Larsson`s family seeks to end inheritance row
Stockholm: The family of Stieg Larsson, the Swedish crime author who died before his "Millennium" trilogy became a cult hit worldwide, has offered Larsson`s partner a settlement to end a dispute over his inheritance, a newspaper reported Monday.
Larsson`s father Erland and brother Joakim have offered his live-in companion of 32 years, Eva Gabrielsson, 20 million kronor (USD 2.82 million), Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet said.

The "Millennium" trilogy has become a phenomenon in Sweden and abroad, translated into more than 30 languages and made into a movie. Its popularity is a striking contrast to their author`s tragic fate.

Larsson, who worked as a journalist in Stockholm before writing the trilogy, did not live to enjoy the sensational success; he died in November 2004 of a heart attack, aged 50, a year before the first book of the series was published.

Since Larsson and Gabrielsson were unmarried, childless and he died without leaving a will, his book rights and inheritance -- which swelled with the wild success of his books -- went to his father and brother under Swedish law.

Erland and Joakim Larsson were to contact Gabrielsson`s
lawyer today with their offer.

Bureau Report