Folke Mellvig


Karl Folke Sigvard Mellvig was a Swedish writer and screenwriter.
Mellvig was one of Sweden's most popular crime writers in the 1950s and 1960s, with murder mysteries set in "peaceful" Swedish summer time; at countryside locations and often in aristocratic or upper-class environments. His crime-solving middle-class city couple Kajsa and John Hillman are famous, later on popular characters in the early Swedish thriller/crime films - the so-called "Hillman-thrillers", directed by Arne Mattsson. The most successful of these films were The Lady in Black and Mannequin in Red. The first book on the Hillman-couple was published in 1951 and then several books followed on the couple but only a few selected were adapted to film.
Folke Mellvig was brother to the Swedish actor Börje Mellvig.

Selected bibliography

  • 1972 - Gengångaren
  • 1969 - Målarn och de tre andra '
  • 1967 - Briljantarmbandet
  • 1966 - 13
  • 1963 - Den gula bilen
  • 1963 - Vita frun
  • 1962 - Lyckta dörrar
  • 1961 - Brott i paradiset
  • 1960 - Ryttare i blått
  • 1959 - Sist till kvarn
  • 1959 - Mannekäng i rött
  • 1959 - Damen i svart
  • 1958 - Farligt för familjen
  • 1957 - Mord igen kapten Hillman
  • 1956 - De tre ingenjörerna
  • 1956 - Hillman och kavaljeren
  • 1955 - Att skugga en man
  • 1955 - Mord på halsen
  • 1954 - Dags för död
  • 1954 - Guldlock och björnarna
  • 1953 - Sent besök hos Hillman
  • 1953 - Döden spelar upp
  • 1953 - Ett, tu, tre
  • 1952 - Stjärnfall
  • 1951 - Uppdrag för Hillman
  • 1948 - Gäst i byn '
  • 1942 - ''Genom spärren''

Screenplays