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Jan-Olof Ekholm
Born	October 20, 1931 (1931-10-20) (age 78) Grytnäs, Dalarna Sweden
Nationality	Sweden
Genres	Detective fiction, Children's Literature

Jan-Olof Ekholm (born October 20, 1931) is a Swedish detective fiction writer born in Grytnäs, Dalarna, Sweden, also known for some children's literature works. He is one of the members of the presidium of Svenska Deckarakademin (Swedish Detective Academy). Ekholm's books have been translated to Norwegian, Danish, German, Russian, Ukrainian, and Czech.

Contents 1 Awards 2 Movies 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Awards

• Svenska Deckarakademin (Swedish Detective Academy) award in 1979 for his non-fiction work Mälarmördaren.
• Temmelburken detective fiction award in 2000.

[edit] Movies

• A movie based on Ekholm's early children's book Hurra för Ludvig Lurifax (1965) was produced in Soviet Union in 1984 under the title Ryzhiy chestnyy vlyublyonnyy (red, honest, in love)^[1]
• A Swedish murder mystery movie Sista körningen (1996) was co-written by Jan-Olof Ekholm.^[2]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Jan-Olof Ekholm on Svenska Deckarakademins

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