Category Archives: Eva Gabrielsson

Stieg and Eva, Sam and Suzanne

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

Readers of this blog are well aware of the tragedy that has befallen Eva Gabrielsson, the life partner of Stieg Larsson, who has been denied any right to his literary or financial estate. Under Swedish inheritance law, common-law partners cannot … Continue reading →

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Eva Gabrielsson Continues Her Quest

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

The irony is striking, even if unintended: Eva Gabrielsson will be giving an author’s talk over the Memorial Day weekend in Philadelphia. She is returning to our shores presumably to again promote her book, “There are Things I Want You … Continue reading →

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What should be done with the “fourth” novel?

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

Several hundred draft pages from the late Stieg Larsson’s “fourth” novel about Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist are known to exist in some form. Claims and issues about the rights to this material, the appropriateness of publishing it, and who … Continue reading →

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Eva Gabrielsson says Larsson’s politics and feminism is being overlooked – even by Rooney Mara

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

Eva Gabrielsson, the longtime partner of Stieg Larsson, has made her displeasure over the use of Larsson’s legacy known almost constantly since his death, when Larsson’s brother and father were given control over his estate despite her life partnership with … Continue reading →

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Eva Gabrielsson Skipped the Swedish Premier Of the Film

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

John-Henri Holmberg, who was a good friend of Stieg Larsson’s since they were both teenagers and who remains a friend of Eva Gabrielsson’s, was told by Eva that on December 3rd her lawyer received an invitation from Joakim Larsson, Stieg’s brother, … Continue reading →

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Follow the Money Trail, Part 1: The selling of the movie rights to the Millennium trilogy

Posted on December 9, 2011 by

“The worst movie deal in Swedish history.” So Kurdo Baski, a friend and supporter of Larsson in the 1990s, told the Swedish afternoon tabloid Expressen recently about the original deal to turn the Millennium trilogy into a film and TV show. It’s a controversial … Continue reading →

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Now you, too, can have that Lisbeth Salander look

Posted on October 31, 2011 by

Eva Gabrielsson is looking more and more prescient in her bitter anticipation that Larsson’s legacy might be”sold like potatoes.” Expressing her angry concerns to one interviewer, she said, “I don’t want his name to be an industry or brand. The … Continue reading →

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The People Who Riff on the Larsson Titles

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

Wordplay on the Larsson titles has become a favorite pastime for marketers, journalists, movie reviewers, bloggers, and writers of all sort. Often they’re rather trite, but once in a while some really clever ones emerge. Here are a few of … Continue reading →

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Murkier and Murkier: The mystery of Stieg Larsson’s “fourth novel”

Posted on August 22, 2011 by

The mystery of the possible “fourth book” in the Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson became a bit murkier this week, when Larsson’s sometimes friend and sometimes magazine publishing partner, Kurdo Baksi, made new comments at the Edinburgh book festival alleging that Larsson’s … Continue reading →

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Perhaps no fourth book after all…

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

A spate of recent news reports have surfaced in the last few weeks quashing the hopes of Stieg Larsson fans everywhere about the possibility of a fourth book to follow the “Millennium Trilogy.” This new and seemingly definitive story is … Continue reading →

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