Karin Alfredsson (born 1953) is a Swedish writer and journalist. In 1980 she was named as the editor-in-chief of ''

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'', publication of the Swedish Journalists Association. She wrote articles for the magazine '' OmVärlden''. Alfredsson worked as an editor for several programs for the Swedish public broadcaster SVT. She was also a visiting journalism professor at

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. She contributed to the anthology ''The Tattooed Girl: The Enigma of Stieg Larsson and the Secrets Behind the Most Compelling Thrillers of Our Time''. Her books, including crime fiction, mainly deal with women's issues. She currently lives in

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. Alfredsson has been credited with being the main driving force during the 1980s in persuading the Swedish government to treat

domestic violence Domestic violence is violence that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in a marriage Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes r ...

more severely. She was the founder and head of "Cause of Death: Woman", a non-governmental project to stop

violence against women Violence against women (VAW), also known as gender-based violence (GBV) or sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), violent, violence primarily committed by Man, men or boys against woman, women or girls. Such violence is often considered hat ...

which was active in ten countries.

Selected works

Her major work include: * ''Den man älskar agar man?'', on violence against women (1979) ("The person that you love you hurt?") * ''80 grader från Varmvattnet'', crime novel (2006), received the

Swedish Crime Writers' Academy The Swedish Crime Fiction Academy (Swedish: ''Svenska Deckarakademin''), is a Sweden, Swedish organization set up in 1971 to promote quality in Swedish detective fiction and crime fiction.

debutante award, translated into English as ''Beauty, Blessing and Hope'' * ''Kvinnorna på 10:e våningen'', crime novel (2008), translated into English as ''The Woman on the 10th floor'' * ''Klockan 21:37'', crime novel (2009), translated into English as ''9:37 pm'' * ''Den sjätte gudinnan'', crime novel (2010), translated into English as ''The Sixth Goddess'' * ''Pojken i hiss 54'', crime novel (2011), translated into English as ''The Boy in Elevator 54''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alfredsson, Karin 1953 births Living people 20th-century Swedish journalists Swedish women novelists Swedish women's rights activists Place of birth missing (living people) Swedish crime fiction writers