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David Lagercrantz
David Lagercrantz is a Swedish journalist and bestselling author. He is the son of Olof and Martina Lagercrantz and grew up in Solna and Drottningholm, just outside of Stockholm. After studying philosophy and religion, he obtained a degree from the Gothenburg School of Journalism. He did a four-yea…
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David Lagercrantz is a Swedish journalist and bestselling author. He is the son of Olof and Martina Lagercrantz and grew up in Solna and Drottningholm, just outside of Stockholm.
After studying philosophy and religion, he obtained a degree from the Gothenburg School of Journalism. He did a four-year stint as crime reporter at Expressen, at the time the largest newspaper in Scandinavia, where he covered the most prominent murder cases in Sweden during the late 80s and early 90s.
He made his book debut in 1997 with the story of Göran Kropp, a Swedish adventurer who summited Mount Everest with neither oxygen nor Sherpas, barely one week after one of the worst disasters ever on the mountain. The book was a success in Sweden and abroad and paved the way for a nonfiction writing career.
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