Nordic noir author Karin Smirnoff How to use the video This video is featuring Swedish novelist Karin Smirnoff, who has has taken over the torch in the world-famous Millennium series started by Stieg Larsson (1954-2004). The video is a part of the toolkit Between the lines .
The video is available in English with subtitles, and as a clean version without subtitles. You can use the clean version and SRT file for translation to your local language.
The short versions can be used in social media as reels, stories, and posts. The long versions can be published on social media or screened at events. You can find suggested captions below.
Video Download short English version (MP4 90 MB) Karin Smirnoff – short video with English text Download short clean version (MP4 90 MB) Karin Smirnoff – short video without text (clean version) Download subtitles (SRT 1 KB) Karin Smirnoff – subtitles for the short video Download long version with Karin Smirnoff (ZIP 1 GB) Karin Smirnoff – long video Captions Why is violence so intriguing? Swedish novelist Karin Smirnoff sure has given the topic a lot of thought, both in her Jan Kippo trilogy and in her first Millenium book – the seventh in the series. On a cold winter day way up north, Smirnoff elaborated on her writing.
Karin Smirnoff debuted with her novel suite about Jana Kippo in 2018. Her books have been a great success both in Sweden and internationally.
With her latest book, Smirnoff takes over the torch in the world-famous Millennium series. 'The Girl in the Eagle's Talons' is book number 7 in the series. Once again, Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomqvist’s paths cross, this time in northern Sweden.
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Video text to add in a reel: Karin Smirnoff, what makes North Sweden special?
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