Kristina Ohlsson
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| Born | 2 March 1979 Kristianstad, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Genre | Crime Fiction |
Kristina Maria Ohlsson (born 2 March 1979) is a Swedish political scientist and award-winning writer.
She grew up in Kristianstad and then moved to Gothenburg, where she studied Political Science. Then, she obtained a master’s degree in political science and crisis management from the Swedish Defence University in Stockholm.[1] Ohlsson has worked as a Counter-Terrorism Officer at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe; she has also worked for the Swedish Security Service, for the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and for the Swedish National Defense College. She lives in Stockholm.[2][3]
Besides her adult fiction, which includes a series featuring investigative analyst Fredrika Bergman, Ohlsson has also written a popular trilogy of children's suspense novels.[4] In 2010, she was awarded the Stabilo Prize for Best Crime Writer of Southern Sweden.[3] In 2013, she received the Children's Novel Award from Sveriges Radio.[5] In 2017, she was awarded the Crimetime Specsavers Award for children's crime fiction.[6]
Ohlsson's first novel Unwanted was adapted for Swedish TV as Sthlm Rekviem (Stockholm Requiem on Walter Presents in the UK).[7]
