The woman has declined to comment on the sentence.
'She has completely rebuilt her life following the tragic events,' her lawyer says. 'She lives in Stockholm and was yesterday, the day of the sentence, given a permanent position with her employer.'
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Acknowledgments
This is a work of fiction. The newspaper
The account of the government departmental organization and the division of responsibility and premises is based on the situation prior to the formation of the new Ministry of Industry, Employment, and Communications.
Every character in the novel is a product of the author's imagination. All similarities between the characters in the novel and any real living persons are entirely accidental. Some existing political figures and civil servants do figure under their real names in the novel. They are to be found in the historical account of the twists and turns of the espionage carried out by the Swedish Social Democratic Party against the citizens of Sweden. All particulars in the case are based on previously known facts. However, the novel's assumption of the course of events and the repercussions of the IB affair are fictional.
My sources for the IB affair were:
Report on TV4 News during the 1998 election campaign.
The account and interpretation of the tarot cards were found in
The details surrounding the running of a strip club I found in
I also want to thank all the people who have helped out with answers to my sometimes rather strange questions. They are:
Jonas Gummesson, current affairs editor at the TV4 News Desk, for supplying me with source material, checking of facts, and sharing his knowledge of Swedish domestic and foreign espionage.
Associate Professor Robert Grundin at the National Board of Forensic Medicine in Stockholm, for an introduction to the department's work.
Claes Cassel, the Stockholm police press officer, for guiding me through various police premises.
Kaj Hallstrom, filer at the Halleforsnas Works, for guiding and supplying trade terminology surrounding casting and deserted blast furnaces.
Eva Wintzell, district prosecutor in Stockholm, for legal advice and analysis.
Kersti Rosen, the press ombudsman, and Eva Tetzell, chief administrative officer at the Broadcasting Commission, for help with the analysis of media ethics issues.
Birgitta Wiklund, information officer at the Defense Staff information department, for an exposition of the principle of public access to official records and mail routines.
Nils-Gunnar Hellgren, senior administrative officer at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs' Courier Service, for background and rules governing diplomatic couriers and their bags.
Peter Rosth, winner of the Round Gotland Race, for yachting terminology.
Olov Karlsson, editor of TV Norrbotten, for special Pitea knowledge.
Maria Hallstrom and Catarina Nitz for Sormland detail.
Nikolaj Alsterdal and Linus Feldt, my computer gurus.
Sigge Sigfridsson, my brilliant publisher, who has yet to fail me.
Lotta Snickare, management consultant at Foreningssparbanken, for continual fruitful discussions.
Johanne Hildebrandt, TV producer, war correspondent, and good friend, for daily shouts of encouragement.
And last and more than anyone, dramatist Tove Alsterdal, who read everything first; the perfect sounding board, reader, and critic.
In the end, any faults that may occur are entirely of my own making.
Liza Marklund
