Jonas Jonasson

It all begins with a hot air balloon trip and three bottles of champagne. Allan and Julius are ready for some spectacular views, but they’re not expecting to land in the sea and be rescued by a North Korean ship. Soon Allan and Julius are at the centre of a complex diplomatic crisis involving world figures from the Swedish foreign minister to Angela Merkel and President Trump. Things are about to get very complicated…

Hitman Anders is fresh out of prison and trying to keep his head down when he meets a female Protestant vicar and a receptionist at a 1-star hotel. Together they cook up an idea for a very unusual business that's going to make them all a fortune - but then all of a sudden, and to everyone's surprise, Anders finds Jesus, and they have to find a new plan... quick!

On his one hundredth birthday Allan Karlsson decides to escape from the old people’s home where his party is about to start. He climbs out of the window and begins an unlikely journey involving criminals and incompetent police, during which we learn something of his earlier life.