Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö

Quick Facts Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö were Swedish journalists and innovative writers of detective fiction. As a team, Per Wahlöö and 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...