Tam Sventon
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Tam Sventon is a private detective and main character in nine Swedish children's books written by Åke Holmberg
1948–1973. He is characterized by eating semla
s and riding on a flying carpet. The books are well-known in Sweden, but internationally the similar book series about Agaton Sax
was more successful.
Åke Holmberg
Åke Robert Holmberg was a Swedish author and translator, most famous for his nine children's books about detective Tam Sventon .-References:...
1948–1973. He is characterized by eating semla
Semla
A semla or fastlagsbulle , laskiaispulla or fastelavnsbolle is a traditional pastry made in various forms in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden and Norway associated with Lent and especially Shrove Monday or Shrove Tuesday.The name semla is a loan word from German Semmel,...
s and riding on a flying carpet. The books are well-known in Sweden, but internationally the similar book series about Agaton Sax
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....
was more successful.
The books
- Ture Sventon, privatdetektiv (1948), English: Tam Sventon, private detective
- Ture Sventon i öknen (1949), English: Tam Sventon, desert detective
- Ture Sventon i London (1950)
- Ture Sventon i Paris (1953)
- Ture Sventon i Stockholm (1954), English: Tam Sventon and the silver plate gang
- Ture Sventon och Isabella (1955)
- Ture Sventon i spökhuset (1965)
- Ture Sventon i varuhuset (1968), English: Tam Sventon and discovery P3X
- Ture Sventon i Venedig (1973)