New Stieg Larsson 'Millenium' book published by new author in Sweden

A new entry to the Nordic crime saga 'Millenium', featuring Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander, has hit Swedish bookstores, with a new author wanting to focus the story on the far north of Sweden. Photo: AFP

The seventh novel in the successful Millennium series about the characters Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist went on sale in Sweden on Friday.

The series was created by famous Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson, retold by David Lagercrantz and now passed on to a new author, Karin Smirnoff.