The “Millennium” saga, which counts six books, will continue with three new opus – Franceinfo

The famous Swedish crime series Millennium created by Stieg Larsson, who now has six books, will continue with three new opus, announced Monday (November 22) the Swedish publishing house Polaris.

After Larsson’s original trilogy which became a worldwide publishing phenomenon fifteen years ago, a second thriller trilogy was signed by Swedish author David Lagercrantz between 2015 and 2019. David Lagercrantz – also known for having co-signed the biography of the Swedish footballer with Zlatan Ibrahimovic – had let it be known that he did not intend to continue the series.

The name of the author who will ensure the continuation of the adventures of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander is not yet known.

“Carrying further this deeply loved story is not only exhilarating and honoring but also demanding”, said Jonas Axelsson, Publishing Director at Polaris. The publisher, who bought the rights to the Moggliden company in charge of intellectual property from Stieg Larsson, is delighted to give “a new sequel” to “greatest literary success in Swedish history”.

An investigative journalist specializing in far-right movements, Larsson died of a heart attack in 2004 just after rendering the first three manuscripts. He has therefore never known the fortune or the success of the saga, which has passed in total according to a last score to more than 100 million copies worldwide in more than 50 countries.

After the posthumous publication of the first three volumes (Men who didn’t like women (2005), The girl who dreamed of a gas can and a match (2006), The queen in the drafty palace (2007), bestselling author David Lagercrantz took up the torch in a climate of controversy. The decision had been taken with the agreement of Larsson’s brother and father but the opposition of author’s partner Eva Gabrielsson. Excluded from her inheritance because they were not married – which had already earned her to be deprived of important copyright – she had not been successful.

The second trilogy – What doesn’t kill me in 2015, The girl who hit back two years later and The girl who must die in 2019 – had been published by Swedish publisher Nordstedts.