Vanger family mystery
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The Vanger family mystery is a decades-old disappearance case at the heart of Stieg Larsson’s novel "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," involving dark family secrets that Lisbeth Salander helps uncover.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional crime case
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narrative mystery ⓘ plot element ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
2009 Swedish film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
ⓘ
2011 American film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audience | adult readers ⓘ |
| centralCharacterInvolved |
Lisbeth Salander
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mikael Blomkvist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Henrik Vanger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting | Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Stieg Larsson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInWork | 2005 ⓘ |
| genreElementOf |
crime fiction
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ thriller fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Stieg Larsson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse | Millennium series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKeyEvent | disappearance of Harriet Vanger ⓘ |
| hasKeyLocation |
Hedeby Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vanger family estate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Nazism and fascist sympathies
ⓘ
abuse of power ⓘ corruption ⓘ family secrets ⓘ intergenerational trauma ⓘ patriarchal violence ⓘ violence against women ⓘ |
| investigatedBy |
Lisbeth Salander
NERFINISHED
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Mikael Blomkvist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvesCharacter |
Harriet Vanger
NERFINISHED
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Henrik Vanger NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Vanger NERFINISHED ⓘ other members of the Vanger family ⓘ |
| involvesCrimeType |
disappearance
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serial murder ⓘ |
| involvesFamily | Vanger family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Swedish (original publication context) ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | drives investigation plot of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex family genealogy
ⓘ
intertwining personal and political crimes ⓘ |
| partOf | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resolutionInvolves |
revealing Harriet Vanger’s fate
ⓘ
uncovering a serial killer within the Vanger family ⓘ |
| timeSetting |
20th century Sweden
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decades after Harriet Vanger’s disappearance ⓘ |
| triggerEvent | Henrik Vanger receiving pressed flowers on his birthday ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lisbeth Salander