Engelsfors
{{Short description|Swedish young adult fantasy trilogy}}
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{{Infobox book series
| name = Engelsfors
| image = The Circle (Strandberg and Elfgren novel - cover art).jpg
| image_caption = Cover of the first novel in the series (Swedish)
| books = The Circle
Fire
The Key
| author = Mats Strandberg
Sara Bergmark Elfgren
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| country = Sweden
| language = Swedish
| genre = Young adult fiction
Urban fantasy
Horror
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| number_of_books = 3
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Engelsfors is a Swedish young adult fantasy trilogy written by Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren. All three novels in the series have been translated into English.{{cite web|url = https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sara-b-elfgren/the-key/|website = Kirkus Review|accessdate = 12 August 2016|title = The Key}}
A Swedish film adaptation of the first book in the series, Cirkeln (English: The Circle), was released on February 18, 2015.{{cite web|url = http://www.svt.se/kultur/film/tyska-tonaringar-gillar-cirkeln|publisher = Sveriges Television|accessdate = 12 August 2016|title = Tyska tonåringar gillar Cirkeln| date=11 February 2015 }} There are plans to film adaptions of the second and third books if the first film is a commercial success.{{cite web|last1=Alexander|first1=Dunerfors|title=7 Things We Learned About "The Circle" Film|url=https://www.moviezine.se/nyheter/7-saker-vi-lart-oss-om-cirkeln-filmen|website=MovieZine|accessdate=10 February 2015}}
''The Circle''
{{main article|The Circle (Elfgren and Strandberg novel)}}
The Circle (Swedish: Cirkeln) is the first book in the Engelsfors trilogy. The novel takes place in a fictional rural town, Engelsfors, in central Sweden, and follows a group of teenage girls with little in common who discover that they are witches. The girls, known as the Chosen Ones, are destined to save the world from an approaching apocalypse caused by an otherworldly evil ("demons").
In addition to the fantasy theme, the novel also uses tropes of horror fiction, psychological realism and the unreliable narrator. The novel has been sold for publication in over twenty different languages, in addition to its native Swedish.{{Cite web|title = Home - World of Engelsfors|url = http://www.worldofengelsfors.com/|website = World of Engelsfors|access-date = 2016-02-11|language = en-US|archive-date = 2017-04-25|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170425144325/http://www.worldofengelsfors.com/|url-status = dead}} Random House released the English translation in the U.K. on June 7, 2012, and in other English-speaking countries during the summer of 2012.[http://www.randomhouse.ca/books/219039/the-circle-by-sara-b-elfgren-mats-strandberg The Circle] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130115220324/http://www.randomhouse.ca/books/219039/the-circle-by-sara-b-elfgren-mats-strandberg |date=2013-01-15 }}, randomhouse.com
The novel won Bokbloggarnas litteraturpris which is awarded by major Swedish book bloggers,[http://www.rabensjogren.se/pa-gang/Nyheter/2012/Hurra-for-Cirkeln---vinnare-av-Bokbloggarnas-litteraturpris-20111/ Hurra för "Cirkeln" - vinnare av Bokbloggarnas litteraturpris 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216222412/http://www.rabensjogren.se/pa-gang/Nyheter/2012/Hurra-for-Cirkeln---vinnare-av-Bokbloggarnas-litteraturpris-20111/ |date=2012-02-16 }} Rabén & Sjögren {{in lang|sv}} as well as Bokjuryn, where over 30,000 Swedish children and young adults vote for their favorite books.[http://www.rabensjogren.se/pa-gang/Nyheter/2012/Rum-213-och-Cirkeln-vinnare-i-Bokjuryn-2011/ "Rum 213" och "Cirkeln" vinnare i Bokjuryn 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210030402/http://www.rabensjogren.se/pa-gang/Nyheter/2012/Rum-213-och-Cirkeln-vinnare-i-Bokjuryn-2011/ |date=2015-02-10 }} Rabén & Sjögren {{in lang|sv}} It was nominated for the August Prize youth award in 2011.
''Fire''
{{main article|Fire (Elfgren and Strandberg novel)}}
Fire takes place about 10 weeks after the events of the first novel. It follows the same fantasy like the first and further develops themes of horror fiction, psychological realism and an unreliable narrator(s). The plot also makes analogies to the effects of global warming on Sweden's subarctic climate and the group behaviour dynamics of political, religious and ideological extremist groups.{{Cite news|title = Mats Strandberg och Sara Bergmark Elfgren: "Eld" - DN.SE|url = https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/bokrecensioner/mats-strandberg-och-sara-bergmark-elfgren-eld/|newspaper = Dagens Nyheter| date=7 May 2012 |access-date = 2016-02-11|language = sv-se}}{{Cite web|title = "Eld" – Sara Bergmark Elfgren och Mats Strandberg|url = http://bokhora.se/2012/eld-sara-bergmark-elfgren-och-mats-strandberg/|website = Bokhora.se|access-date = 2016-02-11|language = sv-SE|archive-date = 2016-03-04|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100545/http://bokhora.se/2012/eld-sara-bergmark-elfgren-och-mats-strandberg/|url-status = dead}}
''The Key''
{{main article|The Key (Elfgren and Strandberg novel)}}
The final part in the series was published in English in the United States in October 2015. The novel concludes the story of the Chosen Ones.