Gothenburg, Sweden—died June 22, 1975, Malmö), Swedish journalists and innovative writers of detective fiction. As a team, Per Wahlöö and his wife, Maj Sjöwall (married in 1962), wrote a series of detective stories in which Martin Beck and his colleagues at the Central Bureau of Investigation in Stockholm were the main characters. From Roseanna (1965) to Terroristerna (1975; “The Terrorists”), the series consists of 10 novels, all of which are translated into English and a number of other languages. In their ...(100 of 202 words)