Stockholm - A new map allows fans of the late Swedish writer and journalist Stieg Larsson's best-selling thriller novels to trace venues in Stockholm used as a backdrop in the trilogy.

The map is marked with some of the places in the Swedish capital linked to Larsson's protagonists journalist Mikael Blomkvist and computer hacker Lisbeth Salander.

Larsson, who died of a heart attack at age 50 in 2004, has scored posthumous success with his so-called Millennium Trilogy that has been translated into several languages including English and German.

He died a year before the first of the three novels, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, hit the bookstands. The trilogy has sold some 3 million copies in Sweden, a country of some 9 million, alone.

The maps are available in two versions: One is in Swedish/English/French, and the other is in Italian/Spanish/German. They are sold at the Stockholm City Museum as well as the Stockholm Tourist Centre.

Visitors can also go on a two-hour city tour of the venues and backdrops in the novels and the movies, as well as the city's contemporary and previous history.

The tours are available in Swedish, English and French at various dates during the summer. The starting point is in the district of Sodermalm. (dpa)