Jenny Berthelius

Jenny Elisabet Berthelius (29 September 1923 – 8 June 2019)[1][2] was a Swedish crime novelist and children's writer, who wrote 24 crime novels, as well as 28 children's books.

Jenny Berthelius
Born
Jenny Elisabet Berthelius

29 September 1923
Stockholm, Sweden
Died8 June 2019 (aged 95)
NationalitySwedish
Alma materLund University
Occupationcrime novelist and children's writer
Known for24 crime novels, and 28 children's books
Spouse(s)
Sven Berthelius
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(m. 1944⁠–⁠1970)​
Children1 daughter

Early life

Berthelius was born in Stockholm, on 29 September 1923, the daughter of an office manager father and a mother who was a singer and reciter.[3][4][5] Berthelius was educated at a girls school in Helsingborg, completed in 1940, and passed her upper secondary school leaving examination in 1942.[3][4] From 1978 to 1982, Berthelius studied comparative literature at Lund University.[3]

Career

Berthelius first worked as a secretary,[4] and later worked as a translator and freelance writer, although she is best known for her detective novels.[3] In 1968, Berthelius published her debut novel, Mördarens ansikte (The Killer's Face), followed by one new detective novel every year for the next twenty years.[3] In 2007, Berthelius published her first new detective novel for fifteen years, Näckrosen.[3] Berthelius's earliest novels are traditional whodunnits, and in later works from 1972 onwards, she moved onto more psychological themes.[4][5] Her two main protagonists are Inspector Singer and the novelist Vera Kruse.[4][5] Berthelius wrote 24 crime novels and 28 children's books.[5]

Awards

In 1969, Berthelius was awarded the newspaper Expressen's prize for the best Swedish detective novel.[3] In 2004, Berthelius was awarded the Svenska Deckarakademins Grand Master-diplom.[3]

Personal life

In 1944, she married Sven Berthelius (died 1970), and they had a daughter together.[3] Berthelius died in June 2019.

References
  1. http://www.svenskagravar.se/gravsatt/90363646
  2. Jenny Berthelius' obituary (in Swedish)
  3. "Berthelius, Jenny - Nordic Women's Literature". nordicwomensliterature.net. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  4. "LLförlaget". LLförlaget. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  5. Mitzi M. Brunsdale (29 April 2016). Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Since 1967. McFarland. p. 408. ISBN 978-1-4766-2277-4. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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