Mikael Blomkvist - 'The disgraced journalist'

Mikael Blomkvist is a thirtysomething investigative journalist who is passionately devoted to his work. Publisher of hard-hitting current affairs magazine Millennium, Blomkvist which examines contemporary society from a critical point-of-view, and that magazine serves as a base for much of the story in the series. Blomkvist is an honourable and rather ordinary decent citizen, gifted with a charm that means that women are easily attracted to him.

Lisbeth Salander - 'The Girl wth the Dragon Tattoo'

The enigmatic, crime-solving, computer-hacking personal investigator. She tolerates no restrictions placed upon her by individuals, society or the law. Her personally damning yet brilliantly insightful investigation of journalist Blomkvist leads him to track her down and offer her a tempting new assignment.

Read more:
The Times - Noomi Rapace's Lisbeth was a suicide mission
The Telegraph - Stieg Larsson: author of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Henrik Vanger - 'The millionaire with a mystery to solve'

The head of the hugely successful Vanger Corporation, Henrik Vanger is tormented by a family mystery years earlier. Each year since the fateful event, he receives an anonymous parcel containing a single, framed, pressed flower which he believes to be sent by the killer.

Discover more:
The Vanger Family Tree