Jussi Adler-Olsen Biography

Jussi Adler-Olsen was born on the 2^nd of August in 1950, which was a Wednesday. For those readers interested in all things astrological, that makes him a Leo, which is a Fire sign.

Jussi was born in Copenhagen, which has a population of around 800,000 people and is the capital city of Denmark. (If you think of a map of Europe and picture Italy – that boot shaped bit at the bottom – then go straight up, there’s a jagged little bit that sticks out of the top of the main body of Europe, yeah? Well, that is Denmark. It’s actually often reported to be one of the happiest places in the world to live.)

The youngest child of four children, Jussi has three older sisters. His father Henry was a successful psychiatrist who was lucky enough to be provided with official residences through much of his career, some of which were in institutions for people with mental disorders. Both these facts about Jussi’s past beg one particular question with regard to him as a novelist: did having three older siblings, especially three sisters, and a father who worked as a psychiatrist give Jussi an insight into human nature? It’s very likely that they provided many of the tools and resources he needed to be able to craft deep characters with interesting flaws that would draw a reader into a story, don’t you think?

While growing up, Jussi’s main passion was for music, which led him to…

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