The Crow Girl

Contents

Cover

About the Book

About the Authors

Dedication

Title Page

Epigraph

Part I

The house

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

The airport

Thorildsplan Metro Station – Crime Scene

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Mariatorget – Sofia Zetterlund’s Office

Huddinge Hospital

Mariatorget – Sofia Zetterlund’s Office

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Monument – Mikael’s Apartment

Mariatorget – Sofia Zetterlund’s Office

Village of Dala-Floda, 1980

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Central Bridge

Mariatorget – Sofia Zetterlund’s Office

Monument – Mikael’s Apartment

Village of Dala-Floda, 1980

Huddinge Hospital

Town of Sigtuna, 1984

Svartsjölandet – Crime Scene

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Huddinge Hospital

Klara Sjö – Public Prosecution Authority

Mariatorget – Sofia Zetterlund’s Office

The living room

Harvest Home Restaurant

Bondegatan – Commercial District

Monument – Mikael’s Apartment

The door

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Indira – Restaurant

City of Uppsala, 1986

The kitchen

Danvikstull – Crime Scene

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Hammarbyhöjden – a Suburb

Kärrtorp – a Suburb

The plastic

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Mariatorget – Sofia Zetterlund’s Office

Monument – Mikael’s Apartment

The road

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Mariatorget – Sofia Zetterlund’s Office

Zinkensdamm Sports Complex

Toronto, 2007

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Monument – Crime Scene

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Mariatorget – Sofia Zetterlund’s Office

Mariatorget – Sofia Zetterlund’s Office

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Stockholm, 2007

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Allhelgonagatan – a Neighbourhood

Earlier, Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Grisslinge – a Suburb

City of Uppsala, 1986

Grisslinge – Bergman House

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Hammarby Sjöstad – Petrol Station

Skanstull – a Neighbourhood

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Gamla Stan – Stockholm’s Old Town

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Part II

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

The Chapel of the Holy Cross

Free Fall

Free Fall

Gröna Lund – Fair

Prince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde – Island of Djurgården

Karolinska Hospital

Bandhagen – a Suburb

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Tongues

Karolinska Hospital – Bistro Amica

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Denmark, 1988

Karolinska Hospital

Stockholm, 1987

Karolinska Hospital

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Kungsgatan – Stockholm City Centre

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Zinkens Bar

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Zinkens Bar

Sierra Leone, 1987

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Mariatorget – Sofia Zetterlund’s Office

Sierra Leone, 1987

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Edsviken – Lundström House

Stockholm, 1988

Glasbruksgatan – a Neighbourhood

Glasbruksgatan – Crime Scene

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Edsviken – Lundström House

The shells

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Klara Sjö – Public Prosecution Authority

Stockholm, 1988

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Mariatorget – Sofia Zetterlund’s Office

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Denmark, 1988

Mariatorget – Sofia Zetterlund’s Office

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Klara Sjö – Public Prosecution Authority

Jutas Backe – Stockholm City Centre

Mariatorget – Sofia Zetterlund’s Office

St Johannes Cavern – Crime Scene

Denmark, 1988

Mariatorget – Sofia Zetterlund’s Office

Klara Sjö – Public Prosecution Authority

Mariatorget – Sofia Zetterlund’s Office

Glasbruksgatan – Silfverberg House

Sista Styverns Trappor – a Neighbourhood

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

The impure parts

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Stockholm, 1988

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Klara Sjö – Public Prosecution Authority

Greta Garbos Torg, Södermalm

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Denmark, 1988

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Victoria Bergman, Vita Bergen

Bella Vita, Victoria Bergman Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Sunflower Nursing Home

Stockholm, 1988

Sunflower Nursing Home

Mariatorget – Sofia Zetterlund’s Office

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Swedenborgsgatan, Södermalm

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Johan Printz Väg – a Suburb

Edsviken – Lundström House

Hammarbyhöjden – a Suburb

Tantoberget – Island of Södermalm

Part III

Denmark, 1994

Södermalm

Barnängen – Södermalm

Gilah

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Klara Sjö – Public Prosecution Authority

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Judar Forest – Nature Reserve

Denmark, 1994

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Klara Sjö – Public Prosecution Authority

Nowhere

Sjöfartshotellet – Södermalm

Fagerstrand – a Suburb

On the table

Swedenborgsgatan – Södermalm

Village of Polcirkeln, 1981

Mariatorget – Sofia Zetterlund’s Office

Glasbruksgatan – Silfverberg House

Skanstull – a Neighborhood

Hundudden – Island of Djurgården

Skanstull – a Neighborhood

Nowhere

Baltic Sea – MS
Cinderella

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Johan Printz Väg – Ulrika Wendin’s Apartment

Klara Sjö – Public Prosecution Authority

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Vasastan – Hurtig’s Apartment

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Observatory Hill

Central Station

Mariaberget – Södermalm

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Mariatorget – Sofia Zetterlund’s Office

Mariatorget – Sofia Zetterlund’s Office

Stockholm, 1988

Harvest Home Restaurant

Wollmar Yxkullsgatan – Södermalm

Stockholm, 2007

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Icebar, Stockholm

Långholmen Island

France, 2007

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Barnängen

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Institute of Pathology

Nowhere

Rosenlund Hospital

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Sunflower Nursing Home

Johan Printz Väg – Ulrika Wendin’s Apartment

Sunflower Nursing Home

Denmark, 2002

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Sunflower Nursing Home

Denmark, 2002

Rosenlund Hospital

Sunflower Nursing Home

Nowhere

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Hundudden – Island of Djurgården

Nowhere

Hundudden – Island of Djurgården

Klippgatan, First Flight of Steps – Södermalm

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Klippgatan – Second Flight of Steps

Gilah

Hundudden – Island of Djurgården

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Arlanda Airport

Martin

Nowhere

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Kiev

Nowhere

Lapland – Northern Sweden

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Lapland

Vita Bergen – Sofia Zetterlund’s Apartment

Kiev

Village of Dala-Floda

Kiev – Babi Yar

Dala-Floda

Kiev – St Sophia’s Cathedral

Kronoberg – Police Headquarters

Gamla Enskede – Kihlberg House

Copyright

It starts with just one body – tortured, mummified and then discarded.

Its discovery reveals a nightmare world of hidden lives. Of lost identities, secret rituals and brutal exploitation, where nobody can be trusted.

This is the darkest, most complex case the police have ever seen.

This is the world of the Crow Girl.

Erik Axl Sund is the pen name of the Swedish writing duo Jerker Eriksson and Håkan Axlander Sundquist. Håkan is a sound engineer, musician and artist. Jerker has been the producer of Håkan’s electro-punk band iloveyoubaby! They currently own an art gallery in Stockholm.

In memory of
a sister, those of us who failed,
and those of you who forgave

Translated by Neil Smith