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The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Holgersson, by Selma Lagerlöf

by David Stavrou | December 2006
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Holgersson, by Selma Lagerlöf

For ages 9 to 12 years Though it’s about Sweden, the book has a universal message, which explains why it has been translated into so many languages

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Can Ystad cut it?

by David Wiles | August 2006
Can Ystad cut it?

What started as a book about a gruesome double murder at a Skåne farmhouse led to the creation of both a movie industry and a tourism boom for Ystad. Film Coordinator at the Department of Trade & Industry for Region Skåne, Karin Johansson-Mex discusses “the Wallander effect” with David Wiles. 

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Return of the Dancing Master-by Henning Mankell, translated by Laurie Thompson Harvill, (2005)

by David Wiles | August 2006
Return of the Dancing Master-by Henning Mankell, translated by Laurie Thompson Harvill, (2005)

Mankell swaps Skåne for Härjedalen in a gripping tale of murder, revenge and Nazism up north. Cancer-struck hero Stefan Lindman makes for a worthy successor to the great Wallander.

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