" What kind is it?" " I don't know." " White?" " And the frame?" " Dark." " Postmark?" " Same as last time." " No note." " No." "I'm so sorry, Henrik." "THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO" "What is this?" "The media event of the year?" "Don't try to play it down, Mikael, it won't work." "Don't try to play it up, that won't either." "Will you appeal?" "Yes, I'll appeal to you , Viggo." "Up until today, Mr. Blomkvist was able to play the victim." ""The great journalist stood up against the lion."" "If you call a guy 'Criminal', and nothing to back it up." "Mr.Blomkvist likes publicity." "Can I get the sandwich." "And a black coffee." "Blomkvist claimed Wennerstrom - founder and president of The Wennerstrom Group - used State funds intended for industrial development in Poland in an arms deal" " with the right-wing Ustashe in Croatia." " Thank you." "I have nothing against Mr.Blomkvist. He's a fine journalist." "who I don't believe is guided by malice." "But what he wrote was inaccurate, and inaccuracies can't go unanswered." "All journalists - have to accept like the rest of us, actions have consequences." "Blomkvist was ordered to pay 600 thousand SKE in damages" " and all court costs, which could be significantly more." "And a lighter." " Where you been?" " Walking." " Thinking." " Smoking?" " Just one." "TV4 called." "I told them no statement until we've read the judgment in its entirety." "I have." "Anyone else?" "Everyone who's ever wanted to see you humiliated." "You've been on the phone all morning." " I'm as much to blame for this as you." " You are?" " You wrote it?" " I read it." "I ran it." "Not the same." " Our credibility isn't dead, yet." " Mine is." "I'm tired." "I'm gonna go home, crawl under the duvet for a week." "I already called Greger and tell him I'm not coming home." "Thank you." "It's possible we could wait forever." "You called her and spoke to her." "Didn't you?" "I'm afraid that doesn't mean much." "No one here particularly likes her." "I find it's much better if she works from home." "But you told her I wanted to meet her." "But I've told her many more times I prefer her not to meet clients." " But you like her." " Very much." "She's one of the best investigators I have." " As you saw from her report " " But...." "I'm concerned you won't like her." " She's different." " In what way?" "In every way." "Ms. Salander's here." "Lisbeth, Mr. Dirch Frode." "How do you do?" " Something wrong with the report?" " No.It was quite thorough." "But I'm also interested in what's not in it." " There's nothing not in it." " Your opinion of him isn't." "I'm not paid to give my opinion." "So you don't have one?" "He's clean." "In my opinion." "You mean, he is hygenic?" "He's who he presents himself to be." "In his business, that's an asset." "There's less in his asset column after his conviction today." "True." "He made a fool of himself." "If it happened that way." "Are you saying he was set up?" "That wasn't part of my assignment." "You're quite right... he made a fool of himself.." "professionally." "How much of a fool can he make of himself financially?" "The judgement will just about empty his savings." " May I go?" " A moment." "Your report is light in another area." "His personal life." "Anything you chose not to disclose?" " Nothing that warranted inclusion." " Does that means "yes" or "no"?" "I think what Ms. Salander means, and" "I agree, is that everyone has a right to a certain amount of privacy," " even if they're being investigated." " Not in this case." "I need to know if there's anything about him I might find unsavory - even if she doesn't." "He's had a long sexual relationship with his co-editor of the megazine." "It wrecked his marriage, but not hers." "Sometimes he performs Cunnilingus." "Not often enough, In my opinion." "You were right not to include that." "I know." "You needed a better attorney." "You needed your sister." "She offered." " He declined." " As she hoped." "Never a good idea mixing family and business." "And I still would have lost, anyway." "It wasn't even about Mikael." "It was Wennerstrom sending a message to the press" " and the FSA saying:" "Don't ask questions." "Cheer up." " Dad." " Nilla." "You don't have to worry about me." " Mom's worried." " About me?" "About the money." "Nilla?" "What are you doing?" " Nothing." " Is it serious?" "I don't want to talk about it since I know you won't approve." "Of - Nilla..." " Light of Life." " Light of- what?" " Hello." " Mr. Blomkvist?" "Forgive me for intruding on your Christmas." "My name is Dirch Frode." "I'm an attorney." "I represent Henrik Vanger." "Perhaps you've heard of him?" "Yes, yes." "Of course." "He'd like to speak to you about a private matter." "This is..uh.." "an awkward moment" "I'm sorry." "I'm about to sit down to Christmas dinner myself." "No, that's not exactly what I mean." "You're referring to your recent legal problems." "That has provided us with much ammusement." "Herr Vanger has little love for Wennerstrom either." "Have him call me." "But, he'd like to meet in person," "If possible." "Up north." "In Hedestad." "That's not gonna be possible." "Herr Vanger is far too old to make a trip to Stockholm," "Please." "If you'd be so kind as to consider." "Hedestad is lovely in winter." "I'll call you back on this number." "Okay?" "Usually when I wake up in a cold bed, it's at home." " I'm Sorry." " What are you doing?" "Writing the press release." "Saying..." "You're taking over as publisher." "You're sorry for any nuisance Wennerstrom was caused." "I can't be reached for comment." " Are you giving up?" " Just stepping aside." "This makes me sick." " First time in Hedestad?" " And the last." "Oh, don't say that." "It's lovely in the spring." "You said it was lovely in winter." "Well, this is unseasonable." "I'll be on the 4:30 train back to Stockholm." "Unless we get snowed in ..." "I'm joking." "You'll be home tonight, if that's what you wish." "Welcome." "Come inside." "It's warm." "How do you do?" "So..." "What do you know about me?" "That you used to run one of the biggest industrial firms in the country." " Used to." "That's correct." " Right, I didn't mean to..." "My grandfather forged the tracks the 4:30 train will take you home." "We stitched this country together." "We made the steel-- and milled the lumber that built modern Sweden." "And what our most profitable product now is?" "Fertilizer." "I'm not obsessed with the declining health of the company, but I am with the settling of accounts - and the clock is ticking." "I need your help." "Doing..doing what?" "Officially, assisting me with my memoirs." "But what you'd really be doing.." "is solving a mystery." "And by doing what you do so well " "Your recent legal mishap of yours notwithstanding." "You'd be investigating thieves, misers, bullies," " the most detestable collection of people you'll ever meet ... my family." "Would you like to sit?" "I could possibly clear a place if necessary." " Did you make it?" " Have you something for me?" "I'm on welfare;" "I don't administer it." "This isn't enough." "No 'thank you?" "'" "This is Harriet." "The grandaughter of my brother Richard." "Richard, was a Nazi of the first order - joining the" " Nationalist Socialist Freedom League when he was 17." "Isn't it interesting how fascists always steal the word freedom "freedom"." "The 4:30." "Yes." "Okay..." "Anyway, Richard died a martyr to the Nazi cause - in 1940, missed all the real excitement - but not the opportunity to regularly beat his wife Margareta.." "and their son, Gottfried." "Now, Gottfried" " Harriet's father - was what people used to call" " a Good-Time-Charlie." " They're still called that." "Are they?" "Okay." "He was a charmer, a ladies man, a drunk." "In other words, a born salesman - which is what he did for the company - traveling around, taking clients out to dinner and so forth." " Well, Somebody has to do it." " That's right." "Anyway, he died in 1965." "Drowned." "Drunk." "Here on theisland." "His wife Isabella - who was pretty much useless as a parent before - became even more so after his death - which is when I began looking after their children " "Martin - who runs Vanger Industries now that I'm retired " " I've Googled him." " and Harriet." "She was bright and curious, a winning combination in any person." " And beautiful." " Yeah." "Something happened to her?" "Someone in the family murdered Harriet." "And for the last forty years has been trying to drive me insane." "It was September 24th, 1966." "A Saturday." "Harriet was 16." "My brothers - along with their wives, children and grandchildren - had gathered here for our loathsome annual board meeting and dinner." "It was also the day the Yacht Club held its Autumn parade." "Harriet and a couple of school friends had gone into town to see it." "She returned a little after two o'clock." "She came to the parlor." "She asked if she could talk to me." "I honestly don't remember what I was doing that I thought was more important, but I told her to give me a few minutes." "It was during those few minutes, that something else occurred." "The accident had nothing to do with Harriet - and yet, everything." "It was chaos as everyone put down what they were doing." "Police, an ambulance, fire brigade, reporter, photographer and onlookers quickly arrived from town, just as those of us on the island - the family - hurried to the bridge from our side." "The driver of the car - a man named Aronsson - was pinned and severely injured." "We tried desperately to pry him out with our hands - since metal tools could spark." "It was an hour after the crash, Harriet was in the kitchen." "Anna herself saw her." "We finally got poor Aronsson out of his car and off to the hospital," "Just us we from our side slowly drifted back to the house." "The sun was down, the excitement over, we sat down to dinner." "It was then, that I noticed Harriet wasn't there." "And she wasn't there the next morning." "Or the next." "Or the next forty years." "What was she going to tell me?" "Why didn't I make time for her?" "Why didn't I listen?" " And she couldn't have run away?" " Not without being seen." "Firemen stayed on the bridge all night pumping out the gasoline." "And no one swam across, or took a row boat." "All of them were still tied up on this side Sunday." "Believe me, I checked." "She couldn't have just fallen and drowned?" "Oh, no." "The currents aren't strong here." "Anything that falls into the water turns up nearby." "Like her father." "His body didn't drift more than ten meters when he drowned the year before." "No." "No." "Someone killed her," "Someone on the island that day." "Someone close enough to know what she used to give me each year on my birthday." "Those were from her." "The rest...from her killer." " Who knows about these?" " Just me, the police, the killer... and now you." "After, the police investigation evaporated," "I kept at it - studying all the information there was," "I've spent half my life examining the events of a single day." "I understand your frustration, But... what you're asking me to do is a waste of money" "We haven't discussed your fee." "We don't need to." "Thank you." "I can't find something you haven't been able to in forty years." "You don't know that." "You have a very keen investigative mind." "Here's what I propose:" "You come stay on the island." "I have a nice little cottage by the water you can use." "You study the material I give you." "You find something I've missed- or you don't." "What you're asking me to do is set aside my life and career...." "Think of it as a well deserved holiday." "A way of avoiding all the people you want to avoid right now." "As for compensation, I'll pay you double your salary for as many months as it takes." "I'll quadruple it if you solve the mystery." " Herr Vanger." " I'm not done." "I'll throw in one more thing - even though you're a terrible negotiator." "It's something you want more than anything else and it can't be bought at any price." "So, let me give it to you ..." "Hans-Erik Wennerstrom." "He began his career working for me." "And I've followed it with interest, shall we say, ever since." "You were right about him." "You just couldn't prove it." "We're in the middle of our worst crisis ever and you're writing a memoir?" "You fired me;" "I need something to do." "You fired you;" "I need you here, not the North Pole." "Mikael, You know what this is going to look like." "Like I've been gutted." "Like I'm running away." "I am." "Wennerström wants to see me waving a white flag, not a red one." "The more it looks like there's a problem between you and me, the more it'll satisfy him." "There is a problem between us." "He won't be satisfied until he shuts us down," "You're leaving me to fight him alone?" "It's four hours by train." "It's not the North Pole." "Hey, hey." "The network is busy, please try again later." "The network is busy, please try again later." "What?" "Want some milk?" "The network is busy, please try again later." "You are Palmgren's daughter?" "His ward, He doesn't have a daughter." "Please." "He's had a severe cerebral hemorrhaging." "Either from the fall itself, or a stroke that led to the fall." "His blood pressure is too high." "I'm hopeful he'll regain consciousness, but that's not assured." "And it's possible, even if he does, there will be neurological damage." "Hi, I'm Gunnar." "The caretaker." "Oh, hey, Gunnar." "You're an author?" "Well, I'm doing a biography on Herr Vanger." " I saw you on television." " That's unfortunate." "Bit of trouble, I guess." "No jail time, though." "That's good." "Cost you a lot of money though, yeah?" "There." "Cheers!" "The entire island is owned by my family." "Your closest neighbor is my brother" "Harald, another Nazi if you can believe." "Two in the family." "Oh, yes." "He's quite detestable to put it nicely, but you'll probably never see him." "He's a recluse." " He was there that day?" " Indeed, he was." "His daughter, Cecilia, lives over there." "They don't speak." "Does anyone speak to anyone on this island?" "Isabella, Harriet's mother - who lives there - she speaks to Harald - which is one of reasons I don't speak to her" "Cecilia's brother Birger lives there." " Who doesn't he speak to?" " You, probably." "Not that you'd want him to." "He can be as unpleasant as Harald." "I'm quickly losing track of who's who, here." "Oh, how you'll wish it were always so." "Soon you'll know us all only too well - with my apologies." "Out there is my nephew Martin's house;" "Harriet's brother." " Who speaks to him?" " I speak to him." "He runs the company now, as I think I told you." "Someone shooting their dinner." "Gunnar probably." "Oh yes, I met him earlier." "He was 19 when Harriet disappeared." "He lives over there." " And you live there?" " Sorry?" "Your house." "Oh, yes!" "Yes, you're right." "The man who hires the detective should always bekept on the suspects list." "The fact that I never found a body was not surprising." "You can't dig up an entire island." "But neither could I find the motive." "Was it spontaneous?" "Was it calculated?" "Did she know something someone wished she didn't?" " Was it about business?" " Business?" "But she was sixteen." "And very bright." "Henrik told me he could easily see her running the business one day," "She was with some friends that day." "At a parade." "She told them she was feeling unwell." "She left early" "But they also told me she kept secrets from them, too." "The main thing I learned was that teenage girls are complicated." " I have one." " Then, you know." "I wanted to..." "Ask you about this." "She received that from Henrik, the Christmas before." "I studied it more times than I can say." " I know every page of it." " The last page I'm curious about." "As was I." "List of Names, Numbers and.." "Must have some significance." "They're local phone numbers." "The first belonged to a woman called Margot, whose mother was Magda, who denied she didn't know Harriet." "The fourth, R.L., belonged to Rosemarie Larsson, an elderly woman who died some years before." "The other three were not connected in any way that I could find." "I've reminded you of things you'd rather forget." "I'm sorry." "I can't forget it." "It's my "Rebecka Case"." "I don't know what that is." "Every policeman has at least one unsolved case to obsess over." "Back then we had an Officer, Torstensson." "Year after year he kept going back to his "Rebecka Case"." "taking out the files - studying them over and over." "We were young, we laughed at him." "That was also a missing girl case?" "No, no, no." "That's not why I mention it." "I'm talking about the soul of a policeman." "Poor old Torstensson never solved it, and he never let it go." "How's Mr. Palmgren doing?" "I heard he had a stroke of some kind?" "That's Terrible." "What exactly do you do at this security company?" "Make coffee and sort mail." "But not full-time." "Not even part-time consistently." "They somehow got along without coffee or mail in July and August?" " How much did you made there?" " Enough." " How much is your rent?" " I pay my rent." "And when was the last time you were late?" "Never." "Do you think that ring in your eyelid makes you attractive?" "Here's the problem." "There a discrepancy.." "between the obligation of Mr. Palmgren's guardianship and the management of your finances." "There's no discrepancy or a problem." "It was clear to him I could manage my own finances." " But that's not clear to me." " I'm not a child." "No." "You're not." "But you were." "And between then and now - you're committed to a ward at St. Stephens, where you continued to display a violent aggression " "And you failed to adapt to four foster homes arrested twice for intoxication, twice for narcotics again for an assault: smashing a bottle smashed into a man's face." "And that's not even that long ago." "You may have conned Mr. Palmgren into thinking you've changed, but looking at this..." " not to mention how you're looking at me now " "I don't think you have." "So the Good" "Old-Mr-Palmgren-Days are over." "Starting now, you'll be given a monthly allowance." "You'll provide me with receipts for your expenses." "If the numbers don't balance, I'll have to assume the difference is going to drugs." "I've been on myself since I was ten." "The State- has taken care of you." "Ms. Salander?" "Please look at me." "Because this is important." "Since, behavior you're displaying right now is elaborately documented here   so it would come as a shock to no one if I chose an alternative to very lenient arrangement I've just outlined." "Would you prefer institutionalization?" " Mikael?" " Yes." " I'm Liv." " Hi." "We're going to the same place." "Hop in." "Okay, thank you." "I found him at death's door halfway up the hill." "I'm afraid I'm a bit out of shape." "No, it's a climb for anyone." "I should've warned you." " Come on in." " Thank you, Martin." "Henrik says great things about you." "What a place, look at that view!" "I used to work in the company's petrochemical division in Goteborg." "When it was sold, I went with it." "A dark day." "I live in Hong Kong now, but come back to Stockholm for family events, and when I do, I drive up to spend a couple days with Martin." " She comes for the moose steak." " You can't blame her, it's wonderful." "Something let's open." "Would you like to try something else?" "No, no, no." "It's fine." "You're writing a book now, What is it?" " Henrik's biography." " I love Henrik." "He's fascinating." "Martin, too." "Together they're the Old Sweden and the New." "They are." "You know about Harriet, right?" " You don't?" " Yes, I do." "The family doesn't like to talk about it, but it can't just be swept under the rug." " What can't?" " Harriet." " We can talk about that later." " No." "We can talk about it now." "Liv knows everything about my crazy family." " Which is why she'll never marry me." " That's one reason..." "I don't wanna read about that in the book." "Everything else is fine, Harriet certainly." "Everything changed after that." "Not just the family, but the company as well." " How so?" " We're not Nordea or Ericsson, but we're still the largest family-owned company in the country." "At the height, we had 40,000 employees." "We have about half that now, and that downward slide - began after my sister's death." "It broke Henrik's entrepreneurial spirit, and his heart." "You were here that day?" "I came in a little late, after the accident on the bridge with the 4:30 train." "I know it well." "Terrible day." "The days after - searching and not finding her" " even worse." "This event, Mikael, has to have a big part of your book." "I got a call from social welfare." "I've been assigned a new guardian." " Hi." " Hello." "I thought I'd come over and say hello." " I'm Cecilia." " Oh, yeah." "Please, come in." "Some coffee?" "No, thank you." "We're all uncomfortable with the idea of a chronicle of our family." "It's not about the family." "It's about Henrik and the company." "Like I said..." "It's not my intention to present a malicious portrait of anyone." "Unlike the one that landed you in court?" "Unlike that one." "Yes." "So, what you're saying is, you're not really here to look into what happened to Harriet?" "I can't ignore such a dramatic event, but no, that's by no means my focus." "All those boxes Gunnar carted down here - which are where?" " in the closet now?" " those weren't Henrik's private investigation?" "I wonder sometimes who's crazier - my Nazi father or my obsessed uncle." "Since we're talking about it, since you brought it up, what was she like?" "I'm sure Henrik has told you." "He was my age back then, he couldn't know what was going on with a teenager, anymore than I can with my own daughter." " You were the same age." " Actually, my sister Anita was closer to her in age." "She knew Harriet better than anyone - You should talk to her." "I'd love to, where is she?" "If I had to guess - London." " You don't know where your own sister lives?" " I haven't seen her in years." " We never really got along." " I'm getting used to that comment." "She hates this place even more than I do." "She left, moved to London, that was it." "You couldn't pay her to send a Christmas card, much less visit." "I'll track her down for you." "If you do, and try talking to her about us, don't be surprised if she tells you to fuck off." "You're backed up?" " Hard drives at home, yeah." " That's good." "B'cos this one is gone." "Have you ever had an STD?" "When's the last time you were tested for HIV?" "How many partners have you had in the last month?" "How many of those were men?" "It's regulation, I have to ask you these things." " It's a matter of health." " Write what you want." "Why do you need such an expensive computer?" " For work." " Making coffee and sorting mail?" "I shouldn't even have to ask." "I should have control of my money." "And you will." "Once you learn to be sociable." "Get along with people." "Can you do that?" "Why don't we start with that?" "Why don't we start with me?" "You do something for me, I do something for you." "That's how normal people do." "I want you to have that computer." "You feel that?" "That's gaberdine." "Unzip it." "And ..." "And ..." "I like the reticence." "It's almost convincing." " Anita Vanger?" " Through there." "Thank you." "Excuse me." "I probably should have made an appointment." "No, It's fine." " Please." "Have a seat." " Thank you." " Mikael." " Mikael." "How do you do?" "How do you do." "So, are you looking for investment counseling?" "Well, I would if had any money" "I'm sorry, I don't understand." "I'm writing a biography of your uncle Henrik." "That's why I'm here." "I haven't seen him in over 20 years." "Actually, it's more than that." "Haven't seen my sister." "Haven't seen anyone..." "Most of what I'm writing about predates that, so your recollections are valid." "Where to start, if that was a question." "Well than, let me narrow it down I've gotten up to 1960" "To the event that changed everything in Henrik's life." "Harriet..." "Everything I knew about that I told to" " - whatever his name was " " Morell." "My recollections then were a lot better than they are now." "I'm not speaking of the event itself." "I'm trying to get a clearer sense of what Harriet was like." "She was messed up." "Like all us Vanger kids." "Crazy mother." "Drunken father." "At least hers wasn't a Nazi." " Was he abusive?" " Mine?" " No, her's." " Not that I ever saw." "but you could tell something was going on." "Somedays, she'd be very withdrawn." "The next minute, she'd be putting on makeup and wearing the tightest sweater she had to school." "And then, she'd be studying a Bible like a nun - no Vanger was ever religious - can you imagine?" "She was obviously, very unhappy." "What do you think happened to her?" "Everyone knows what." "You don't have any thoughts about who?" "Why?" "All I know is that I always felt really sorry for her." "I got away when I was 18 and never went back." "She would have done the same.." "but she never made it to 18." "Mr. Bjurman, please." "It's Lisbeth Salander." "Wait for a moment, please." "I'm fine." "I'm sorry I missed our appointment." "I had a lot of work." " Is something the matter?" " ... no, nothing to be concerned about" "Actually, I need another advance on my allowance." "Can I come to your office tonight?" "Why don't you come to my house?" "Do you have a pen?" "... I don't need a pen, what's the address?" " Yes?" " It's me." "Lisbeth, come on in." " You like it?" " It's nice." "So." " So, what do you need money for this time?" " Food." "How are you?" "I'm so glad that you've decided to come an visit." "I just want my money." "Well, let's see if I can help you out with that." "Wait." " Is there a problem?" " I just want to know... am I going to have to do this every time I need money to eat?" "You're so cute when are surly." "I fogot to ask you..." "Do you like anal sex?" "Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." "Through faith we understand that the world was created by the word of God " " I'll drive you home." " I can get home on my own." "Are you sure?" " Is it any warmer inside?" " No." "I apologize if you're having financial problems at the magazine during Mikael's absence." " We'll work through them." " Are you sure?" "How long do you think you can hang on?" "Six months or so?" " That sounds about right." " You know, I used to be in the newspaper business." "We owned six dailies back in the 50's." "We still own one." "The Courier, here in town." "Which, I let my nephew Birger run it since he can't run anything else." "So what do you say to taking on a partner?" "Well, we've never had to considered it before." "We value our independence very much." "Independence is publishing is dependant on advertisers " "However much you have, you'd retain." " We don't care about content." " Excuse me." "Did I miss something?" "We're talking about an investment in the magazine." "I gather that." "Why would you want to do that?" "Well, not out of greed, that's for sure." "I feel badly that I've taken Mikael away from you at the worst possible time." "Now i'm convinced that this is the right thing to do." "The moral thing.." "That's one reason." "And." "And...." "The enemies of my friends are my enemies." "How long have you been discussing this with them?" "I haven't been." "They called yesterday and asked me to come." "Why didn't you tell me?" "Why would I. You live in the wood?" "And so, I deserve to be treated like an idiot?" "I just wanted to hear what they had to say?" "You would've said 'no' before they could." "I'm saying it now." "It's a bad idea." "You heard me tell them we could had six months." "I lied." "Without their money we'll be out of business in three." "You don't know this family." "Like I do." "They're crazy." " We're not marrying into it." " If we do this." "That's exactly what we're doing." "You want to say no?" "Let's say no." "Instead of 50 percent of something, let's own 100 percent of nothing." " Mikael?" " What?" " I'm leaving this God-forsaken island in the morning." " So?" " So, are you coming to bed or not." "How much do one of those cost?" "Around three thousand." "This is really gonna hurt." "Your call." "Petrochemical manufacturer Vanger Industries has taken a controlling interest in Millennium magazine." "which according to analysts has been in financial trouble...." "Millennium is an excellent magazine." "We also think it's undervalued right now, which is good business for us." "There's another reason." "I don't like bullies." "Are you referring to Mr. Wennerstrom?" "I'm referring to anyone who tries to sue -- their enemies into submission." "If Mr. Wennerstrom would like to try it again, he'll find himself fighting a company that can afford to fight back." "I've always admired Henrik Vanger." "He's a titan - and a gentleman." "But he's also quite old now - which may explain.." "how he could be taken in by a convicted liar." "Shit." "The current archive is on CD's," "The older stuff, still negatives." "What general period are you interested in?" "September, 1966." "Thank you." "Is this about Harriet Vanger?" "You're too young to know about that." "Everyone here grows up knowing about her." "It's how we're taught about strangers." " Lisbeth?" " I need to pay my rent." "I need some money." "Oh, come in." "I feel..a bit..badly, how we left it last night." " Me, too." "Good..." "You're alive." "You recognize this?" "I had it with me last time." "I set it here." "Remember?" "And the snap, you see it?" "It's not a snap." "It's a wide-angle micro-lens." "I thought it was gonna be just another blow-job." "Which is disgusting enough." "I misjudged, just how sick you are." "Okay, this is what's going to happen." "Pay attention." "Look at me." "Once you can sit again, which could be a while, I admit." "we're going to my bank and tell them that I alone have access to money." "Nod." "After that, you'll never contact me again." "Each month you'll prepare a report of a meeting we will never have." "In it, you'll describe how well I'm doing, how 'sociable' I'm becoming." "Then, you will negotiate with the court-- to have my declaration of incompetence lifted." "If you fail, this video will spread across the Internet like a virus." "Nod." "And, If something happens to me" "..if I get hit by a car - if you run me over with a car " "This will upload automatically." "Nod that you understand." "Oh, Gabardina." "I'm taking the keys to this apartment." "Because, I'll be checking on you." "And if I find a girl in here with you, whether she came of her own free will or not " "No." "Not the video." "I will kill you." "Do you doubt anything I've said?" "Do you doubt in the reports that've followed me all my life?" "What do they say?" "If you had to sum it up?" "They say I'm insane." "No, it okay." "You can nod because it's true." "I am insane." "Nod!" "I know it'll be hard for you to abide by my rules." "The abstinence part, most of all." "So, I'm going to make it easier for you." "Lie still." "I've never done this before." "And there will be some blood." " Hi." " Hi." " What are you doing here?" " On my way to Skellefteå." "I can only stay for a couple of hours." "What's in Skellefteå?" "Bible Camp." "Oh, yeah." " I'm not dangerous." " It's fine, Nilla." "Whatever you want to do is fine." " Everybody needs something." " Just so long as it's not God." "I didn't say that." "I've haven't been around enough to really know what's going on with you, and I apologize for that." "But I'd never want you to not tell me something," "B'cos you think I might not want to hear it." "That's what I'm doing." "It really should have been me visiting you." "I'm sorry." "It's okay." "It was nice seeing you." "Bye bye." " See you." " Yeah." "Don't go too hard on the Catholics." "What?" "The article you're writing." "I'm not writing an article about Catholics." "The Bible quotes on your desk..." "A woman who is a medium or a sorcerer; shall be put to death, by stoning." "If a dove is the sinner's offering, the priest shall wring off its head, cleave its wings, and burn it upon the altar." "Hello." "Detective Morell, it's Mikael Blomkvist." "Yes, hello." "How are you?" "Not still freezing in Hedestad, I hope for your sake." "You know, the Rebecka Case that you mentioned." "Would you recall the last name?" "Of course I do, but what would it have to do with anything?" " Nothing probably." " Jocobsson." "Rebecka Jocobsson." "How was she killed?" "She was decapitated." "Her arms were cut off and she was burned." "But all this happened in the 1940's " "What have you found?" " I'm gonna have to call you back." " Why?" " Is it Henrik?" " We were talking." "He started rubbing at his arm and then he collapsed." "He's going to be okay?" "I can't talk, Mikael, I honestly don't know " " You gotta go." " I'm sorry." "I'll talk to you later." "Good evening." "Come on up, How is he?" "Well, the good news is he survived." "How he does now, we have to see." " He's in Intensive Care." " Right." " May I have one of those?" " You want a sandwich?" " A small Scotch." " Sure thing." "Thank you." "I hate to be indelicate." "But..." "Henrik promised me something when I agreed to do this." " Yeah, Wennerström." " I need to know what he has on him." " Now." "In case." " In case he dies?" " That is indelicate." " And I apologize." "Well, I don't know what he has on him, if you're asking me." "And he can't tell you in the condition he's in." "We also didn't discussed who I'd report" " to if something happened to him." " Who else, You'd report to me." "We both know nothing's going to come of this, don't we?" "No, we don't know that." "What do you mean?" " I may have found something." " You're joking?" "What have you found?" "The last time I reported on something without being absolutely sure," "I lost me my life savings." "I need a research assistant." "Can you authorize that?" "Yes." " Do you have one in mind?" " I can find someone." "I know a excellent one." "She did the background check on you." "The what?" "You don't think we can hire just anyone without doing background check?" "I want to read it." "Herr Frode was kind enough to share your report with me." "The investigator's name..." "That is her name, yes?" "I can find no record of her, and I'm pretty good at that kind of thing." "Would it really matter?" "But It would if I wanted to speak to her, Yes." "It's against policy." " You sure?" " Just like your sources." "You understand." "Okay." "Here's a name for you." "My sister, she's also my lawyer." "She'll be contacting you." "There's information in here that could only have come from one place." "The reason you can find no record of her is because her records have been sealed." " She's a ward of the State." " What does that have to do with anything?" "She's had a rough life." "Can we please, not make it rougher on her?" "Who is it?" "Mikael Blomkvist." " Actually I'm not really up (yet) " " May I come in?" "Please." "Hi." "You and I need to talk." "I got us some break..." "I'm sorry, I need..." "Who do you think you are?" "I'm the guy you know better than my closest friends do." "Why don't you put some clothes on and get rid of your girlfriend." "We need to talk." "I'm sorry, You have to go." "Okay." "Do you need me to stay?" "No." " Bye." " Bye." "Bye." " Sorry." " Bye." "I guess I alarmed you turning up like that." "If you touch me, I'll more than alarm you." "That won't be necessary." "Your report, very detailed." "but for me, It wasn't very entertaining." " It wasn't meant to be." " When I write about people," "I try to entertain the reader." "Wennerström wasn't entertained much." "Your boss, Armansky..." "He tells me, you only work on things that interest you." "So, I suppose.." "I should be flattered." "Are you going to sit down?" "He also says that you're the one he goes to" "When the jobs is, 'sensitive'" "I'm gonna use,'illegal,' b'cos that's what it was when you hacked into my computer." "I'm not going to do anything about that." "I could but I won't." "What I'm going to do is tell you a story." "If it entertains you, maybe you'll decide to help me research further." "And if not, then I'll do the washing and you'll never see me again." "What kind of research?" "Lisbeth..." "Can I call you Lisbeth?" "I want you to help me catch a killer of women." "I've got "R. J.", Rebecka Jacobsson." "I have absolutely no idea who the rest of this people are - or how they're connected to the death of a 16 year old girl - they must be somehow." "So, what we're gonna do is find out who they are?" "What happened to them?" "and what the Leviticus verses have to do with anything?" "What are you doing?" "Getting started." "You can keep talking if you want." " Don't you need to look over this?" " I got it." "Cat!" "How did you get in?" "No one's asked me about Magda in over 40 years." "Why would a young lady like you want to know about such an aweful murder?" " It interests me." " Does it?" "Her husband was our first suspect - the husband is always the first suspect, and usually the last - but not this time." "We moved on to a neighbor." "Then a vagrant " "Once you get to strangers, it's only a matter of time... before you get to gypsies, and you know you're never going to solve it." "How exactly was she killed?" " Miss..." " Salander." "I'm sorry.." "Miss Salander, I hope, you don't mind my asking, when's the last time you ate?" "I have a high metabolism." "I can't put on weight." "I'm asking because it's better to look at what I'm about to show you on an empty stomach." "If a man's offering is a lamb, it shall be a female without blemish." "He shall lay his hand upon it's head ...slaughter it... empty it's blood on the base of the altar... and he shall be forgiven." " How is he?" " He needs surgery but there's no DNR in place." "So it's up to the family to decide whether to resuscitate or not, and they're not good at decisions." " How'd it go with Ms. Salander?" " She said yes." "Do you think I might be able to see him?" "He was asleep when I last looked," " but let me check." " Thank you." "Don't check." " Tell him to pack his things and leave." " Mother, please." "Don't use that tone with me." "Isabella, Mr. Blomkvist works for Henrik." " We should put this to a vote." " Don't be an idiot, Birger." "We all know what Henrik wants, Can we please just do that?" "Henrik is in there fighting for his life in there." "This is the last thing he needs." "Excuse me, Mrs. Vanger, there's no smoking in here." "Go back to Stockholm." "When we need a family chronicle written by a libelist, we know who to call." "Alright, thanks." "This way, Miss." "If a woman approaches any beast and dies with it." "He shall kill the woman and the beast," "Their blood shall be upon them." "My family is impossible." "It's why the company is such a mess." "I apologize for my mother's behavior." "I'm use to it." "It has nothing to do with you." "It's between her and Henrik ..." "She lost it when my father died." "Her drinking..it got so bad Henrik took me and my sister away from her," "And left her excommunicated, in our old house on the other side of the island" "She hasn't forgiven him." "You, you must stay." "You're last chance that Henrik has at some kind of resolution." "Put this to rest for him one way of the other, and I'll try to keep my mother away." "But, please, hurry." "Of course." "Lisbeth?" " I'll get that." " It's okay." " This is Martin Vanger." " How do you do?" "Fine." " Girlfriend or..." " Assistant." "Thank you, so much." " Good night." " Good night." "Any trouble finding the place?" "Everyone in town knows who and where you are." "That's comforting." "Are you hungry?" "Want a sandwich?" "No." " I used to have a motorcycle." "A Triumph..." " I know." "The five cases from Harriet's list." "And five more she missed - three I'm sure about." "Rebecka was the first, just as you thought ..." "The second, M.H., is Mari Holmberg - a prostitute in Kalmar - murdered in 1954." "Leviticus 20:18." ""If a man lies with a woman, having a signatia, made naked as a fountain, and she has uncovered a fountain of blood."" "She was raped and stabbed, but the cause of death was suffocation with a sanitary napkin." "R.L. Rakel Lunde, 1957 - Cleaning woman and part-time palm reader, tied up with a clothesline, gagged, raped, head crushed with a rock." "Leviticus 20:27." ""A woman who is a medium or sorcerer shall be put to death by stoning."" "I usually like to smoke outside." "Sara Witt, 1964." "Daughter of a pastor." "Tied to her bed, raped, charred in the fire that burned down her house." "Leviticus - 21:9." ""The daughter of any priest who profanes herself by playing the harlot, profanes her father and shall be burned with (fire) " "Magda Lovisa Sjoberg, 1960 " "Found in a barn, stabbed and raped with farm tools." "A cow in the next stall with its throat slit, its blood splashed on her, hers on it," "Levítico 20:16," ""If a woman lies with any beast, you shall kill the woman and the beast, their blood is upon (them) - "" "Lea Persson, 1962." "Found by her sister in their pet shop - raped, beaten." "The killer uncaged the animals, smashed the aquariums." "There was a parakeet inside her." "Eva Gustavsson, 1960." "A runaway." "Raped, strangled, a burnt pigeon tied around her neck." "Lena Anderson, 1967." "a student." "Raped, stabbed, decapitated " " Okay..." " I'm not done " "It's all right, we're looking for a serial murderer but..." "But what does i have to do with a teenager on an island?" "She was looking for him, too." "Rape." "Torture." "Fire." "Animals." "Religion." " Anything I'm missing?" " The names." "They're all Biblical." "The first woman, the whore, the Virgin Mary" " Sara, Rakel - all from the Old Testament." "Which means they're all Jewish." "If there's one thing the Vangers have more than their share of, anti-semites." "There is one." "I can sleep on a couch." "Uhm...right." "There's that the...cash on it." "Good night." " Harriet's name isn't." "Isn't what?" "Jewish." " What are you doing here?" " Reading your notes." " They're encrypted." " Please." "Have some coffee." "Okay.." "And then we'll have a talk about what's yours and what's mine." "It's amazing what you figured out from the parade photos." "Thank you." " Too bad you don't have hers." " Whose?" "Her." "Sorry." "There's the one." "Where the fuck is that?" "What does that say there?" " N, something, R, S, J " " Norsjo." "Then something, K, something, R, I, F," "Carpentry." "We need to find a carpenter." "Fuck!" "The carpentry shop is gone." "I don't know even know if he worked there or not." "But If he did, maybe he used to use to come in here to buy hardware." "I don't recognize him." "Sorry." "I had to start somewhere." "I'm no detective, but 1966, I would've started at the retirement home." " This is Brannlund's kid." " Do you know where I might find him, the son?" "Next to his father at the cemetery." "He was killed in an accident on a job site years ago." "But uh..she might still be alive - His widow." "Do you know where I might find her?" "In 1966, you were in Hedestad with your husband." " Who took this?" " A local photographer." "You were taking pictures, too." "That day and .." "I'd love to at them, if by some miracle you still have them." "It wouldn't be a miracle." "We were on our honeymoon." "But why?" "This, this girl there..." "I need you to see it better in an enlargement." "So that's you there." "Just after this was taken..." "After, she'd seen something across the street," "She was murdered." "How awful!" " There you are." " Thank you." "Would you mind if I made a copy of this?" "No." "I can't give you any of this stuff without authorization from Mr. Armansky." "So call him." "Next time, fill out the proper paperwork." "Which one are you?" "How's your sex life?" "I didn't care much for your last report." "It's so perfunctory, like your heart wasn't in it." "Let's see a little more enthusiasm for my recovery in next month's." " But..." " Don't speak!" "I don't want to hear your voice." "Just nod." "Start looking for a shrink you can bribe, this way.." "under oath, he can find absolutely nothing wrong with me." "And stop visiting tattoo removal websites, or I'll do it again " "right here." " Is that dental floss?" " Yes." "you sterilize that, Right?" "Couldn't we just use tape or something?" "No." "What?" " Jesus!" " Drink." " Just, be careful, it's my eye." " Don't move." "You're not a doctor." "Take off your wet clothes." "Thank you." "I think it stopped bleeding." "That fucking hurts." "Fucking madness." "Jesus, that hurts." "Fuck." "This is insane." "I mean these people..." "Somebody was shooting at me..." "It wasn't an accident..." "No one's shooting at you now." "You know, I'm pretty sure this is a bad idea." "Why?" "Apart from the fact that I'm old and we work together." "You work with what's-her-name." "That's worked out for you." "I have some standards, believe it or not." "You need to stop talking." "You want me to open a window?" " I like working with you." " I like working with you, too." "It could have been a stray shot." "Not that Gunnar." "If he wanted to shoot him, It wouldn't have been here." "And then, we have poachers." "They shoot at anything that moves." "Or he's right, Dirch." "What if he is?" " This has to stop." " Do you want to stop, Mikael?" "I have police reports, photos," "Henrik's notes, my own notes, and Lisbeth's research." "What I don't have is Vanger Industries records." " That's what I want." " Why?" "Will you authorize it?" "The private corporate records?" "How far back?" "Henrik said I have access to everything I needed." " This is what I need." " That's not what he meant." "I'll sign a nondisclosure statement, if that would help.." " You think Henrik would say yes." " That's why he has me." "To protect him from himself." "This is insane." " What do we have to hide?" " After a 120 years of business?" "Probably, a lot." "If this is what he needs to finish, he should have permission." "What am I looking for?" "Any connections between Vanger Industries - and the towns where the women were killed... and everything about Frode." "Your father was taking pictures that day no one has seen." "I'd like to take a look at that." " So ask him." " I was wondering if you could do that?" "I don't speak to him, as you know." "You couldn't make an exception in my case." "Are you afraid to be in the same room with him?" "I'm not saying you shouldn't be." "So you won't help me?" "Sorry." "Please." "Are you finished?" "I need to know where all the factories, offices and projects were from 1949 to 1966." " You already have everything." " No, I don't." "Nothing on subsidiary corporations," " partnerships or suppliers." " Then you'll have to do without." "Mr. Frode said I have access to whatever I need, and.." " this is what I need." " He said you have access to this floor." "Call him." "Thank you for seeing me." "Come in." " Tea?" " Please." "Sven Olof Lindholm." "Me." "Handsome." "Birger Furugard." "Me." "Per Engdahl." "But your interest is in my more candid photographic work." "Friends, Relations, that kind of thing." "Please." " "Blom" ou "Blum"?" " Blomkvist." "I'm not a recluse." "I don't close my door to anyone." "They just don't visit." "Perhaps if you redecorated." "Hide the past like they do." "Under a thin, shiny veneer." "Like an Ikea table.." "I'm the most honest of all of them." " The family?" " Sweden." "Landscape?" "Some nice landscapes there." "Who is this there?" "The blurry one." "I can't tell." " That's Gottfried's boy." " Martin?" "Handsome but useless young man, Like his father." "We're closing." "Nowhere near finished." "I'm not authorized to stay late." "I am." "And I need access to everything including any that's locked." "Call Frode." "Leave the keys with the guard." "CARLÉN AND VANGER REBUILD LOCAL PLAN." "GOTTFRIED VANGER AND CARLÉN SHAKING HANDS." "GRUPO VANGER ACQUIRES KARLSON'S SHIPPING  FREIGHT." "VANGER INDUSTRIES INVESTING IN UDDEVALLA" "MISS LEA PERSSON FOUND STRANGLED." "IN MEMORIAM." "Shit!" "IN MEMORIAM GOTTFRIED VANGER 1927-1965" "Martin?" "Mikael?" "Hi there." "Your evening stroll?" "That's right, I..." " How are you?" " Good." "I stopped at the hospital on my way home." "Henrik asked me to ask you something." "What was that?" "Come on in, I'll make you a drink." "Hello, Martin." "Shut the door, It's quite windy." " What happened to you?" " When?" "Just now." " I fell in the dark." " You don't have a flashlight?" " I'll get you one." " I just wasn't being careful." "How the investigation's going?" " Nothing new to report.." " No?" "Dirch says the girl is really clever." "Maybe she'll turn something up." "Maybe." "Thank you." " So what did he say?" " What?" "You said Henrik asked you to ask me something." " Well I just did." " What?" "How's the investigation's going." "That was his question." "Do you hunt?" " We should go hunting together some time." " Sure." "Nothing at all?" " New to report?" " No." "Nothing." " I can see you're anxious." " No." "I mean, to get home." "After the walk." "Yeah, Sorry." "I suppose I am." "To have dinner." "With your girlfriend." "Assistant." "We'll have better luck with a gun." " I'm sorry?" " When we go hunting." "A gun." "Rather than a knife." "I want to show you something." "Bring your drink." "Leave my knife." "To the right." "You know what's harder than shooting someone?" "Just missing them." "That was a very good shot up at the cabin." "It didn't work." "I'm here." "Mikael, it did work." "You're here." "Inside." "You spilled your drink." "Why didn't you just go home?" "May I?" "How'd you do it?" "What did you find?" "We can talk or we can just get on with it." "I found a picture no one had seen before." " Of?" " You." " In your Uppsala prep school blazer." " What does that proof?" "It shows that you lied about where you were that day." " Was I?" " Or rather when." "So what." "People lie all the time." "It also said that Lena Andersson was a schoolmate." "Lena..." "That was a long time ago." "Where's this photo now?" "Is it with all the other crap on your desk?" "There's a copy of that on my laptop, And there's another on a secure website." "That's a lie ..." "How much does the girl know?" "I hope it's as much as you." "That'll make it more fun." "Where is she?" "Stockholm." "She went this morning." "And that's a lie." "She's at our offices looking at more old crap." "I got a call from our archives manager - she's very perturbed - with this girl." "Lisbeth." "I like that name." "Lisbeth." "So when Lisbeth leaves" "I'll get a call from security, so I can be at your cottage to greet her." "I can't thank you enough for bringing her to me." "Mikael?" "So what would you like to know?" "You're the journalist, ask me questions." "What do I do with my girls?" "That's a good question." "Well, before" " I do what we're doing." "Sit down, Relax, have a drink," "I like that part a lot - having a chat when you both know that one of you is going to die." "After" " I simply get rid of them." "Far out to the sea   unlike my father leaving them scattered all over the place like trophies." "That's not smart if you ask me." "But he was a garish and loud man." "he got what he deserved." "You can't be a sloppy technician like that." "You can't drink to excess like he did." "This takes discipline." "It's a science of a thousand details." "The planning." "The execution." "The cleanup." "I'm sure I don't have to tell you you're going to make quite a mess." "Let me ask you something." "Why don't people trust their instincts?" "They sense something's wrong - someone's walking too close behind them " "You knew something was wrong - but you came back into the house." "Did I force you?" "Did I drag you in?" "No." "All I had to do was.." "offer you a drink." "You'd never think the fear of offending can be stronger than the fear of pain - but you know what?" "It is." "They always come willingly." "And then they sit here." "They know it's over like.." "you do" " But somehow.." "they still think they have a chance." ""Maybe if I say the right thing - Maybe if I'm polite - or I cry and beg - "" "when I see the hope draining from their face like it is from yours right now " "I feel myself... getting hard." "We are not that different, You and I." "We both have urges." "Satisfying mine, requires more towels." "It might amuse you to know that while you were upstairs having mousse with me and Liv - who, by the way, finds me very conventional " "I had Irina was down here in the cage." "Who's Irina, you might ask?" "Just another girl." "Just another immigrant whore." "Who misses them?" " Your sister wasn't." " What?" "Your sister, Harriet, wasn't just another girl." "You found her?" "What happened to her?" "You killed her." "You useless fuckin detective." "Is that too tight to talk?" "Good." "I'm tired of talking to you." "I've never had a man in here before." "In fact, I've never touched a man." "Except my father." "But it was our duty." "Harriet's and mine." "There's a gun in the television." "May I kill him?" "How come a 23 years old can be a ward of the state?" "I'm mentally incompetent and can't manage daily life." " Since when have they said that?" " Since I was twelve." "What happened when you were twelve?" "I'm sorry, That's none of my business." "I tried to kill my father." "I burned him alive." "Got about 80 percent of him." "I'll make some coffee." " Who is it?" " It's Harriet." "I found it in Martin's basement." "Among his souverneers." "Martin didn't deny killing anyone." "But when I mentioned Harriet, he was confused." "He was angry - at me - b'cos I couldn't tell him what happened to her." "He didn't kill her." "And his father didn't do it." "He was dead the year before." "What if she did somehow get away?" "And if... she's still alive?" "There's only one person in this family who would know where she is." "Fuck me, fuck me." "Your turn." "Right." "Yeah." "Hi." " I'm sorry to bother you." " What do you want?" " No one's called you?" " About?" "Your cousin, Martin." "What about him?" "He died in a car accident last Thursday." "There's going to be a memorial..." "I'm not interested in any memorial." " I understand." " What do you understand?" "That you don't care very much of your relatives." " I just, thought you should know." " Now, I know." "How'd it go?" " Okay." "I think." " She's on." "And she's shopping." "She's playing solitaire?" " And she still hasn't called anyone?" " No." "Do we have her cell phone, too?" "I was so she'd lead us to her." "Put your hand back in my shirt." "There's only one reason she hasn't call Harriet." "She can't, because Harriet is dead." " I was just thinking." "What if -..." " Just one second." "What were you going to say?" "I was just thinking, there could be one other possibility." " What is it now?" " Before he died, your brother hung me from a hook ..." "Harriet." " So you send the flowers?" " Yes." "We found in the Swedish General Registry, Anita was married." "But the family never knew, did they?" "So, I'm guessing she then came here on a married name passport you followed on her maiden name passport." "No, actually, it was the other way around." "She thought that it safer for me to travel with Spencer myself." "What did he think about that?" "Nothing." "Only that he loved her." "She said, If you love me, you'll do this and not ask why." "He never did." "And they both died twenty years ago." "A car accident." "You found that, too." "Is that you?" "I was 14 the first time he raped me." " Martin?" " No, my father." "Martin only started, after he died." "Why didn't you tell someone?" "I did." "My mother." "Henrik would have done something." "I almost told him." "But I was afraid because of what I've done." "I uh..." "You still don't understand, Do you?" "A year after the first time " "There were many times during that year - my father got drunker than usual one night" "and started bragging... about women he'd killed." "He quoted from the Bible as he tore off my clothes." "He tiedd a belt around my neck." "He wanted to kill me." "I uh..." "I made it out of the house and I went down to the dock." "He came staggering after me " "I could never fight him off in a small space, but out in the open.." "I was strong enough to deal with an old drunk." "When it was over..." "I looked up, Martin was standing there - looking at me." "All I'd accomplished was substitute one for another." "A couple months later, Henrik sent Martin to school in Uppsala." "And I thought maybe - just maybe - the nightmare was finally over." "And then I saw him." "across the street " "And I knew.." "It would never be over." "How'd you escaped?" "Anita..." "She insisted that I leave everything behind." "If I took anything, the police might've suspected that I was still alive." "While everyone was eating dinner, I was alone 20 meters away from them." "I spend the night there, That's when the set-up started." "In the morning, she came to get me." "I'd grown up with that bridge as my link to home." "But all I could think is, If I could just get away for a moment," "Just get passed the police." "I might be safe." "And I was." "Until, you showed up." "You're safe now." "How did you got away?" "Someone saved me too." " How're you feeling?" " I'm fine." "Thank you, Anna." "I made you a promise." "Whether you found anything, or not." "So, what do you have to tell me?" "Hello, Henrik." "I barely even remember Wennerstrom working here, much less" " being fired." " How could you?" "It was a long time ago." "Which is kind of more to the point than the money he embezzled to start..." "If you're referring to the statued of limitation..." "I had no idea, this was what Henrik was holding out." "If I had," "I never would have let him bring you up here." "He wasn't trying to deceive you." "Oh, Come on, he knows you can't try somebody after 35 years after the event." "I like Henrik, but he knows that." "A man's reputation used to mean something - he still believes that." "I'm sure he thought you could destroy Wennerstrom with this in the court of public opinion." "The "court of public opinion," now celebrates people's bad behaviour." "He promised me Wennerstrom's carcass on a plate." "This isn't even the plate." "I can't do anything with this." "Of course..." "What happened with Wennerström?" "How did he get you?" "I was stupid." "I heard something, I got it from an anonymous source.." "Who I'm now sure was one of Wennerström's lakies" "It was fake, which he easily proved in court." "You were emphatic that the way I looked into your life was illegal and immoral." "Would you feel the same about Wennerström?" "Go on." "I did some work on my own on him, before you hired me." "I haven't had a chance to look at it all " "B'cos you and Harriet-fucking-Vanger have kept me busy ..." " but I may have something." " You may have something?" "Maybe." "They launder money from arms and drug sales and crime syndicates in Russia." "And that money - accounts for all but 5-percent of his holdings - the rest ends up in accounts in the Cayman Islands." "And how do you know this?" "This time you don't want to know." "This time I do want to know." "I have access to his computer, and his accountants' and his lawyers'." "And how do you have that?" "I could have gotten it from a source inside the company." " But you didn't." " But that's what you'll say." "But what will you say to me?" "That depends on if you really want to know." "I do." "Mikael, How did you get access?" "Financial Journalist Mikael Blomkvist - who this time last year was convicted of libel in a Stockholm courtroom - doesn't seem to have learned from his mistakes." "Or maybe he has " "In the current issue of Millennium magazine, he now charges the same company that successfully sued him " "Before the shit hits the fan." "What happens now?" "He'll say it is a personal vendetta which won't wash." "The police will investigate, FI will investigate." "We'll go to court." "Maybe he'll go to prison." "Do you think?" "Probably not." "This guys never do." " What's wrong with you?" " It's embarrassing." "Tell me." "I need to borrow some money." "50,000." "I have a chance to make an investment." "It's a smart, safe investment." "I really don't think I've got 50,000." "Yes, you do." "You have 65 thousand in your two accounts." "I'm sorry that I know that." "You'll get the money back." "I promise." " Okay." " Okay." "You want a coffee?" "These allegations - like the last ones from this so-called journalist - are as ridiculous as they are untrue " "I'll be seeing Mr. Blomkvist in court again." "I'm looking forward to it." "What about his documentation?" "Fabricated." "All of it." "The Securities Fraud Office isn't quite as certain as Mr. Wennerstrom of that." "If even a fraction of what Mr. Blomkvist is alleging proves to be true, not only will there be a securities investigation, but an organized crime inquiry as well." "Mr. Blomkvist names no sources." "And we can't force him to." "But we can look for them." " Beginning where?" " Beginning with... those closest to Mr. Wennerström," "Only someone in the inner circle of a corporation like this could have access to this kind of information." "Mr. Wennerström isn't available for comment today, but I'd be happy to answer your questions." " Where is he?" " At home I imagine." " No, he's not." "Has he left the country?" "I don't think so." "Thank you." "With his failure to appear before a Security Exchange Commission panel, a warrant has been issued for The Wennerström Group CEO." "I can confirm that he left Sweden on a private jet that landed in Paris last week," "but whether he's still there, we don't know." "He could be anywhere by now." "Thank you." "I have a number of accounts at Bank of Kroenfeld, Cayman Islands." "I'd like to transfer those accounts and convert them to bonds." "Naturally, you have the clearingcodes." "Naturally." "How many accounts will you be transferring?" "Thirty." "This will take some time." "For which you'll receive a 4-percent commission." " I will?" " Then it won't be a waste of it." "A Swedish tourist vacationing here in Barbados says he knows where fugitive financier Hans-Erik Wennerström is:" "Here in this Caribbean island's capital, Bridgetown." "Police released this photograph, yesterday- and say they believe is the disgraced billionaire." "How many of these would you like to convert for deposit?" "All fifty." "Into five accounts." "That looks correct." "The man who is now being called "Sweden's Charles Ponzi ", may not have a country to call home, but does have enough money to buy one." "According to the International Banking Commission," "Wennerström, a week after the Millennium article appeared on news stands, began emptying accounts at Bank of Kroenfeld in the Cayman Islands." "That money, approximately two billionEuros, was then spread over a number of accounts with the help of this confederate, seen here in Zurich " " Hey." " Hey." "The money I borrowed." "Already?" " Thank you." " Thank you." "I quit." "Was it a good investment?" "It was okay." "What are you doing later?" "I'm seeing my daughter." "Okay." "You look nice." "It's Christmas again ..." "I'll see you soon." "I miss our meetings." "I'm sure you don't." "Why would you?" "I was always such a headache for you." "Never showing up with good news." "Only problems." "I have some good news now." "I've made a friend." "I mean one that you'd approve of." "I'm happy." " shot three times in the head at close range in what is being called a classic gangland execution." "The investigation into Wennerstrom's ties to crime organizations worldwide will now turn to speculation:" "Which of them caught up with him before Swedish authorities could?" "Wennerström spent the last days of.." "It's nice." " Father?" " A friend." "Must be a very good friend."