Stieg Trenter


Stieg Ivar Trenter was a Swedish journalist and popular crime writer.

Biography

Born Stig Johansson in Stockholm, he started out by using the name Stieg Trenter as pseudonym but soon changed his name to this in real life as well. His first novel was Ingen kan hejda döden, published in 1943.
Stieg Trenter was a crime writer. The main characters in many of his books are crime investigating press photographer Harry Friberg and his crime solving partner Detective Inspector Vesper Johnson. New editions of his books continue to be published.
His plots has been called adequate by some experts and praised by others. His investigating main character is Friberg, from whose perspective the story is told, and this character is said to have been based upon the press photographer K.W. Gullers, Trenter's friend.
His book series on Harry Friberg contains 23 books. These books are his most famous but he also published other independent crime novels.
Stieg Trenter married the author Ulla Trenter in 1960. They are parents of the author Laura Trenter.

Works