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~9 min read

Encyclopedic overview

15 sections
Contents
  • Biography
  • Early life
  • Criminal career
  • Imprisonment
  • Later life
  • Legacy
  • Memoirs
  • Music
  • Memorial stone
  • Walking trail
  • Lasse-Maja cell
  • Lasse-Maja Skerry
  • Lasse-Maja in fiction
  • See also
  • References

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Lars Larsson Molin, alias Lasse-Maja (Djupdalen, Ramsberg, Västmanland, 5 October 1785 – 4 June 1845, Arboga), was a Swedish thief and memoirist. He was famous in history for disguising himself as a woman during his tours as a thief. His disguise gave him the nickname Lasse-Maja, a combination of the male name Lars and the female name Maja. He wrote his own memoirs, which became very popular in 19th-century Sweden.

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