Viveca Sten

{{short description|Swedish writer and lawyer}}

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Viveca Sten (née Bergstedt; 18 June 1959, in Stockholm) is a Swedish writer and lawyer. She has a law degree from Stockholm University and has an MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics. Previously, she worked at Scandinavian Airlines, has had a highly successful legal career as a lawyer and held the position as General Counsel at PostNord (the Swedish & Danish mail service), but left in 2011 to focus on her writing. Viveca lives with her family just north of Stockholm. Since 1917, Viveca's family have spent all their summers at Sandhamn, a small settlement in the central-peripheral part of the Stockholm Archipelago where her crime fiction novels are set frequently. She is perhaps best known for the book series Sandhamn Murders.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/Rg8dx|title='Morden i Sandhamn'-författaren skriver fler böcker – får miljoner|website=Aftonbladet|date=8 May 2017 |accessdate=12 October 2021}}

Selected works

=Fiction=

  • 2008, I de lugnaste vatten (English translation: Still Waters, 2015 - Sandhamn Murders Book 1)
  • 2009, I den innersta kretsen (English translation: Closed Circles, 2016 - Sandhamn Murders Book 2)
  • 2010, I grunden utan skuld (English translation: Guiltless, 2017 - Sandhamn Murders Book 3)
  • 2011, I natt är du död (English translation: Tonight You’re Dead, 2017 - Sandhamn Murders Book 4)
  • 2012, Julbord i skärgården
  • 2012, Ett gott nytt år
  • 2012, I stundens hetta (English translation: In the Heat of the Moment, 2018 - Sandhamn Murders Book 5)
  • 2013, I farans riktning (English translation: In Harm's Way, 2018 - Sandhamn Murders Book 6)
  • 2014, I maktens skugga (English translation: In the Shadow of Power, 2019 - Sandhamn Murders Book 7)
  • 2015, I sanningens namn (English translation: In the Name of Truth, 2020 - Sandhamn Murders Book 8)
  • 2016, Djupgraven (English translation: The abyss)
  • 2017, Iskalla ögonblick{{Cite web|url=https://www.akademibokhandeln.se/bok/iskalla-ogonblick-tio-skargardsberattelser/9789137150956/|title=Iskalla ögonblick : tio skärgårdsberättelser – Viveca Sten – Bok | Akademibokhandeln|website=www.akademibokhandeln.se|accessdate=12 October 2021}}
  • 2018, I fel sällskap (English translation: In Bad Company, 2021 - Sandhamn Murders Book 9)
  • 2019, I hemlighet begravd (English translation: Buried in Secret, 2022 - Sandhamn Murders Book 10)
  • 2020, Offermakaren
  • 2021, Dalskuggan

=Non-fiction=

  • Förhandla i affärer (Negotiating in Business)
  • Outsourcing av IT-tjänster (Outsourcing IT Services)
  • Internationella avtal – i teori och praktik (International Agreements—In Theory and Practice)

See also

  • Morden i Sandhamn, Swedish television crime drama adapted from Sten's "Sandhamn Murders" series
  • Crime fiction
  • The Åre Murders, Swedish crime drama from novels Hidden in Snow and Hidden in the Shadows.{{cite web|url= https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a63599819/netflix-are-murders-swedish-crime-series/ |website=Digital Spy|accessdate=13 February 2025|title= New Swedish crime drama branded 'gripping' by fans is now on Netflix|date=6 February 2025}}

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