The Locked Room

novel by Sjöwall and Wahlöö
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1607978
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The Locked Room

Summary

The Locked Room is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Locked Room authored Sjöwall and Wahlöö[3].
  • The Locked Room authored Per Wahlöö[4].
  • The Locked Room authored Maj Sjöwall[5].
  • The Locked Room's instance of is recorded as literary work[6].
  • The Locked Room's publisher is recorded as Norstedts Förlag[7].
  • The Locked Room's publisher is recorded as Pantheon Books[8].
  • The Locked Room's genre is recorded as police procedural[9].
  • The Locked Room's genre is recorded as detective fiction[10].
  • The Locked Room's follows is recorded as The Abominable Man[11].
  • The Locked Room's followed by is recorded as Cop Killer[12].
  • The Locked Room's part of the series is recorded as Martin Beck[13].
  • The Locked Room's language of work or name is recorded as Swedish[14].
  • The Locked Room's country of origin is recorded as Sweden[15].
  • The Locked Room's publication date is recorded as +1972-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].
  • The Locked Room's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/045r0k[17].
  • The Locked Room's Open Library ID is recorded as OL3899220W[18].
  • The Locked Room's translator is recorded as Paul Britten Austin[19].
  • The Locked Room's has edition or translation is recorded as Q121029679[20].
  • The Locked Room's has edition or translation is recorded as Q121029697[21].
  • The Locked Room's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 147596[22].
  • The Locked Room's title is recorded as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Det slutna rummet'}[23].
  • The Locked Room's derivative work is recorded as Beck – De gesloten kamer[24].
  • The Locked Room's OCLC work ID is recorded as 196724650[25].
  • The Locked Room's FantLab work ID is recorded as 219051[26].
  • The Locked Room's form of creative work is recorded as novel[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Authored works include Sjöwall and Wahlöö[3], a couple[28]; Per Wahlöö[4], a journalist[29], 1926–1975[30], of Sweden[31], awarded the Edgar Awards[32]; and Maj Sjöwall[5], a translator[33], 1935–2020[34], of Sweden[35], awarded the Riverton International Honour Prize[36], specialised in detective fiction[37].

Why It Matters

The Locked Room ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38]

References

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  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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    Publisher Norstedts Förlag, Pantheon Books
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    Has edition or translation Q121029679, Q121029697
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