Maj Sjöwall

Biography

Maj Sjöwall (5 September 1935 – 29 April 2020) was a Swedish author and translator. She is best known for her books about police detective Martin Beck. She wrote the books in collaborative work with her partner Per Wahlöö.

Known for

Brandbilen som försvann

2 July 1993

The Man on the Balcony

26 November 1993

Stockholm Marathon

1 July 1994

Polis polis potatismos

With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof

1 January 2004

Lone Wolves & Dragon Tattoos: How Scandinavian Crime Fiction Conquered the World

28 February 2011

Grimme-Preis-Verleihung

16 January 1964

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2011	Lone Wolves & Dragon Tattoos: How Scandinavian Crime Fiction Conquered the World	Herself
2004	With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof	Self
2002	Timeshift	self
1994	Stockholm Marathon	Woman With Starting Gun (uncredited)
1994	Polismördaren	Stugägare (uncredited)
1993	Brandbilen som försvann
1993	The Man on the Balcony
1993	Polis polis potatismos
1993	Roseanna
1964	Grimme-Preis-Verleihung	Self

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
—	Beck 52	Characters
—	Beck 51	Characters
2023	Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo	Characters
2023	Beck 49 - Inferno	Characters
2023	Beck 50 - Deadlock	Characters
2022	Beck 44 - Rage Room	Characters
2022	Beck 45 - 58 Minutes	Characters
2022	Beck 47 - The Death Trap	Characters
2022	Beck 46 - The Crying Cop	Characters
2021	Beck 41 - Death in Samarra	Characters
2021	Beck - Den förlorade sonen	Characters
2021	Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past	Characters
2020	Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt	Characters
2020	Beck 39 - Undercover	Characters
2018	Beck 35 - Your Own Blood	Characters
2018	Beck 37 - Without Intent	Characters
2018	Beck 36 - The Thin Ice	Characters
2018	Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate	Characters
2016	Beck 32 - Steinar	Characters
2016	Beck 31 - Gunvald	Characters
2016	Beck: The Last Day	Characters
2016	Beck 33 - End of the Road	Characters
2015	Beck 27 - Room 302	Characters
2015	Beck 29 - Invasion	Characters
2015	Beck 28 - The Family	Characters
2015	Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders	Characters
2010	Beck 26 - Buried Alive	Characters
2009	Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm	Characters
2007	Beck 23 - The Silent Scream	Characters
2007	Beck 20 - The Lawyer	Characters
2007	Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting	Characters
2007	Beck 24 - In the Name of God	Characters
2007	Beck 19 - The Vulture	Characters
2007	Beck 22 - The Weak Link	Characters
2006	Beck 17 - The Scorpion	Characters
2002	Beck 14 - The Advertising Man	Characters
2002	Beck 12 - The Loner	Characters
2002	Beck 16 - The Last Witness	Characters
2002	Beck 13 - Sender Unknown	Characters
2002	Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball	Characters
2001	Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance	Characters
2001	Beck 11 - The Cartel	Characters
2001	Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face	Characters
1999	Beck	Characters
1999	Beck	Writer
1998	Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye	Characters
1998	Beck 03 - White Nights	Characters
1998	Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness	Characters
1998	Beck 06 - The Monster	Characters
1998	Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl	Characters
1998	Beck 07 - The Money Man	Characters
1997	Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy	Characters
1997	Beck - The Man with the Icons	Characters
1994	Stockholm Marathon	Writer
1994	Stockholm Marathon	Characters
1994	Polismördaren	Writer
1994	Polismördaren	Characters
1993	Brandbilen som försvann	Novel
1993	The Man on the Balcony	Novel
1993	Polis polis potatismos	Novel
1993	Roseanna	Novel
1980	The Man Who Went Up in Smoke	Novel
1979	Unfinnished Dinner	Novel
1976	Man on the Roof	Novel
1973	The Laughing Policeman	Novel
1967	Roseanna	Novel
1967	Mördaren - en helt vanlig person	Writer