CITY · SWEDENBooks set in Stockholm
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13 books · 9 authors · 2004–2025
13 books here
Most-set authors
Stieg Larsson (4) · Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö (2) · Karl Ove Knausgard (1) · Malin Persson Giolito (1) · Ia Genberg (1) · David McCloskey (1)
Genres
thriller & suspense (3) · mystery & crime (2) · literary fiction (2) · horror (1)
Books set here
Set in Stockholm (11)
Quicksand
Malin Persson Giolito
Stockholm's wealthiest suburb where 18-year-old Maja Norberg is tried for her role in a school shooting
Roseanna
Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
Martin Beck's home base; the detective squad is called in from Stockholm
The Details
Ia Genberg
1990s Stockholm — fever-dream memories of love and friendship
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson
Lisbeth Salander's trial; Millennium magazine headquarters
The Laughing Policeman
Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
Winter Stockholm, bus massacre murder investigation
The Sisters
Jonas Hassen Khemiri
sisters home country, primary setting
A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman
Ove's unnamed suburban community
Let the Right One In
John Ajvide Lindqvist
working-class suburb where Oskar lives
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
Stieg Larsson
Salander trial and Millennium offices
The Girl Who Played with Fire
Stieg Larsson
primary Stockholm setting
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson
Lisbeth and Millennium magazine
Notable locations in Stockholm
Södermalm2Älvsjö1Blackeberg1Södermalm, Stockholm1
Nearby books
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
Stieg Larsson
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The Girl Who Played with Fire
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2 km · Södermalm
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson
2 km · Södermalm, Stockholm
A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman
7 km · Älvsjö
Let the Right One In
John Ajvide Lindqvist
10 km · Blackeberg
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window
Jonas Jonasson
78 km · Malmköping