Summary A rare white flower is delivered to a man whose name is not revealed to the reader. The man has been receiving a flower, always pressed, in a simple frame, and mailed by an unknown person, every year on his birthday for the last 44 years of his life. […]
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Harriet Vanger The grand-niece of Henrik Vanger, Harriet Vanger disappears as a 16-year-old girl to start a new secret life away from the abuses of Gottfried Vanger and Martin Vanger, her father and brother. Hans-Erik Wennerstrom The ruthless CEO of the Wennerstrom Group, Hans-Erik Wennerstrom is willing to use illegal […]
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The retired CEO of Vanger Corporation, a family owned and operated conglomerate, Henrik Vanger finds most of his family reprehensible and hires Blomkvist to find out which of his family members caused his favorite grand-niece, Harriet, to vanish 40 years before. Vanger’s whole life has been consumed with Harriet’s disappearance, […]
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Berger and Blomkvist are friends, occasional lovers, and co-owners and editors of Millennium. Erika Berger, having grown up with money, is sophisticated and professional and enjoys sparking media frenzy. Like Blomkvist, Berger is motivated by a desire to expose corruption. She doesn’t always agree with Blomkvist’s timeline or methods, though, […]
Read more Character List and Analysis Erika BergerCharacter List and Analysis Lisbeth Salander
Salander, the female protagonist, is the girl with the dragon tattoo, who has a mysterious and painful past. Declared mentally incompetent as a minor, she is subject to the will of her guardian who has complete control over her finances. Nonetheless, she’s fiercely independent, stubborn, and intelligent, and is able […]
Read more Character List and Analysis Lisbeth SalanderCharacter List and Analysis Mikael Blomkvist
Blomkvist, the male protagonist, is an intrepid reporter, editor, and co-owner of the investigative financial magazine, Millennium. Having been convicted of libel at the start of the novel, Blomkvist is motivated by a need to not only clear his name, but also expose truths, which has been his professional motivation […]
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Mikael Blomkvist is an intrepid investigative reporter in Stockholm, Sweden, who has been convicted of libel against Hans-Erik Wennerstrom, a powerful business mogul. Following his trial, Blomkvist is determined to clear his name. After getting a mysterious phone call from a lawyer representing Henrik Vanger, the well-respected retired CEO of […]
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