Chapter 1

• Borens lock

  The same as "the locks at Borenhult"

• Borenshult

  The place where the corpse of the dead woman was found. The breakwater ...

• Gravarne

  The pig (the bucket dredger vessel) happened to be lying in Gravarne. An ...

• Lake Vättern

  Sweden's second largest lake.

• Motala

  Populaion 30 000, the main centre of both the Göta Canal and the ...

• Göta Canal

  Opened 1832, the project was inaugurated in 1810 with a budget of 24 million Swedish riksdalers and with the effort ...

Chapter 3

• Change trains at Hallsberg

  Beck fell asleep but awoke in good time to change trains at Hallsberg.

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  Married in the City Hall

  Beck was married at the City Hall.

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  The Central station

  Beck arrived by metro at the Central station in order to continue to Gothenburg.

• Baltzar von Platen

  Baltzar von Platen (1766–1829) was a Swedish naval officer and statesman.He was born on the island of Rügen. At ...

• Cigarette burning on the corner of an ashtray

  Back in the sixties everybody was smoking everywhere.

Chapter 5

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  Berzelii park

  Where the boys back at Klara station in Stockholm got the guy.

• That type from St. Sigfrid's

  St. Sigfrid's Hospital is the common name for the psychiatric clinics of ...

• Leica

  Leica Camera AG, a German company.

Chapter 7

• Lincoln, Nebraska

  A telegramme from Lincoln, Nebraska

• Police in Toulouse have a missing person

• Stay over 8 hours in Söderköping for repairs

  Diana had to stay over more than 8 hours in Söderköping for repairs. ...

• The Diana delayed at Hävringe due to ...

  The Diana had to stop at Hävringe due to heavy fog and a broken steam pipe.

• The Police station at Kristineberg

  The Police station.

• Vadstena

  The Diana didn't stay in Vadstena.

• Kafka

  Detective Lieutenant Elmer B Kafka of the Homicide Squad in Lincoln Nebraska has the same surname as Franz Kafka, ...

• Perry Mason

  Perry Mason, "television's most successful and longest-running lawyer series" starring Raymond Burr. In the US from ...

Chapter 9

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  Beck walked towards Skepps ...

  Skepps bridge or Skeppsbron in Swedish should be translated into 'The ...

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  Hotel Reisen

  Hotel, dating from the 17th century.

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  Roseanna McGraw had stayed at ...

  Hotel Gillet was a hotel and restaurant on Brunkebergstorg in Norrmalm in ...

Chapter 11

• Route 50 from Jönköping past Tåkern and ...

  From Jönköping northwards onto the European Route 3 and continues to ...

• Beck borrowing an examining room at ...

  Nicolai police station was located here from 1890 to 1972. Until 1870 this ...

• Route 40 to Jönköping

  To get from Gothenburg (Göteborg) to Motala, one takes route 40 eastward ...

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  The Hotel Continental

  Beck walked southward in the light rain past the Hotel Continental.

Chapter 13

• Mary Jane Peterson living at 62 South ...

  At this apartment Roseanna McGraw lived with Mary Jane Peterson.

Chapter 17

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  This is the ship, here at ...

  Pictures from the trip. "There is the City Hall Tower, and there is ...

Chapter 19

• A monastery in Vreta

  He could have gone off the boat and gone with a guide who showed people ...

• Asplången

  The eight millimeter film from the US, taken on the Diana: A short shot.

• Berg's locks

  This is west of Roxen now. The boat has passed Berg´s locks.

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  Danvikshem

  Haile Selassie saluted it once when he was here before the war. He ...

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  Gustaf Adolf´s square

  They passed Gustaf Adolf´s square

• Lake Vänern

  Soon they´ll be out on Lake Vänern.

• Ljungsbro

  The photographer must have gone ahead to Ljungsbro during that time.There ...

• Norsholm

  "Norsholm", said Ahlberg. "It´s a quarter past three now."

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  Opera House

  The camera panned towards the Opera House

• Sjötorp

  "Sjötorp", said Ahlberg. "Twelve o´clock the next day."

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  The Concert Hall

  Pretty girls on the steps of the Concert Hall

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  The north bridge

  The eight millimeter film from US, shot in Stockholm. The north bridge with ...

• The tröllhatten canal

  Should be Trollhätte canal. The dots are on the wrong vowel. The eight ...

• Vänersborg

  Vänersborg in the evening sun.

• King´s guard or the Royal Guards (Högvakten)

  The Royal Guards (Högvakten), the King of Sweden's guard of honour is responsible for the protection of the Royal ...

Chapter 23

• Hamburgsund

  "I went up to a place called Hamburgsund. I had reserved a room there."

• Östgata coast

  "I spent the first week at Mem, that's on the Östgata coast, right where ...

• Aktuellt

  Aktuellt (literally "current; topical") is a once-daily news programme produced by Sveriges Television (SVT) and ...

• All Sport

  All Sport was a Swedish sports magazine that was published by Edwin Ahlqvist in the period 1945-1967. Reportages ...

• Glögg

  Glögg is the term for mulled wine in the Nordic countries. The main classic ingredients are (usually) red wine, ...

• Lektyr

  Lektyr is a Swedish men's magazine with adult content. The magazine was founded in 1923 and featured for many ...

• Midsummer

  The second biggest feast in Sweden. Originally a pagan holiday celebrated as a sacrifice time in the sign of the ...

• Rekord-magazine

  Rekord-magazine (Rekord-magasinet) was a Swedish sports magazine for young people. First published in 1942, a ...

• Svalen (Should be Svalan.)

  Sweden's Svalan Panther-engined machines were a unique combination of tried and tested technology coupled with ...

Chapter 25

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  Berg street

  Police woman Sonja Hansson - the decoy - worked at Berg street headquarters.

Chapter 27

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  Between Little Theatre and ...

  Kollberg parked between the Little Theatre and Tegner street.

• Eriksberg park

  "He sneaked around the corner from the Eriksberg park stairs and walked ...

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  Karl Staaff statue

  Martin Beck crossed the street, went into the shubbery and hid himself in ...

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  Runeberg street

  Sonja Hansson lived on Runeberg street, three flights up in the house on ...