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Viveca Sten (née Bergstedt; 18 June 1959, in
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Viveca Sten (née Bergstedt; 18 June 1959, in Stockholm
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) is a Swedish writer and lawyer. She has a law degree from Stockholm University
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and has an MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics
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. Previously, she worked at Scandinavian Airlines
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, has had a highly successful legal career as a lawyer and held the position as General Counsel at PostNord (the Swedish & Danish mail service), but left in 2011 to focus on her writing. Viveca lives with her family just north of Stockholm. Since 1917, Viveca's family have spent all their summers at Sandhamn
Sandhamn (Swedish language, Swedish for "Sand Harbour") is a small settlement in the central-peripheral part of the Stockholm Archipelago at the 59th parallel northnord59.se in central-eastern Sweden. approximately 50 km (30 mi) east of ...
, a small settlement in the central-peripheral part of the Stockholm Archipelago
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where her crime fiction novels are set frequently. She is perhaps best known for the book series Sandhamn Murders.
Selected works
Fiction
*2008, ''I de lugnaste vatten'' (English translation: ''Still Waters'', 2015 - Sandhamn Murders Book 1) *2009, ''I den innersta kretsen'' (English translation: ''Closed Circles'', 2016 - Sandhamn Murders Book 2) *2010, ''I grunden utan skuld'' (English translation: ''Guiltless'', 2017 - Sandhamn Murders Book 3) *2011, ''I natt är du död'' (English translation: ''Tonight You’re Dead'', 2017 - Sandhamn Murders Book 4) *2012, ''Julbord i skärgården'' *2012, ''Ett gott nytt år'' *2012, ''I stundens hetta'' (English translation: ''In the Heat of the Moment'', 2018 - Sandhamn Murders Book 5) *2013, ''I farans riktning'' (English translation: ''In Harm's Way'', 2018 - Sandhamn Murders Book 6) *2014, ''I maktens skugga'' (English translation: ''In the Shadow of Power'', 2019 - Sandhamn Murders Book 7) *2015, ''I sanningens namn'' (English translation: ''In the Name of Truth'', 2020 - Sandhamn Murders Book 8) *2016, ''Djupgraven'' (English translation: ''The abyss'') *2017, ''Iskalla ögonblick'' *2018, ''I fel sällskap'' (English translation: ''In Bad Company'', 2021 - Sandhamn Murders Book 9) *2019, ''I hemlighet begravd'' (English translation: ''Buried in Secret'', 2022 - Sandhamn Murders Book 10) *2020, ''Offermakaren'' *2021, ''Dalskuggan''Non-fiction
*''Förhandla i affärer'' (Negotiating in Business) *''Outsourcing av IT-tjänster'' (Outsourcing IT Services) *''Internationella avtal – i teori och praktik'' (International Agreements—In Theory and Practice)See also
* ''Morden i Sandhamn
''Morden i Sandhamn'' (English: ''Sandhamn Murders'') is a Swedish television crime drama series. It is based on the book series of the same name by writer, Viveca Sten, with later seasons set in Sten's fictional universe. The series is broadcast ...
,'' Swedish television crime drama adapted from Sten's "Sandhamn Murders" series
* Crime fiction
Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, crime novel, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives or fiction that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professiona ...
* '' The Åre Murders'', Swedish crime drama from novels ''Hidden in Snow'' and ''Hidden in the Shadows''.
References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sten, Viveca 1959 births 21st-century Swedish writers 21st-century Swedish women writers 20th-century Swedish lawyers 21st-century Swedish lawyers Living people Writers from Stockholm Swedish crime fiction writers Stockholm School of Economics alumni Women crime fiction writers 20th-century Swedish women lawyers 21st-century women lawyers