Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1935-09-25

Deathday

2020-04-29 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Stockholm, Sweden

Maj Sjöwall

Biography

Maj Sjöwall (5 September 1935 – 29 April 2020) was a Swedish author and translator. She is best known for her books about police detective Martin Beck. She wrote the books in collaborative work with her partner Per Wahlöö.

Known For

5.6%

The Fire Engine That Disappeared

Jul 2, 1993

6.2%

The Man on the Balcony

Nov 26, 1993

5.0%

Stockholm Marathon

Jul 1, 1994

5.6%

Murder at the Savoy

Oct 6, 1993

5.9%

Roseanna

Oct 6, 1993

5.9%

Cop Killer

Jan 1, 1994

7.0%

Timeshift

Oct 10, 2002

5.0%

Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott

Jan 4, 2016

WaV

0.0%

With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof

Jan 1, 2004

0.0%

Lone Wolves & Dragon Tattoos: How Scandinavian Crime Fiction Conquered the World

Feb 28, 2011

GAC

0.0%

Grimme Awards Ceremony

Jan 16, 1964

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Acting

2016

Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott as Self

2011

Lone Wolves & Dragon Tattoos: How Scandinavian Crime Fiction Conquered the World as Herself

2004

With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof as Self

2002

Timeshift as self

1994		Stockholm Marathon as Woman With Starting Gun (uncredited)
1994		Cop Killer as Cottage owner (uncredited)

1993		The Man on the Balcony as The teacher
1993		Murder at the Savoy as Woman standing at table at Savoy (uncredited)
1993		Roseanna as Police Secretary in Motala (uncredited)
1993		The Fire Engine That Disappeared as Woman next to Martin Beck on the flight (uncredited)

1964

Grimme Awards Ceremony as Self

Writing

—		Beck 52 - The Invisible Man as Characters
—		Beck 53 as Characters
—		Beck 54 as Characters

2024

Beck 51 - Vilhelm as Characters

2023		Beck 50 - Deadlock as Characters
2023		Beck 49 - Inferno as Characters
2023		Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo as Characters

2022		Beck 47 - The Death Trap as Characters
2022		Beck 46 - The Crying Cop as Characters
2022		Beck 45 - 58 Minutes as Characters
2022		Beck 44 - Rage Room as Characters

2021		Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past as Characters
2021		Beck - Den förlorade sonen as Characters
2021		Beck 41 - Death in Samarra as Characters

2020		Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt as Characters
2020		Beck 39 - Undercover as Characters

2018		Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate as Characters
2018		Beck 37 - Without Intent as Characters
2018		Beck 36 - The Thin Ice as Characters
2018		Beck 35 - Your Own Blood as Characters

2016		Beck: The Last Day as Characters
2016		Beck 33 - End of the Road as Characters
2016		Beck 32 - Steinar as Characters
2016		Beck 31 - Gunvald as Characters

2015		Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders as Characters
2015		Beck 29 - Invasion as Characters
2015		Beck 28 - The Family as Characters
2015		Beck 27 - Room 302 as Characters

2010

Beck 26 - Buried Alive as Characters

2009

Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm as Characters

2007		Beck 24 - In the Name of God as Characters
2007		Beck 23 - The Silent Scream as Characters
2007		Beck 22 - The Weak Link as Characters
2007		Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting as Characters
2007		Beck 20 - The Lawyer as Characters
2007		Beck 19 - The Vulture as Characters

2006

Beck 17 - The Scorpion as Characters

2002		Beck 16 - The Last Witness as Characters
2002		Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball as Characters
2002		Beck 14 - The Advertising Man as Characters
2002		Beck 13 - Sender Unknown as Characters
2002		Beck 12 - The Loner as Characters

2001		Beck 11 - The Cartel as Characters
2001		Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face as Characters
2001		Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance as Characters

1999		Beck as Characters
1999		Beck as Writer

1998		Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness as Characters
1998		Beck 07 - The Money Man as Characters
1998		Beck 06 - The Monster as Characters
1998		Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl as Characters
1998		Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye as Characters
1998		Beck 03 - White Nights as Characters

1997		Beck - The Man with the Icons as Characters
1997		Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy as Characters

1994		Stockholm Marathon as Characters
1994		Cop Killer as Characters

1993		The Man on the Balcony as Novel
1993		Murder at the Savoy as Novel
1993		Roseanna as Novel
1993		Beck – De gesloten kamer as Characters
1993		The Fire Engine That Disappeared as Novel

1980

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke as Novel

1979

Unfinnished Dinner as Novel

1976

Man on the Roof as Novel

1973

The Laughing Policeman as Novel

1967		Roseanna as Novel
1967		Mördaren - en helt vanlig person as Writer