Jan Arnald (born 11 January 1963) is a Swedish novelist and literary critic, whose pen name is Arne Dahl. He has become famous with crime fiction, and he is also a regular writer in Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter.
Jan Arnald | |
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 Jan Arnald | |
| Born | 11 January 1963 |
| Pen name | Arne Dahl |
| Occupation | Novelist, literary critic |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Genre | Crime fiction, mystery fiction, |
| Subject | crime, thriller, mystery |
| Notable works | Ont Blod, Misterioso, Upp till toppen av berget |
| Website | |
| www | |
He published Barbarer (2001) and Maria och Artur (2006) under his own name, but under his pen name he has written a series of crime novels about a fictional group of Swedish crime investigators, called "A Gruppen" in Swedish and "the Intercrime Group" in the first English translation. The books are translated into several languages. The first five books were made into 180-minute films, screened as two 90-minute episodes per story. The first, Misterioso, was screened on SVT1 in Sweden on 27 and 28 December 2011, with the following four stories shown in eight weekly instalments between October and December 2012. The series was picked up by BBC Four and screened on British television on Saturday nights as part of BBC Four's foreign crime series season starting in April 2013.
Works written
editAs Jan Arnald
edit- Chiosmassakern (novel, 1990)
- Nalkanden (poetry collection, 1992)
- Genrernas tyranni (thesis, 1995)
- 3 variationer (prose, 1996)
- Klä i ord (stories, 1997)
- Barbarer (novel, 2001)
- Maria och Artur (novel, 2006)
- Intimus (novel, 2010)
As Arne Dahl
editIntercrime series
edit- Misterioso (1999); English translation by Tiina Nunnally: Misterioso, (2010 - US title)/The Blinded Man (2012 - UK title)
- Ont blod (1998); Bad Blood (2013 - UK title)[1]
- Upp till toppen av berget (2000); To the Top of the Mountain(2014 - UK title)[2]
- Europa blues (2001)
- De största vatten (2002); Many Waters
- En midsommarnattsdröm (2003); A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Dödsmässa (2004); Requiem
- Mörkertal (2005); Hidden Numbers
- Efterskalv (2006); Afterquake
- Himmelsöga (2007); Eye in the Sky
Opcop quartet
edit- Viskleken (2011); Chinese Whispers
- Hela havet stormar (2012); Musical Chairs
- Blindbock (2013); Blindfold
- Sista paret ut (2014); Last couple out
The fourth installment of the series came out in spring 2014.[3]
Berger & Bloom series
edit- Utmarker (2016); Watching you
- Inland (2017); Hunted
- Mittvatten (2018); You are next
- Friheten (2020)
- Islossning (2021)
Other books
edit- Elva (2008); Eleven
Arne Dahl TV adaptations
editThe ten Intercrime novels have all been dramatised by Swedish production company Filmlance, the first five in 2011 and the rest in 2015. Filmlance is also responsible for the series Bron (shown in the UK as "The Bridge") and for the later Martin Beck detective programmes. Each story has been dramatised in the form of a two-part miniseries, each with two ninety minute episodes (series 1) or two one hour episodes (series two).
Series 1 (2011–2012)
editA 2011 TV adaptation of five of the Arne Dahl stories was produced by Filmlance International (in co-production with several other European companies. Outside Sweden, the series was broadcast in the UK on BBC Four between April–June 2013,[4][5] along with numerous other countries. The series is currently being broadcast in the United States through MHz Networks, most recently from November 2013 to January 2014.[6]
| Story No. | Episode No. | Title | Original Swedish air date[7] |
Original UK air date[8] |
Swedish ratings[9] | UK ratings[10] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Blinded Man, Part 1" "Misterioso, Del 1" | 27 December 2011 | 6 April 2013 | 1,554,000 | 900,000 |
| 1 | 2 | "The Blinded Man, Part 2" "Misterioso, Del 2" | 28 December 2011 | 13 April 2013 | 1,449,000 | 736,000 |
| 2 | 3 | "Bad Blood, Part 1" "Ont blod, Del 1" | 21 October 2012 | 20 April 2013 | 1,114,000 | 683,000 |
| 2 | 4 | "Bad Blood, Part 2" "Ont blod, Del 2" | 28 October 2012 | 27 April 2013 | 995,000 | 581,000 |
| 3 | 5 | "To the Top of the Mountain, Part 1" "Upp till toppen av berget, Del 1" | 4 November 2012 | 4 May 2013 | 1,062,000 | 762,000 |
| 3 | 6 | "To the Top of the Mountain, Part 2" "Upp till toppen av berget, Del 2" | 11 November 2012 | 11 May 2013 | 1,034,000 | 695,000 |
| 4 | 7 | "Many Waters, Part 1" "De största vatten, Del 1" | 18 November 2012 | 18 May 2013 | 1,151,000 | 656,000 |
| 4 | 8 | "Many Waters, Part 2" "De största vatten, Del 2" | 25 November 2012 | 25 May 2013 | 1,046,000 | 649,000 |
| 5 | 9 | "Europa Blues, Part 1" "Europa blues, Del 1" | 2 December 2012 | 1 June 2013 | 1,022,000 | 658,000 |
| 5 | 10 | "Europa Blues, Part 2" "Europa blues, Del 2" | 9 December 2012 | 8 June 2013 | 1,117,000 | 666,000 |
Series 2 (2015)
editThe last five novels in the Intercrime series were adapted for Series 2 of the popular Arne Dahl TV series, produced by Filmlance. They premiered in February 2015 in Sweden. The BBC began airing the second season on BBC Four in October 2015.[11]
| Story No. | Episode No. | Title | Original Swedish air date[7] |
Original UK air date[8] |
Swedish ratings[9] | UK ratings[10] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "A Midsummer Night's Dream, Part 1" "En midsommarnattsdröm, Del 1" | 15 February 2015 | 17 October 2015 | N/A | TBA |
| 1 | 2 | "A Midsummer Night's Dream, Part 2" "En midsommarnattsdröm, Del 2" | 22 February 2015 | 17 October 2015 | N/A | TBA |
| 2 | 3 | "Requiem, Part 1" "Dödsmässa, Del 1" | 1 March 2015 | 24 October 2015 | N/A | TBA |
| 2 | 4 | "Requiem, Part 2" "Dödsmässa, Del 2" | 8 March 2015 | 24 October 2015 | N/A | TBA |
| 3 | 5 | "Hidden Numbers, Part 1" "Mörkertal, Del 1" | 15 March 2015 | 31 October 2015 | N/A | TBA |
| 3 | 6 | "Hidden Numbers, Part 2" "Mörkertal, Del 2" | 22 March 2015 | 31 October 2015 | N/A | TBA |
| 4 | 7 | "Aftershock, Part 1" "Efterskalv, Del 1" | 29 March 2015 | 7 November 2015 | N/A | TBA |
| 4 | 8 | "Aftershock, Part 2" "Efterskalv, Del 2" | 5 April 2015 | 7 November 2015 | N/A | TBA |
| 5 | 9 | "Eye in the Sky, Part 1" "Himmelsöga, Del 1" | 12 April 2015 | 14 November 2015 | N/A | TBA |
| 5 | 10 | "Eye in the Sky, Part 2" "Himmelsöga, Del 2" | 19 April 2015 | 14 November 2015 | N/A | TBA |
Prizes and awards
editThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (June 2013) |
- 2003 The Palle Rosenkrantz prize, for Europa Blues
- 2005 Deutscher Krimi Preis, for Upp till toppen av berget
- 2006 Deutscher Krimi Preis, for Europa Blues
- 2007 Chosen by Reader's Digest as Europe's best crime novelist
- 2007 The Swedish Crime Writing Award
- 2010 The Radio Bremen Crime Fiction Award
- 2010 Nominated to European Crime Fiction Star Award 2010/11
- 2011 Best Swedish Crime Novel Award (Bästa svenska kriminalroman) for Viskleken
References
edit- ^ "Bad Blood: The second Intercrime thriller: Arne Dahl: 9781846556760". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Arne Dahl - To the Top of the Mountain cover art and synopsis". upcoming4.me. Archived from the original on 2 April 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "2nd series - Opcop". arnedahl.net. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "BBC Four acquires two new dramas for a stellar Saturday night line-up in 2013". BBC. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ^ "Arne Dahl". BBC Four. April–June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ^ "Arne Dahl". MHz Networks. 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ a b This refers to the original date of broadcast on SVT1.
- ^ a b This refers to the original date of broadcast on BBC Four.
- ^ a b As collected by Mediamätning Sverige. See [1] Archived 2012-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, MMS (Last visited 26 May 2013). (in Swedish)
- ^ a b As collected by BARB. See BARB, Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (last visited 26 May 2013).
- ^ "Arne Dahl". BBC Four. 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
External links
edit- Jan Arnald – official website (English)
- Jan Arnald at IMDb
- Arne Dahl mini-series films
- Arne Dahl