Nordic Noir

Henning Mankell's seventh book about Kurt Wallander: "On Step Behind" has a plot and a character (and possible pair of star-crossed lovers) of special interest to slashing fans:

Karl Svedberg, Wallander's good friend and colleague is implicated in a crime early on in the book, and much of the following plot focuses on secrets he has kept from Wallander. I bet you can guess where this is going? *drumroll* One Step Behind has canon angsty slash! *hugs the author*

( More details, huge spoilers and a picture behind the cut )

BUT why am I writing this? Because there is no fic! I haven't found a single one, neither on FF.net: Wallander nor on AO3: Wallander, nor anywhere else. Do you know better? Or, could I inspire you to make a go of it? Please post plotbunnies too: the right prompt does help a lot in greasing the cogs. ;)

A comprehensive fan site (inspector-wallander.org), on "One Step Behind" (with all movie versions, translations and so on).
A clip on bbc.co.uk: "One Step Behind". (Available to viewers in the UK.)

As have been thoroughly announced, [Poll #1826765]

( Press-releases and articles )

Here's a little resource-post for Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy. There's actually a lot of fanworks floating around on this fandom, but there's few central points to go look for it. Here's some of what I found:

A short review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo over at bookish, by make_meabird.
A comprehensive review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo over at ScandinavianBooks.com, including background and facts about the author. An interesting read, for sure.

A review of Swedish movie The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor) (2009) on eddaxs_movies.
A poll on the Swedish movie The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo on amovieaday, with very good overall rating, so far. :)

Info about the move productions and actors are to be found on ONTD:The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo/Stieg Larsson News and on the LiveJournal community rooneymara - Rooney Mara Daily. Rooney Mara Daily also has screencaps and graphics from the Fincher films.

A handful of fanfic are to be found on Archive Of Our Own: Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Lots more, including crossovers, have residence at Fanfiction.net: Millennium Trilogy.

Add your own Millennium-resources and fanworks in the comments, or make a new post of it! \o/ (A picspam would be nice,,, or perhaps some icons?)

Aslak Nore and Asbjørn Slettemark are two Norwegian journalists and editors that also have their own crime blog. As they have good connections, their blog is filled with newsworthy articles, authors, actors and interesting stuff for the Nordic crime connoisseur. The blog is in Norwegian.

OP-5 - En blogg om tv, film og krimlitteratur

From their blurb: "…men mest av alt håper vi du liker nerding rundt krim og thriller og spionhistorier like mye som oss, og kommer med tilbakemeldinger i kommentarfeltene."

Nordic Noir is a fan community for all fans of Nordic crime literature, movies, tv-series, audio productions etc. All kinds of fandom-related activities: thoughts, fanworks, news, vids, fanfiction, slash fiction, picspams, promoposts, etc. are welcome here, in posts and and in comments. Squeeing is highly encouraged!

Haven't heard of Nordic Noir? Some of the genre's best known characters are Kurt Wallander, Martin Beck, Varg Veum, Harry Hole, Listbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist (The Millennium Trilogy/The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), all created by authors from Nordic countries. Check the community's List of Interests for even more popular names from Nordic Noir.

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