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| andee Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 7068 days ago 681 posts - 724 votes  3 sounds Speaks: English*, German, Korean, French | Message 1 of 15 09 December 2005 at 8:27am | IP Logged |
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For people wanting Swedish books, an author I have read a few works by is Henning Mankell. He writes crime fiction and generally they are quite entertaining - I have only read these in English, however the originals are in Swedish and I would assume better than the translations. Edited by andee on 09 December 2005 at 8:30am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Skandinav Hexaglot Senior Member Denmark Joined 6878 days ago 139 posts - 145 votes Speaks: Danish*, English, German, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian | Message 2 of 15 19 January 2006 at 4:21pm | IP Logged |
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You seem to know what you're talking about. To anyone else with these interests, let me add that Sweden (together with Britain) probably has the most best traditions when it comes to crime fiction: Sjöwall % Wählöö. They have been translted into many languages, the films are excellent etc., and I'd guess that they're not too difficult for foreigners to read/understand.
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 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6900 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 15 19 January 2006 at 4:48pm | IP Logged |
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I have a penpal from Germany who studies Swedish and has chosen to read one of the Sjöwall/Wahlöö works (in Swedish of course). Three of the books have been filmed with international actors.
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| Skandinav Hexaglot Senior Member Denmark Joined 6878 days ago 139 posts - 145 votes Speaks: Danish*, English, German, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian | Message 4 of 15 19 January 2006 at 4:56pm | IP Logged |
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I am just curious... With Swedish "international" actors (e.g Peter Haber and Mikael Persbrandt) or with foreign actors? I've only watched those with Peter Haber, plus I think that Rolf Lassegård also played Beck in the mid-1990s.
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| David Hallgren Triglot Groupie Sweden davidhallgren.se Joined 6986 days ago 40 posts - 43 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, Japanese Studies: Mandarin | Message 5 of 15 19 January 2006 at 6:34pm | IP Logged |
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If I remember correctly Rolf Lassgård played Wallander in (most of) the movies based on Henning Mankell's books. Before Peter Haber I think Gösta Ekman made most of the Beck movies.
I would also recommend Henning Mankell's books. I think they are quite entertaining and definitely well written regarding the language. His crime fiction books are easy to follow and build up the tension quite well. I would just like to mention his book Djup as well, which isn't about Wallander but a great read in my opinion. He really manage to use the language to create a very strange atmosphere in that book. Maybe not as easy to read for someone studying Swedish as those about Wallander. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6900 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 15 20 January 2006 at 11:45am | IP Logged |
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Believe it or not: Walther Matthau, Derek Jacobi and Jan Decleir (I think he's a Dutch actor). Rolf Lassgård played Gunvald Larsson, Beck's assistant.
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| Bart Triglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 7151 days ago 155 posts - 159 votes Speaks: Dutch*, French, English Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese, Swedish | Message 7 of 15 20 January 2006 at 6:57pm | IP Logged |
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Jan Decleir is a Belgian actor, and a very good one too!
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| jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6900 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 15 21 January 2006 at 4:37am | IP Logged |
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Ah, I was fooled by the title "Beck - De gesloten kamer" (Dutch, right?).
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