NMLP P-043569 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Girl Who Played with Fire

Stieg Larsson · Norstedts (Stockholm) — Swedish original; MacLehose Press/Quercus (London) — first English · 2006

The census claim is upheld. Norstedts, Stockholm, 2006 (Flickan som lekte med elden) is the original-language true first, published posthumously. In English, the UK MacLehose Press/Quercus hardback of January 2009 precedes the US Alfred A. Knopf edition of 2009 — Rare Antiquarian Books catalogues the MacLehose 2009 first and states expressly that it preceded the US edition, and Eureka Books catalogues the Knopf issue as 'First American edition (first printing)', 503 pp, ISBN 0307269981. Both the Swedish original and the UK MacLehose first English are collected and should be named as distinct; the US Knopf first should be described as the first American edition, not the true first. Second volume of the Millennium trilogy.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-043569 for "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-043569, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).