Millennium book 1 · 2005
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Mikael Blomkvist, a journalist just convicted of libel, is hired by an elderly industrialist to find out what happened to his great-niece, who vanished from the family’s island forty years ago. He is joined by Lisbeth Salander, a brilliant, troubled hacker.
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Book facts
- Author
- Stieg Larsson
- Series
- Millennium, book 1 of 7
- Published
- 2005
- Setting
- Set in Stockholm
- Characters charted
- 7
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
7 recurring or key characters from Stieg Larsson’s chart. Introduces Lisbeth Salander, Mikael Blomkvist, Erika Berger, Dragan Armansky and 3 more.
Lead 2
- Lisbeth SalanderFirst appearanceHacker and investigator with a violent past
- Mikael BlomkvistFirst appearanceInvestigative journalist at MillenniumHired to solve a forty-year-old disappearance
Major 3
- Erika BergerFirst appearanceEditor of Millennium and Blomkvist’s lover
- Henrik VangerFirst appearanceIndustrialist who hires Blomkvist
- Harriet VangerFirst appearanceHenrik’s missing niece
Minor and cameo 2
- Dragan ArmanskyFirst appearanceHead of the security firm that employs Lisbeth
- Holger PalmgrenFirst appearanceLisbeth’s former guardian
Also featuring these characters
Other Stieg Larsson books that share the most characters with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest2007 · Millennium · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Girl in the Spider’s Web2015 · Millennium · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye2017 · Millennium · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Girl Who Lived Twice2019 · Millennium · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon