Per Fredrik Wahl�� - in English translations often identified as Peter Wahloo - was a Swedish author. He is perhaps best known for the collaborative work with his partner Maj Sj�wall on a series of ten novels about the exploits of Martin Beck, a police detective in Stockholm, published between 1965 and 1975. In 1971, The Laughing Policeman won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Novel. Wahl�� and Sj�wall also wrote novels separately. Wahl�� was born in T�l� parish, Kungsbacka Municipality, Halland. Following school, he worked as a crime reporter from 1946 onwards. After long trips around the world he returned to Sweden and started working as a journalist again. He had a thirteen year relationship with his colleague Maj Sj�wall but never married. Both were Marxists. He was married to Inger Wahl��, n�e Andersson. He was brother to Claes Wahl��. He died of cancer in Malm� in 1975, aged 48. 

August 5th, 1926 in Kungsbacka Municipality  /  Died:   Jun 22nd, 1975