Books... på svenska?

November 11, 2010 9:41 PM

Where to buy the Stieg Larsson trilogy ... in Swedish?

My SO is Swedish, living here in the US, and is dying to read the Stieg Larsson trilogy, Män som hatar kvinnor, Flickan som lekte med elden, and Luftslottet som sprängdes in Swedish.

Is there anywhere I could purchase these for him without paying an arm and a leg for shipping? I'm willing to pay more than just the price of a regular paperback, but it seems that shipping to the US can be really prohibitive.

If it helps/matters, we're in Portland, OR.

posted by j to Writing & Language (8 answers total)

bokus.com has them and I believe they ship. Don't know about cost.

Also, 1,2,3 on Amazon. Again, don't know about the shipping.
posted by Ahab at 10:04 PM on November 11, 2010

Best answer: Schoenhof's got 'em. Biggest foreign bookstore in North America -- and free shipping on orders over $50.
Män som hatar kvinnor
Flickan som lekte med elden
Luftslottet som sprängdes
posted by missmary6 at 10:07 PM on November 11, 2010

Oop. Messed up that last link. But it'll get you there.
posted by Ahab at 10:18 PM on November 11, 2010

Man, and as far as Schoenhof's goes, $19.99 for a 600-page book is a true steal-- that place can get insanely expensive. I'd lap that up if I were you.
posted by threeants at 10:18 PM on November 11, 2010

Response by poster: Thanks Ahab -- I had seen bokus but couldn't find shipping info (they just said they charge regular international shipping rates), but didn't realize Amazon had them too..

missmary6 - that's the kind of thing I was looking for, but didn't realize it -- an international bookstore would make his day!!!

Thanks, everyone!
posted by j at 10:34 PM on November 11, 2010

Just popping in to say it'll be well worth it. Probably the best books I've read in years, and I'm not even really into crime/thriller. Fan-bloody-tastic.
posted by New England Cultist at 12:55 PM on November 12, 2010 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: As a follow-up to folks who may be still be watching this thread.

I ordered the books at Schoenhof's, where it says in large letters on the the left-hand side of their website: "Most orders ship in 48 hours!".

The order did not show up on my account, but I got a confirmation email.
I waited a few days and emailed them, asking about the status of my order, and why it wasn't showing up on my account.

They then tell me that it's back-ordered 6-8 weeks, shipping from Europe, which will blow right by my plans to have the books for Thanksgiving, let alone for Christmas.

No mention of this delay in the confirmation email, the checkout page, or product page.

I'm pretty disappointed with them, and will not be using them again in the future.
posted by j at 5:47 PM on November 16, 2010

Response by poster: Even more information for whomever finds this thread.
They kept pushing back the delivery date and finally just admitted they could not get me the books. This happened about 5 months after the initial order.
I would not recommend using this company.
posted by j at 1:26 PM on May 30, 2011 [1 favorite]