Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson (August 15, 1954 – November 9, 2004) was a Swedish journalist and writer. He is best known for writing the Millennium trilogy of crime novels, which were published posthumously and adapted as motion pictures. Description above from the Wikipedia Stieg Larsson licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 15, 1954
- November 9, 2004 (aged 50)
- Skelleftehamn, Sweden
- Writer, also actor
- 6 on MovieCove · 7 credits in all
Known for
What are Stieg Larsson's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 4
Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 3
Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 5
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Stieg Larsson's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Stieg Larsson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
7 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Millennium(2010)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all filmsThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles, 6 of them dated from 2009 to 2018.
Biggest box office
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Highest rated
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Stieg Larsson's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 87th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 6 titles divides audiences: 3 are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved3
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 55/100 and the plot and story 58/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Stieg Larsson's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Stieg Larsson work with?
People who share at least 2 of Stieg Larsson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Anni Faurbye Fernandez shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Daniel AlfredsonShared titles: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009), The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Alfredson
Writers
- Jonas FrykbergShared titles: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009), The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Jonas Frykberg
Actors
- Lena EndreShared titles: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009), The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Lena Endre
- Michael NyqvistShared titles: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009), The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Michael Nyqvist
- Noomi RapaceShared titles: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009), The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Noomi Rapace
- Annika HallinShared titles: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009), The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Annika Hallin
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Jacob GrothShared titles: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009), The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Jacob Groth
- Mattias MorhedenShared titles: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009), The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Mattias Morheden
- Peter MokrosinskiShared titles: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009), The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Mokrosinski
Producers
- Anni Faurbye FernandezShared titles: The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018), The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009), The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)See all 4 shared titles with Anni Faurbye Fernandez
- Ole SøndbergShared titles: The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018), The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009), The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)See all 4 shared titles with Ole Søndberg
- Søren StærmoseShared titles: The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018), The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009), The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)See all 4 shared titles with Søren Stærmose
- Jenny GilbertssonShared titles: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009), The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Jenny Gilbertsson