- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 12, 1945
- Place of Birth
- Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Leif G.W. Persson
Leif G.W. Persson, born on March 12, 1945, in Stockholm, is a Swedish criminologist and author, best known for his crime novels and media appearances. He grew up in Gärdet, Stockholm, and later moved to Valhallavägen. After graduating from Norra Real, he studied at Stockholm University from 1965 and earned his Ph.D. in sociology in 1980, focusing on statistical measurement problems in criminology. In 1982, he became an associate professor and, in 1991, a professor of criminology specializing in police methods. Between 1967 and 1977, he worked as an expert for the National Police Board. He was involved in revealing that National Police Commissioner Carl Persson had sent a memo to Prime Minister Olof Palme about Justice Minister Lennart Geijer’s involvement with prostitutes, which became the "Geijeraffären." As a result, Persson lost his job at the National Police Board. His experiences …
Filmography
movieGW:s mord – Juldagsmordet i Boden
2026 · Self
movieGW:s mord – Styckmördaren Anders Carlsson
2026 · Self
movieGW:s mord – Skultunamordet
2026 · Self
movieGW:s mord – Taximordet i Hjälstaviken
2026 · Self
tvGuldtvisten
2025 · Self (archive footage)
tvLäckbergs
2025 · Self
tvDokument inifrån: Det svenska styckmordet
2024 · Self
tvVeckan med Camilla och Leif GW
2024 · Self
tvLeif GW och vargen
2023 · Self - Host
movieLeif GW och vargen
2023 · Self
tvThe Kings Inner Circle
2023 · Self
movieLeif GW: Fallet Tove
2023 · Self
movie30 sekunder: Skotten på Sveavägen
2023 · Thanks
movieMalou möter Leif GW Persson
2022 · Self
movieSven Melander - Ta hand om er och glöm inte att skratta
2022 · Self
tvEn smak på livet
2021 · Self
tvDen överlägsne journalisten
2021 · Self
moviePalmemördaren
2021 · Self (archive footage)
tvUlf Lundell - friheten och ensamheten
2020 · Self
movieMordet på Olof Palme
2020 · Self
tvLeif GW about
2020 · Self
tvBäckström
2020 · Novel, Executive Producer, Creator
movieLeif GW om: Blattarna som byggde Sverige
2020 · Self, Idea
movieThe Perfect Patient
2019 · Leif G.W. Persson (voice)
tvSilbersky
2019 · Self
movieGW berättar - Göring i Sverige
2019 · Self
tvHär är ditt liv
2018 · Self - Guest
tvBrottsjournalen
2018 · Self
tvThe Truth Will Out
2018 · Executive Producer, Characters
movieLeif GW - nyhetsspecial om Madsen
2018 · Self
movieRevolver-Harry - enligt Leif GW Persson
2018 · Self
tvThe Dying Detective
2018 · Novel
tvHelikopterrånet
2017 · Self
tvGW:s mord
2017 · Self, Writer
tvLeif GW Persson om Mordutredningen
2016 · Self
tvVänligen: Lars Lerin
2016 · Self
movieSjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott
2016 · Self
tvLeif GW Persson - Min klassresa
2015 · Self
tvJorden runt på 6 steg
2015
tvRenées brygga
2015 · Himself
tvBackstrom
2015 · Novel
tvThe Fourth Man
2014 · Novel
movieAstrid
2014 · Self
tvAstrid
2014 · Self
tvPå jakt med Lotta och Leif
2014 · Self
tvDeath of a Pilgrim
2013 · Novel
tvStenbeck
2013 · Self
tvEngelska mord
2012 · Self, Writer
movieHistoriska brott
2012 · Self, Writer
tvSommarmord
2011 · Self, Writer
tvPlura's Kitchen
2011 · Self - Guest
tvVeckans brott
2010 · Self - Criminologist
tvHellenius Hörna
2010 · Self - Guest
movieInspector Späck
2010 · Leif G.W. Persson
movieEbbe - The Movie: Mannen, Myten, Affären
2009 · Self
tvSkavlan
2009 · Self - Guest
moviePeter Bratt - En undersökare
2007 · Self
tvBoston Tea Party
2007
movieBordellaffären
2007 · Self
movieHelénmannen: Ulf Olsson
2005 · Self
tvKulturplatz
2004 · Self
movieThomas Quick
2002 · Self
movieThomas Quick: Seriemördare eller mytoman?
1995 · Self
tvAnna Holt - Den vite riddaren
1994 · Writer
tvKvällspressen
1992 · Kriminologen, Writer, Creator
tvEfterlyst
1991 · Self - Criminologist
tvGoltuppen
1991 · Writer, Creator
tvGrabbarna på Fagerhult
1990 · Self, Writer
movieIn the Name of the Law
1986 · Writer, Novel
movieThe Man from Majorca
1984 · Novel
tvProfitörerna
1983 · Police investigator, Novel, Creator
tvDubbelsvindlarna
1982 · Eliasson