The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Study Guide

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the first book in Steig Larson's Millennium series, first published in 2005 in Sweden. The main character is a journalist named Mikael Blomkvist, who seeks the help of a hacker named Lisbeth Salander in hopes of solving the mystery of a young girl's disappearance 40 years ago. It explores themes of violence against women in a country of Sweden that is becoming more and more corrupt over the course of the novel.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Characters

  • Mikael Blomkvist– Journalist, publisher, and part-owner of the monthly political magazine Millennium
  • Lisbeth Salander– Freelance surveillance agent and researcher, specialising in investigating people on behalf of Milton Security
  • Henrik Vanger– Retired industrialist and former CEO of Vanger Corporation
  • Harriet Vanger– Henrik's grandniece
  • Martin Vanger– Harriet's brother and CEO of the Vanger Corporation
  • Gottfried Vanger– Martin and Harriet's deceased father
  • Isabella Vanger– Gottfried Vanger's widow, and Martin and Harriet's mother
  • Cecilia Vanger– Daughter of Harald Vanger and one of Henrik's nieces
  • Anita Vanger– Daughter of Harald Vanger and one of Henrik's nieces, resident in London
  • Birger Vanger– Son of Harald Vanger and one of Henrik's nieces
  • Harald Vanger– Henrik's brother, member of the Swedish Nazi Party
  • Hans-Erik Wennerström – Corrupt billionaire financier
  • Robert Lindberg– Banker and Blomkvist's source for the libelous story
  • William Borg– Blomkvist's nemesis
  • Monica Abrahamsson– Blomkvist's wife, whom he married in 1986 and divorced in 1991
  • Pernilla Abrahamsson– Their daughter, who was born in 1986
  • Holger Palmgren– Salander's legal guardian and lawyer, who is disabled by a stroke
  • Nils Bjurman– Salander's legal guardian and lawyer after Palmgren
  • Erika Berger– Editor-in-chief/majority owner of Millennium monthly magazine, and Blomkvist's long-standing lover
  • Dirch Frode– Former lawyer for Vanger Corporation, now lawyer with one client: Henrik Vanger
  • Dragan Armansky– CEO and COO of Milton Security
  • Plague– Computer hacker/genius
  • Christer Malm– Director, art designer, and part-owner of Millennium
  • Janne Dahlman– Managing editor of Millennium
  • Gustaf Morell– Retired Detective Superintendent
  • Anna Nygren– Henrik Vanger's housekeeper
  • Gunnar Nilsson– Henrik's caretaker

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