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Jan Mårtenson

Jan Martenson
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Born
Jan Per Gösta Mårtenson

February 14, 1933
Uppsala, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
OccupationDiplomat

Jan Per Gösta Mårtenson (born 14 February 1933) is a Swedish diplomat who is also famous as the author of some fifty Swedish crime novels.[1]

Biography

Mårtenson has served as Head of the Secretariat for the King of Sweden many years. Jan Mårtenson was also the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and later he held the position of Director-General at the UN Office at Geneva for several years.

Later Jan Mårtenson has served as Deputy Secretary-General of the UN and head of the UN's European headquarters in Geneva. In his free time he writes novels. The main character of most of his crime novels is the fictional antique dealer Johan Kristian Homan. [2]

Crime novels (Swedish titles)

  • Helgeandsmordet (1973) - Invitation au suicide, Paris, Librairie des Champs-Élysées, 1978
  • Drakguldet (1974) - L’Or du dragon, Paris, Librairie des Champs-Élysées, 1982
  • Demonerna (1975)
  • Häxhammaren (1976)
  • Döden går på museum (1977)
  • Döden går på cirkus (1978)
  • Vinprovarna (1979) - Death calls on the witches
  • Djävulens hand (1980)
  • Döden gör en tavla (1981)
  • Middag med döden (1982)
  • Vampyren (1983)
  • Guldmakaren (1984)
  • Häxmästaren (1985)
  • Rosor från döden (1986)
  • Den röda näckrosen (1987)
  • Neros bägare (1988)
  • Mord i Venedig (1989)
  • Akilles häl (1990)
  • Ramses hämnd (1991)
  • Midas hand (1992)
  • Gamens öga (1993)
  • Tsarens guld (1994)
  • Karons färja (1995)
  • Caesars örn (1996)
  • Högt spel (1997)
  • Det svarta guldet (1998)
  • Häxan (1999)
  • Mord på Mauritius (2000)
  • Ikaros flykt (2001)
  • Mord ombord (2002)
  • Dödligt svek (2003)
  • Ostindiefararen (2004)
  • Döden går på auktion (2005)
  • Den kinesiska trädgården (2006)
  • Spionen (2007)
  • Dödssynden (2008)
  • Palatsmordet (2009)
  • Mord i Havanna (2010)
  • Safari med döden (2011)
  • Mord i blått (2012)
  • Jubileumsmord (2012)
  • Den grekiska hjälmen (2013)
  • Juvelskrinet (2014)
  • Medicis ring (2015)
  • Silverapostlarna (2016)
  • Elakt spel (2017)
  • Den engelske kusinen (2018)

Novels under the signature Mårten Janson

About Jonas Berg

  • Telegrammet från San José (1971)
  • Tre Skilling Banco (1971)
  • Nobelpristagaren och döden (1972)

Other novels

  • Släkten är bäst (1978)
  • Utsikt från min trappa (1982)
  • Mord och mat (1994)
  • Mord i Gamla stan (2002)
  • Mord på menyn (2003)

Other publications

  • 32 om kärlek (1970), poems
  • Drottningholm - slottet vid vattnet (1985), essay
  • Sverige (1986)
  • Slottet i staden (1989)
  • Arvfurstens palats (1991), essay
  • Kungliga svenska konstnärer (1994)
  • Residens - Svenska EU-ambassader (1997)
  • Sofia Albertina - en prinsessas palats (1997), essay
  • Att kyssa ett träd (2000), memoirs
  • Beridna högvakten (2005)
  • Kungliga Djurgården (2007)
  • Oss håller inga bojor, oss binder inga band! (2013)
  • Ridkonsten i Sverige – historien om hästarna, Strömsholm och mästarna (2015)

References

  1. ^ "Jan Mårtenson". HomanSällskapet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  2. ^ [1]


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