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Nationality
  
Sweden

Name
  
Jan-Olof Ekholm


Role
  
Fiction writer

Movies
  
The Final Fare

Jan-Olof Ekholm wwwtomeliussedeckareekholmbildjpg

Born
  
20 October 1931 (age 92) Grytnas, Dalarna Sweden (
1931-10-20
)

Genre
  
Detective fiction, Children's Literature

Jan-Olof Ekholm (born 20 October 1931 in Grytnäs, Dalarna) is a Swedish detective fiction writer born in Grytnäs, Dalarna, Sweden, also known for some children's literature works. He is one of the members of the presidium of Svenska Deckarakademin (Swedish Detective Academy). Ekholm's books have been translated to Norwegian, Danish, German, Russian, Ukrainian, and Czech.

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Awards

  • Svenska Deckarakademin (Swedish Detective Academy) award in 1979 for his non-fiction work Mälarmördaren.
  • Temmelburken detective fiction award in 2000.

    • Movies

  • A movie based on Ekholm's early children's book Hurra för Ludvig Lurifax (1965) was produced in Soviet Union in 1984 under the title Ryzhiy chestnyy vlyublyonnyy (red, honest, in love)
  • A Swedish murder mystery movie Sista körningen (1996) was co-written by Jan-Olof Ekholm.

    • References

    Jan-Olof Ekholm Wikipedia
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