Börge Lennart Hellström (25 September 1957 – 17 February 2017) was a Swedish writer, one of the writing duo Roslund & Hellström.
Biography
editBörge Lennart Hellström was born on 25 September 1957.[1] He was sexually abused as a child, and became a violent teenager.[2]
He also became homophobic, and started gay-bashing, stealing cars, and taking illicit drugs, until he was arrested and put into jail. After an attempted suicide, he got treatment and opened up about the childhood abuse, which led to his reform.[2]
Hellström became well-known as a founding member of the organisation Kriminellas revansch i samhället (KRIS). The organisation aims to combat crime and provide support to former criminals,[3] including helping them to come off drugs.[2]
He was also one half of the writing duo Roslund & Hellström. With journalist Anders Roslund (whom he met when Roslund was filming a documentary about KRIS[2]), he co-authored seven books between 2004 and 2016.[3]
Hellström lived in Värmdö Municipality. He died from cancer on 17 February 2017, at the age of 59,[4] in Gustavsberg.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Letteratura tradotta in italia". LTit (in Italian). Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Roslund and Hellström's Books". Crime Books. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Succéförfattaren Börge Hellström är död". Expressen (in Swedish). 17 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ Bakkejord, Miriam (17 February 2017). "Forfatter Börge Hellström er død". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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