Ulla Trenter
Ulla Elisabet Trenter Palm (née Andersson; 18 December 1936 – 23 December 2019)[1] was a Swedish author and translator. She wrote twenty-three whodunit crime books, continuing a series begun by her first husband, Stieg Trenter. Their daughter is author Laura Trenter.
Life
[edit]Trenter was born in Stockholm in 1936. Her mother was director Elisabeth Andersson (née Kindgren) and her father was an office clerk.[2] Trenter was married to crime write Stieg Trenter from 1960 until his death in 1967. They had three children, one of whom is author Laura Trenter.[2] The Trenters lived in Florence, Rome and Stockholm. Trenter worked with her husband on his books, working out plots together with him and becoming responsible for all the dialogue.[2] When Stieg died suddenly of a heart attack in 1967, Trenter settled in Stockholm, and finished the book they had just started writing, Rosenkavaljeren.[3] When it received positive reviews, Trenter decided to continue the book series and characters in Stieg's style, writing a further twenty-three novels.[2][3]
Trenter ran courses on how to write 'whodunit' books, together with journalist and reviewer Kerstin Matz.[2] She also worked as a translator, translating works from English and Italian, including three crim novels by Gianrico Carofiglio, and works by Nicolai Lilin and Peter Tremayne. She also translated Laura Thompson's biography of Agatha Christie.[2]
Trenter remarried in 1969 with the Chancellor Johan Palm (1930–1999).[4][5] They had a daughter together.[2]
Ulla Trenter was active as a politician in the Centre Party.[2]
Trenter died on 23 December 2019, aged 83 years.[3]
Bibliography
[edit]- 1967 - Rosenkavaljeren (started by Stieg Trenter)
- 1968 - Kungens lilla piga
- 1969 - Påfågeln
- 1970 - Odjuret
- 1971 - Gästen
- 1972 - Skatten
- 1973 - Kedjan
- 1974 - Sov i ro
- 1975 - Tigerhajen
- 1976 - Drakblodet
- 1977 - En gång är ingen gång
- 1978 - De dödas lott
- 1979 - Kartan
- 1979 - Mariefred Staden Slottet Omgivningarna (together with Harry Karlsson)
- 1980 - Skyddsänglarna
- 1981 - Roten till det onda
- 1982 - Döda rummet
- 1983 - Rika barn leka häst
- 1984 - Grodmuggen
- 1985 - Som man bäddar
- 1986 - Värsta möjliga tystnad
- 1987 - En död liten stuga
- 1988 - Döden i rikssalen
- 1989 - De röda cirklarna
- 1991 - Sköna juveler
- 1999 - Lustmord (together with Inger Jalakas)
References
[edit]- ^ "Författaren Ulla Trenter har avlidit". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 26 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Bibbi Wopenka (Translated by Alexia Grosjean): Ulla Trenter at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon, accessed 29 April 2025
- ^ a b c "Författaren Ulla Trenter Palm är död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ Trenter-Palm, Ulla E, författare, Mariefred i Vem är hon / 1988 / s 467.
- ^ Sveriges Dödbok 1901–2009, DVD-ROM, Version 5.00, Sveriges Släktforskarförbund (2010).
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