Folke Lars-Olov Strömstedt (23 May 1935 in

Gävle Gävle () is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 77,586 inhabitants in 2020, which makes it the List of cities in Sweden, 13th most populated city in Sweden. It is t ...

– 4 July 2009), better known as Lasse Strömstedt, was a Swedish writer who wrote of and about his own life in prison and drug abuse. Strömstedt was born in

in 1935. He was a casual laborer whose working life was frequently disrupted by imprisonment. After 1971 he changed his life and became a writer, debater and actor. In 1974, Strömsted published his first novel, ''Grundbulten'' (The Cornerstone), written together with reporter

Christer Dahl Christer Dahl (born 30 December 1940) is a Swedish director, script writer, producer, and novelist. He was born and grew up in Solna outside Stockholm. Together with Lasse Strömstedt (1935-2009) they wrote six crime novels together using the ...

under the pseudonym ''

Kennet Ahl Kennet Ahl is the pseudonym of Swedish team Lasse Strömstedt (23 May 1935 - 4 July 2009) and Christer Dahl (born 30 December 1940), who wrote crime novels together. Works *''Grundbulten'' (1974) *''Lyftet'' (1976) or ''The Score'' *''Rävsaxen'' ...

''. Strömstedt was married to Swedish singer and writer Ann-Christine Bärnsten. He died aged 74 of natural causes in Gränna on 4 July 2009.Lasse Strömsted död
, TT via Upsala Nya Tidning, 6 July 2009.

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* 1935 births 2009 deaths People from Gävle Swedish male actors Swedish male writers Writers from Gästrikland {{sweden-writer-stub