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From translating Agatha Christie at 17 to redefining Nordic Noir: Ragnar Jónasson's rise

April 28, 2026·12 min
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Before he became one of the leading voices of Nordic Noir, Ragnar Jónasson was a teenager who translated novels by Agatha Christie into Icelandic. That early immersion in the mechanics of crime fiction helped shape a writer now published in around 40 countries, with millions of copies sold worldwide and a particularly devoted readership in France.

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