Nils-Olof Franzén
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Nils Olof Franzén was a Swedish author who wrote the Agaton Sax
series. He was born 23 August 1916 in Oxelösund
. He died on 24 February 1997 at age 81.
He was director of programmes for Swedish Radio from 1956 to 1973, and also wrote a number of biographies.
The first of his eleven Agaton Sax books, Agaton Sax klipper till, was published in 1955.
Agaton Sax
Agaton Sax is the hero of a series of Swedish-language comedic detective novels written for children by Swedish author Nils-Olof Franzén and illustrated by Åke Lewerth. The English edition was illustrated by Quentin Blake....
series. He was born 23 August 1916 in Oxelösund
Oxelösund
Oxelösund is a locality and the seat of Oxelösund Municipality in Södermanland County, Sweden with 10,843 inhabitants in 2005.- History :The harbour at Oxelösund has been used for at least 500 years. In the 19th century, an increased extraction from the Mining district of Central Sweden , made...
. He died on 24 February 1997 at age 81.
He was director of programmes for Swedish Radio from 1956 to 1973, and also wrote a number of biographies.
The first of his eleven Agaton Sax books, Agaton Sax klipper till, was published in 1955.