A portrait of Swedish crime writer Stieg Trenter (1914 - 1967), born Stig Johansson, he started out by using the name Stieg Trenter as pseudonym but soon changed his name to this in real life as well. His first novel was "Ingen kan hejda döden" ("No One Can Stop Death"), published in 1943.
Stieg Trenter
Self (archive footage)
Olof Hoffsten
Self/Translator
Bertil Widerberg
Self/Editor
Lars Forssell
Self
Ulla Trenter
Self/Writer/Wife
Åke Runnquist
Self/Publisher
K.W. Gullers
Self/Photographer
Nils Liedholm
Self
Kurt Hamrin
Self
A portrait of Swedish crime writer Stieg Trenter (1914 - 1967), born Stig Johansson, he started out by using the name Stieg Trenter as pseudonym but soon changed his name to this in real life as well. His first novel was "Ingen kan hejda döden" ("No One Can Stop Death"), published in 1943.
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