Lisbeth Salander's apartment at Fiskargatan.
Trail done in August 2021 and posted in the NNL Facebook group.
Nr 3 on the map of Södermalm.
In the book and film The Girl That Played With Fire (Flickan som lekte med elden) Lisbeth buys an apartment.
Lisbeth Salander returns to Stockholm; she think she needs a secret location. Instead of choosing an old garage like in so many other crime stories. She buys the most expensive apartment she finds. She has a few criteria on her new home. There should be a balcony, bathtub, bathroom big enough to host a laundry machine. And with a view over the water. Mikael Blomkvist has a view over the lake of Mälaren. Lisbeth over the Baltic sea. The border between the lake and the sea is at slussen. That is a lock between the two. This is a quiet part of the town. Still Loves by the Stockholmers because it association with literature and art. August Strindberg wrote about Mossebacke that this area is called.
25 000 000 Swedish kronor. Which is 2,5 million Euros/pounds.
In the Book she buys it from the former ABB CEO.
According to sources he did live in the building in real life but on another floor.
The movies differ a bit from the books. They don't show the right building in the movies, the entrance is different and It is on the wrong side of the street in the films. I will do a separate trail on that location, the film's location, later.
house is built on the north heights of Söder (Söders höjder). With a view över the city and the inner archipelago. It is surrounded by narrow, cobblestone streets that have no shops and bars. Which in Lisbeths mind makes it easier to see if she is being watched.The building, which in my impression gives a slight sense of a medieval castle. Seems hard to conquer so to speak. And have a 6 minuters walk to the 7-11 where she buys her frozen Billy pizzas.
And not far from Millenium, Milton Security and the bar Kvarnen.
The interiors for the movies isn't shot in this house. And the differences between the books and the films is that in the books she buys a lot more of IKEA furniture.
In the name tag on the door she have the name V. Kulla, not L. Salander. Which is a homage to the late Swedish children books author Astrid Lindgren and her popular character Pippi Longstocking that lives in Villa Villekulla.
When visiting the location there. I wonder what that can be?
Fiskargatan is not far from the busy Götgatan, and you should do the detour. Or if you're at Mossebacke for a fika or a beer. It is close. Actually you walk the street from the location of 7-11 where Lisbeth buys her frozen Billy pizzas.
The view from the place, over Stockholm is amazing and competes with Mikael Blomkvist's view.The book publisher Ordfront just moved out of the building opposite of Lisbeth's. Ordfront publish writers as John Ajvide Lindqvist, Erik Axl Sund and Jonas Brännström and more.
How to get there. Subway station Slussen, the Götgtan entrance. And then a walk for a few minutes.
