Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen
Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen is an Associate Professor at the School of European Languages, Culture and Society, University College London. Areas of research include nineteenth-century, modern and contemporary Nordic Literature, publishing and media, including Scandinavian Crime Fiction. For more information click here.
Contributions to nordics.info
2019.03.18 | Biography, Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen, Literature
Jo Nesbø (b. 1960)
Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø is well known in- and outside the Nordic region for his many books on crime, some of which have been adapted for film.
2019.03.05 | Article, Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen, Literature, Nordic Noír
Nordic crime fiction
Since 1990s, Nordic crime fiction has been a significant sub-genre within the global genre of crime fiction. Usually characterised by social realism, gloomy locations and morose detectives, crime novels and TV series from across the Nordic region provide puzzling mysteries and thrilling stories that use the crime plot to investigate the state of…
2019.02.27 | Biography, Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen, Literature
Anders Bodelsen (b. 1937)
Writing in a neo-realist style, Danish author Anders Bodelsen often portrays everyday people in contemporary welfare society, such as in his breakthrough crime thriller, Think of a Number.