14 Facts About David Lagercrantz

David Lagercrantz was born on 4 September 1962 and is a Swedish journalist and bestselling writer known as the author of I am Zlatan Ibrahimovic and The Girl in the Spider's Web, the fourth installment in the Millennium series.

David Lagercrantz's father was author and editor-in-chief Olof Lagercrantz, whose parents were banker Carl Lagercrantz and Countess Agnes Hamilton; the latter was the great-granddaughter of poet and historian Erik Gustaf Geijer.

In interviews, David Lagercrantz has spoken of his fear of failure in an intellectually eminent family, of early depression, and of the strained relationship with his father.

In 1996, Lagercrantz wrote a piece about the adventurer Goran Kropp who, mere days after a disaster on Mount Everest in which eight people died, reached the summit without sherpa or oxygen.

In 2000, David Lagercrantz published a biography of the inventor Hakan Lans, A Swedish Genius, which was later adapted as a documentary film, Patent 986.

In November 2011, David Lagercrantz's best-selling sports biography I Am Zlatan Ibrahimovic was published.

In 2013 it was announced that David Lagercrantz would write a fourth installment in Stieg Larsson's Millennium series.

Since 2004, David Lagercrantz is married to Anne Lagercrantz.

David Lagercrantz is on the board of Swedish PEN, which campaigns for and supports oppressed and imprisoned writers across the world.

David Lagercrantz is an advocate for children's and youth literature and reading habits.

David Lagercrantz is actively engaged in Lasrorelsen, of which he was elected honorary member in 2018, alongside authors like Astrid Lindgren and Lennart Hellsing.

David Lagercrantz has made significant donations to organizations such as Lasrorelsen, Gravfonden, and Swedish PEN.

David Lagercrantz has hosted and appeared in numerous television and radio shows in Sweden.

David Lagercrantz gave a much-praised speech at the secular opening ceremony of Swedish parliament in 2022.