Karl Stig-Erland "
Stieg"
Larsson (; ; 15 August 1954 – 9 November 2004) was a Swedish journalist and writer. He is best known for writing the "
Millennium trilogy" of
crime novels, which were published posthumously. Larsson lived much of his life in
Stockholm and worked there in the field of journalism and as an independent researcher of
right-wing extremism.