Per Wahlöö

Per Fredrik Wahlöö (5 August 1926 – 22 June 1975) was a Swedish author. He was perhaps best known for the works with his partner Maj Sjöwall on a series of ten novels about the adventures of Martin Beck, a police detective in Stockholm, published between 1965 and 1975. In 1971. He won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. 

 Personal life 
Wahlöö  had a thirteen-year relationship with his colleague Maj Sjöwall but never married her, as he already was married. 

He died on 22 June 1975 from problems caused by pancreas surgery in Malmö, Sweden at the age of 48.

Bibliography
Novels written by Per Wahlöö alone (see Martin Beck for joint collaboration with Sjöwall)
The Chief (1959)
The Wind and Rain (1961)
A Necessary Action (1962)
The Assignment (1963)
No Roses Grow on Odenplan (1964)
Murder on the Thirty-First Floor (1966)
The Steel Spring (1968)
A Necessary Action (1969)
The Generals (1974)

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Category:1926 births
Category:1975 deaths
Category:Deaths from surgical complications
Category:Swedish writers