Stieg Trenter (right) with
the photographer K.W. Gullers
Photo: Carl Erik Sundström / TT (1958)
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Trenter, Stieg
Stieg Ivar Trenter, born Stig Ivar Johansson, grew up in Farsta, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. His father owned a general store. Although he did well, Trenter was never happy at school, and after graduating in 1931 he tried various professions such as office boy and working in an abattoir. He wanted to become an aviator, and he joined the air force, but he soon lost interest and he left after...
Foto: Bengt Gustafsson / Forflex
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Lehtolainen, Leena
Leena Katriina Lehtolainen is a Finnish author. She was born in Vesanto and grew up in Outokumpu, Northern Karelia. Lehtolainen’s parents were both university lecturers. She obtained a licentiate degree from the University of Helsinki with a thesis on the subject of the Finnish crime novelist Eeva Tenhunen. She was an assistant and lecturer at the department of Finnish literature at the U...