"More Than Abba and Skinny-Dipping in Mountain Lakes": Swedish Dystopia, Henning Mankell and the British Wallander Series

Michael Tapper

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Abstract

Essay on the international stereotype of Sweden and how it is reproduced in Henning Mankell's Wallander novels and in the British tv-series starring Kenneth Branagh.
Original languageSwedish
Pages (from-to)60-69
JournalFilm International
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Arts

Free keywords

  • Henning Mankell
  • United Kingdom (tv)
  • Wallander tv series
  • Kenneth Branagh
  • ideology
  • Sweden
  • Ystad
  • social democracy

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