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Lisbeth Salander

Lisbeth Salander is a fictional character created by Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson in his award-winning Millennium series. She first appeared in the 2005 novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, as an antisocial computer hacker with a photographic memory who teams up with Mikael Blomkvist, an investigative journalist and publisher of a…

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Occupation
Computer hacker in the Hacker Republic · Private investigator at Milton Security
Aliases
Wasp, Irene Nesser, Monica Sholes
Created by
Stieg Larsson
Family
Alexander Zalachenko (father; deceased) · Agneta Sofia Salander (mother; deceased) · Camilla Salander (twin sister; deceased) · Ronald Niedermann (half-brother; deceased) · Svala Hirak (niece - Niedermann's daughter)
First appearance
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005)
Gender
Female

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Lisbeth Salander

Nodes85
Edges84
Triples73
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.023529
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related to Reception · 19
Lisbeth Salander → David Denby, David Kamp, Deirdre Donahue, Her, Likewise, Los Angeles Times, Muriel Dobbin, Pippi Longstocking, Reviewing, Richard Schickel, Roger Ebert, Salander, She's, Swedish, The Independent's Jonathan Gibbs, The New York Times's, The New Yorker, The Washington Times, USA Today
related to Creation · 15
Lisbeth Salander → Another, Fiskargatan, In, Kulla, Larsson, Larsson's, Millennium, Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Longstocking's, Salander, She, Stockholm, The, Therese, Villa Villekulla
related to External links · 11
Lisbeth Salander → David Denby, Had, Heroine Quite Like Her, Millennium, Nordstedt PublishingLisbeth Salander, Quercus, Stieg LarssonThe, Sweden, The Movies Have Never, The New Yorker, The Stieg Larsson Trilogy
Family · 7
Lisbeth Salander → Agneta Sofia Salander (mother; deceased), Alexander Zalachenko (father; deceased), Camilla Salander (twin sister; deceased), Four unnamed half-brothers, Ronald Niedermann (half-brother; deceased), Svala Hirak (niece - Niedermann's daughter), Three unnamed half-sisters
related to Character profile · 7
Lisbeth Salander → Chinese, English, Genoa, Salander, She, This, Upon
Portrayed by · 5
Lisbeth Salander → Beau Gadsdon (English, 2018, young), Claire Foy (English, 2018), Noomi Rapace (Swedish), Rooney Mara (English, 2011), Tehilla Blad (Swedish, young)
Occupation · 2
Lisbeth Salander → Computer hacker in the Hacker Republic, Private investigator at Milton Security
Aliases · 1
Lisbeth Salander → Wasp, Irene Nesser, Monica Sholes
Created by · 1
Lisbeth Salander → Stieg Larsson
First appearance · 1
Lisbeth Salander → The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005)

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Lisbeth SalanderAliasesWasp, Irene Nesser, Monica Sholes1.00infobox
Lisbeth SalanderCreated byStieg Larsson1.00infobox
Lisbeth SalanderFamilyAlexander Zalachenko (father; deceased)1.00infobox
Lisbeth SalanderFamilyAgneta Sofia Salander (mother; deceased)1.00infobox
Lisbeth SalanderFamilyCamilla Salander (twin sister; deceased)1.00infobox
Lisbeth SalanderFamilyRonald Niedermann (half-brother; deceased)1.00infobox
Lisbeth SalanderFamilySvala Hirak (niece - Niedermann's daughter)1.00infobox
Lisbeth SalanderFamilyFour unnamed half-brothers1.00infobox
Lisbeth SalanderFamilyThree unnamed half-sisters1.00infobox
Lisbeth SalanderFirst appearanceThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005)1.00infobox
Lisbeth SalanderGenderFemale1.00infobox
Lisbeth SalanderLast appearanceThe Girl with Ice in her Veins (2024)1.00infobox
Lisbeth SalanderNationalitySwedish with Russian ancestry1.00infobox
Lisbeth SalanderOccupationComputer hacker in the Hacker Republic1.00infobox
Lisbeth SalanderOccupationPrivate investigator at Milton Security1.00infobox
Lisbeth SalanderPortrayed byNoomi Rapace (Swedish)1.00infobox
Lisbeth SalanderPortrayed byTehilla Blad (Swedish, young)1.00infobox
Lisbeth SalanderPortrayed byRooney Mara (English, 2011)1.00infobox
Lisbeth SalanderPortrayed byClaire Foy (English, 2018)1.00infobox
Lisbeth SalanderPortrayed byBeau Gadsdon (English, 2018, young)1.00infobox
Lisbeth Salanderis afictional character created by Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson in his award-winning Millennium series0.90text

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