Chapter 1

• Skärmarbrink underground station

  Martin Beck was bad at chess but played all the same.

• The American embassy, Strandvägen

  Outside the American embassy on Strandvägen and along the streets leading ...

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  The Central Station

• Leyland Atlantean, Büssing

  The Leyland Atlantean was a double-decker bus introduced in Stockholm on H day (H=’höger’, right in Swedish), ...

• Route 47

  Route 47 – Perhaps the best-known of Stockholm’s bus routes, taking passengers out to Djurgården with plenty of ...

Chapter 3

• City Limit Solna/Stockholm

  If he crossed the city limits and followed Norra Stationsgatan for some ...

• Communal garden plots, The Railway ...

  Both Communal garden plots and The Railway Museum have vanished since the ...

• Eugeniavägen

  Then he could turn in te Eugeniävagen, drive across the hospital area and ...

• Haga Park

  One of the major parks in Stockholm. A generally very quiet area. Today the ...

• Kapellgatan

  Just before ten thirty they got a call on the radio and drove to an address ...

• Malmö

  While they were still serving as ordinary beat officers on the beat in ...

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  Police headquarters, Solna

  ... finishing up finally at police headquarters. By that time their shift ...

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  The hospital area (Karolinska ...

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  The Northern Cemetery

  One of the major cemeteries in Stockholm. Yet another quiet place for our ...

• The Police Training College (Huvudsta)

  He drove slowly, in glum silence, following a twisting route from Huvudsta ...

• The university district

  Primarily academic studies in medicine.

• Tomtebodaskolan (The School for the Blind)

  Today, headquarters of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and ...

• Tomtebodavägen

  When they reached the end of Tomtebodavägen, Kvant stopped the car with the ...

Chapter 5

• Bagarmossen

  It was dark in the hall but he didn't bother to switch on the light. He saw ...

Chapter 7

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  Crime scene

  First two photos of northernmost part of Norrbackagatan (where the murderer ...

Chapter 9

• Arjeplog

  He was bom and raised in Arjeplog and although he had lived in Stockholm ...

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  Inedalsgatan 5

  The driver's name was Gustav Bengtsson. He was forty-eight, married, two ...

• Karlbergsvägen 87

  She shared a room at Karlbergsvägen 87 with another nurse from Sabbatsberg.

• Karlbergsvägen 89

  He was fifty-two, married and lived at Karlbergsvägen 89.

• Narvavägen

  Why didn't Gösta Assarsson attend the meeting in Narvavägen?

• Norra Stationsgatan 117

  He lives alone at Norra Stationsgatan 117. He is forty-three and employed ...

• Norra Stationsgatan 119

  Shot in the shoulder and through the neck.

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  Sabbatsberg Hospital

  'The girl in the seat next to Stenström was called Britt Danielsson. She ...

• Sibyllegatan

  According to his wiife he was coming from the workshop on Sibyllegatan, ...

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  Tegnérgatan 40

  His wife didn't known why he was on the bus.

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  The Hornsberg depot at ...

  It was his last run for the day and when he had let off the passengers at ...

• Tjärhovsgatan

  He lived on Tjärhovsgatan together with his fiancée ...

• Västmannagatan

  Hildur Johansson had been baby-sitting in her daughter's home.

Chapter 13

• Folkungagatan/Östgötagatan

  As they turned the corner into Östgötagatan Kollberg said, 'Have you heard ...

• Medborgarplatsen

  The time was twenty minutes past nine and a watery sun filtered through the ...

• Tjärhovsgatan 18

  They found the name Torell on the list of tenants in the entrance, but ...

Chapter 15

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  Dalagatan/Tegnérgatan

  At the corner of Dalagatan and Tegnérgatan they were stopped by a man in a ...

• Eslöv

  Britt lived in Eslöv until the age of 20.

• Gillerbacken 22, Rågsved

  Britt Danielsson's partner, Bertil Persson, lived here.

• Hallstahammar

  Åke Stenström was from Hallstahammar.

• Kungsbron

  Minute grains of snow swirled up against the windscreen. 

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  Norra Bantorget/Norra Latin

  'Not the same kind,' he said. 'That one's a German bus. Büssing.' 

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  The Eastman Institute

  Beck getting out of the car next to the Eastman Institute.

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  The old market hall

  Built in 1907, demolished in the 80s. Beck and Larsson passing on their way ...

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  Vasagatan

  They followed Vasagatan to Norra Bantorget and outside Norra Latin ...

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  Wasahof

  The lunch hour was över and there were several vacant tables in the ...

• Norra Latin

  Norra Latin – Until 1982, one of the more prestigious upper secondary schools in Stockholm. Inaugurated in 1880, ...

• Sabbatsberg Hospital

  Sabbatsberg hospital is a hospital in Vasastan, Stockholm which was opened in 1879. In 1986 Prime Minister Olof ...

Chapter 17

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  Agnegatan

  'A couple of years ago you sat in the vestibule of the old police ...

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  Djurgårdsbron

  ... he was willing to swear that he had seen Stenström.

• Karlbergsvägen 89

  'Where's Karlbergsvägen?' 'There's a map on the wall över there,' Kollberg ...

• Klara police station

  Said "cunt" in the guardroom at Klara police station. A couple of the boys ...

• Kungsholmsgatan

  ... he had ice crystals in his hair and eyebrows, a grim expression on his ...

Chapter 19

• Alvik

  'I just came in on the underground,' Nordin said. 'Just between Alvik and ...

• Axelsberg

  Take a number 13 or 23 southbound ...

• Beckomberga

  Beckomberga Hospital was a Swedish psychiatric hospital, situated in Bromma ...

• Bogesund

  Schwerin spent three months at Bogesund prison for drink-driving.

• Eslöv

  'Britt Danielsson, nurse, born 1940 at Eslöv.v. She was sitting beside ...

• Fridhemsplan

  Just three stops on the tunnelbana (metro/underground/subway) from Alvik to ...

• Götgatan

  According to the book the second Hollywood boutique was in Götgatan.

• Hägersten

  'We have a weird sort of tip here,' Melander said.

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  Mariatorget

  The police stations downtown had frequent visits from the outriders of the ...

• Minneapolis

  Schwerin drank. He had two spells at Beckomberga in the alcoholic clinic ...

• Östermalmstorg

  He had been working overtime and was on his way home, that's clear. He, ...

• Palandergatan

  An hour later Kollberg entered his flat at Palandergatan.

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  Restaurang Pilen

  On the evening in question [Schwerin] had been at Restaurant Pilen on ...

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  Southern Hospital

  The doctor she was going steady with was on duty that night at Southern ...

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  St Eriksplan

  And the third Hollywood boutique was in St Eriksplan.

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  Vasagatan

  One of the Hollywood boutiques was allegedly on Vasagatan.

• Beckomberga (hospital)

  Beckomberga (hospital) was a Swedish psychiatric hospital, situated in Bromma in the western suburbs of Stockholm. ...

• Bogesund

  Bogesund is a castle near the town of Vaxholm, east of Stockholm, built in the 1640s. After a period of dereliction ...

• Göta Canal boat

  The Göta Canal is a Swedish canal constructed in the early 19th century. It formed the backbone of a waterway ...

• Hollywood shop

  Hollywood shops have existed in Sweden since 1929. They are currently geared towards skateboarding. We have not ...

• Nameday

  A name day is a tradition celebrated in many countries in Europe and Latin America of celebrating on a particular ...

• Preludin tablet

  Preludin (or Phenmetrazine) is a stimulant drug of the morpholine chemical class that was previously used as an ...

• Southern Hospital

  Södersjukhuset is one of the largest hospitals in Stockholm, constructed between 1937 and 1944.

Chapter 21

• Kristineberg

  'But I hadn't given him this book then. I remember that I found it when I ...

• The Göta Canal

  'Because we once discussed the matter. In connection with that American ...

Chapter 23

• Bollmora

  Gunvald Larsson got home to his flat at Bollmora at three o'clock on Sunday ...

• 90 000

  Back in 1967 90 000 was the Swedish emergency number (today it is 112).

• Ericofon

  The Ericofon, or Cobra Phone is a plastic one-piece telephone created by the Ericsson Company and marketed ...

Chapter 25

• Kungsholmsgatan

  Within the space of three days the police found no less than three ...

• Lidingö

  Teresa's former husband and his new wife then moved to Lidingö.

• Mäster Samuelsgatan

  She had spent the night with a guy in a hotel room on Nybrogatan and parted ...

• Nybrogatan

  Teresa had spent the night with a man in a hotel room in Nybrogatan.

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  Stadshagen sports ground

  She was naked, lying on her stomach with her arms by her sides.

• Stocksund

  'Not unnaturally, he considered himself scandalized. He changed his name ...

• Torsgatan

  She met this Henrique Camarão and married him. They had no children. ...

Chapter 27

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  Adolf Fredrik’s Church

  The only one to have derived any profit from the incident was Månsson. He ...

• Kungsholmen

  Rönn took No. 54 back to Kungsholmen. It was a red doubledecker Leyland ...

• Ringvägen

  Half an hour later Rönn once again opened the door of the truck on ...

• The Högalid institution

  On this list alone there was everything from bank managers in Stocksund to ...

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  The Trades Union Hall

  On the morning of Thursday, 21 December, it was no fun being a policeman. ...

• Anita Ekberg

  Anita Ekberg (1931- ) is a Swedish model, actress and cult sex symbol. She is best known for her role as Sylvia in ...

• Bus route 54

  Bus route 54 – was one of the main bus routes in Stockholm, linking the northern, western and southern outskirts of ...

• The Högalid institution

  The Högalid institution (Vårdhemmet Högalid) was built in 1905 as a model institution for relatively healthy but ...

Chapter 29

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  Allimport, Holländargatan 10

  Göransson used to work here and had sex with Teresa Camarão in the basement.

• Klara Strand

  'Yes. In a boat down at Klara Strand. Nordin found the spot this moming.'

• Långanäs

  Kollberg being given directions.

• Linköping

  On his way back to Stockholm Kollberg has coffee at a motel.

• Norrtälje

  At the interrogation he said that he had been in Norrtälje on the evening ...

• Savile Row, London

  'Luckily there are people who have an eye for quality. Otherwise they might ...

• Stocksund

  Through the open garage door they could see a black Mercedes of the largest ...

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  Svartmangatan

  Another location where Göransson (and Svensson-Rask) had sex with Teresa. ...

• The Ambassadör

  At twelve o'clock [Forsberg] was to have lunch with a client at the ...

• The City Hotel, Eksjö

  Göransson's account of his visit to Eksjö is confirmed by the staff of the ...

• The Old Town

  Sure enough Bengt Fredriksson, artist and brawler, was hard at it drmking ...

• Wende Artillery Regiment, Kristianstad

  Forsberg's father had been an officer at the regiment.

• Arne Mattsson

  Arne Mattsson (1919 - 95) was a Swedish film director, born in Uppsala. His biggest success was Hon dansade en ...

• Morris Minor

  The Morris Minor was a British economy car built between 1948 and 1971 (until 1974 in New Zealand).

• Solna

  Filmstaden in Solna was a film studio built by the main Swedish film producer at the time, Svensk Filmindustri ...

• The Finnish Winter War

  The Finnish Winter War – military conflict between Finland and the Soviet Union November 1939 – March 1940. Finland ...

• Wende Artillery Regiment

  Wende Artillery Regiment – existed between 1794 and 2000 in Kristianstad (and at the end in Hässleholm) in the ...