Jan Guillou

Swedish author

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Born: 1944 0117 , Södertälje SE
Works: 111

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Blå Stjärnan
Äkta amerikanska jeans
Den der dræbte helvedes engle
Chanaparh depi Erusaghem
Om jakt och jägare

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Writing · Södertälje, Stockholm County, Sweden

Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou (born 17 January 1944) is a French-Swedish author and journalist. Guillou's fame in Sweden was established during his time as an investigative journalist, most notably in 1973 when he and co-reporter Peter Bratt exposed a secret and illegal intelligence organization in Sweden, Informationsbyrån (IB). He is still active within journalism as a column writer for…

Known for

Medeltidens värld - Arn-fiaskot i Götene — Self (archive footage)2025
Dokument inifrån: Det svenska styckmordet — Self (archive footage)2024
Året var 1973 — Self (archive footage)2023
In Anticipation of Jan Myrdal's Death2021
Den överlägsne journalisten — Self2021
IB - hemligare än Säpo — Himself

Article

Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjɑːn ɡɪˈjuː], French: [ɡiju]; born 17 January 1944) is a French-Swedish author, journalist and convicted spy. Guillou has been accused by some commentators of being an agent of the KGB Guillou's fame in Sweden was established during his time as an investigative journalist, most notably in 1973 when he and co-reporter Peter Bratt exposed a secret, immoral and illegal intelligence organization in Sweden, Informationsbyrån (IB). He is still active within journalism as a column writer for the Swedish evening tabloid Aftonbladet. Among his books are a series of spy fiction novels about a spy named Carl Hamilton, and a trilogy of historical fiction novels about a Knight Templar, Arn Magnusson. He is the owner of one of the largest publishing companies in Sweden, Piratförlaget (Pirate Publishing), together with his wife, publisher Ann-Marie Skarp, and Liza Marklund.

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