History Characters / TheMillenniumTrilogy

* HateSink: Has no redeeming trait whatsoever.

->'''Dubbed in European French by:''' Pierre-François Pistorio (2009), Creator/EricHersonMacarel (2011), Alexandre Gillet (2018)

A lawyer and the legal guardian of Lisbeth Salander. He uses that position to sexually abuse her.

* MarkOfShame: Following her rape by him, Lisbeth comes back at him, stuns him with a taser, ties him up, rapes him anally with a dildo and tattoos the words "I AM A SADISTIC PIG AND RAPIST" on his chest.

* MarkOfShame: Following her rape by him, Lisbeth comes back at him, stuns him with a taser, ties him up and tattoos the words "I AM A SADISTIC PIG AND RAPIST" on his chest.

-->'''Played by:''' Creator/NoomiRapace (2009), Creator/RooneyMara (2011), Creator/ClaireFoy (2018)

-->'''Played by:''' Lena Endre (2009), Creator/RobinWright (2011)

-->'''Played by:''' Sven-Bertil Taube (2009), Creator/JulianSands (Young) and Creator/ChristopherPlummer (Old) (2011)

-->'''Played by:''' Peter Haber (2009), Creator/StellanSkarsgard (2011)

-->'''Played by:''' Ewa Fröling (2009), Creator/JoelyRichardson (2011)

''The Millennium Trilogy'' is a novel series written by the late Stieg Larsson, later adapted into separate Swedish and American film series.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Her psyche is extremely messed-up, to be sure, but there's no canonical diagnosis given: the government's theory of schizophrenia is at best an educated guess--she wouldn't cooperate with psychiatric evaluation--while Mikael at one point theorizes she has UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome. It's also reasonable to assume that at least some of it is PTSD from her abusive childhood.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: "All The Evil." To wit: Lisbeth is the child of an {{Unperson}}, a Soviet defector nicknamed "Zala" whose very existence is classified by the Swedish Security Police. When Zala turned out to be a {{Domestic Abuse}}r, the government did nothing -- they could scarcely imprison someone didn't officially exist. Lisbeth [[PayEvilUntoEvil took matters into her own hands]]... which led to her being imprisoned on trumped-up charges, declared victim of AmbiguousDisorder, and subjected to torture at the hands of a PsychoPsychologist -- all to keep the GovernmentConspiracy going.

* {{Determinator}}: In general, she is capable of extreme focus when investigating something. Then there is her literally named "Terminator mode", an UnstoppableRage state she enters when attacked. And then there's this UpToEleven, when her father shoots her in the leg and head and has her buried alive, after which she digs herself out and immediately, with open wounds, returns to him and splits his skull with an axe, then continues to plot his murder for weeks while the two are lying a few rooms across from each other in hospital.

->'''Played by:''' Creator/MichaelNyqvist (2009), Creator/DanielCraig (2011)

* NotSoDifferent: Not stated, but both Lisbeth and Zala are emotionally detached, stoic, far more concerned with their own rights than those of others, and can and do go to extreme lengths to get revenge. They are both highly intelligent, pretty prejudiced in some ways (though Lisbeth is prejudiced against [[AcceptableTargets misogynists and sadists]]), and no matter what hell you put them through you'll probably succeed in doing nothing but pissing them off. They also both get through bad days by fantasising about torturing and killing the other. Like father, like daughter.

* NotSoDifferent: Not stated, but both Lisbeth and Zala are emotionally detached, stoical, far more concerned with their own rights than those of others, and can and do go to extreme lengths to get revenge. They are both highly intelligent, pretty prejudiced in some ways (though Lisbeth is prejudiced against [[AcceptableTargets misogynists and sadists]]), and no matter what hell you put them through you'll probably succeed in doing nothing but pissing them off. They also both get through bad days by fantasising about torturing and killing the other. Like father, like daughter.

A 24-year-old hacker who is extremely distrustful of authority. She goes her own way and doesn't (seem to) care what others think of her. She has a photographic memory, extensive hacking skills and far more capacity for violence than most people expect of a 4-foot-11 flat-chested woman.

** Somewhat justified, in that her breasts are small enough that she doesn't really need a bra.

-->'''Played by:''' Sven-Bertil Taube (2009), Creator/ChristopherPlummer (2011)

%%* AmazonChaser

%%* TheCharmer
%%* DistressedDude

%%* GoodIsNotNice:

%%* GuileHero

* IntrepidReporter:

%%* ScarsAreForever

%%* CreepyChild: Lisbeth was teased and bullied in school for acting like one.

%%* FieryRedhead: Though she dyes it black.

%%* HatesBeingTouched
%%* IAmNotPretty

%%* PrivateDetective
%%* PsychoticSmirk
%%* RebelliousSpirit

%%* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight
%%* SociopathicHero

%%* GuileHero

%%* TheSociopath

%%* VillainWithGoodPublicity

!!Mikael Blomkvist

!!Lisbeth Salander

* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Being forced to oral sex and anally raped later by Nils Bjurman.

!!Erika Berger

!!Henrik Vanger

!!Martin Vanger

!!Gottfried Vanger

!!Harriet Vanger

!!Peter Teleborian

!!"Zala"

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: He hasn't been useful to the Swedish government in almost fifteen years, so the sector specifically designed to protect him decides they should just kill him instead of trying to cover up such the blatant mess he's gotten himself into.

%%* TheRainman

-->'''Played by:''' Ewa Fröling (2009), Joely Richardson (2011)

* UnscrupulousHero: She tends to take some cruel and unusual methods to get what she wants.

* EthicalSlut: He sleeps around with ''many'' women throughout the series, including (but not limited to) Erika, [[spoiler: Lisbeth, and Harriet]].

* HeroWithBadPublicity: Begins ''Dragon Tattoo'' as one, especially after Wennerström completely destroys him in that libel suit. He starts to slowly rebuild his reputation after [[spoiler: finding Harriet Vagner and ''finally' making something stick to Wennerström.]]

* AxCrazy: At her worst, she will go straight for the kill with a [[spoiler: firebomb]], golf stick, or with a literal axe. Mind you, the latter was after her target [[spoiler: failed to keep her dead and buried]].

* BrokenBird: First she witnessed ger father abuse her mother, then [[spoiler: tried to kill him for it by setting him on fire]]. Then she was thrown into a [[BedlamHouse psychiatry clinic to be abused]] [[spoiler: as part of a GovernmentConspiracy to cover up her father's crimes]]. Then she turned thirteen.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: "All The Evil." To wit: [[spoiler:Lisbeth is the child of an {{Unperson}}, a Soviet defector nicknamed "Zala" whose very existence is classified by the Swedish Security Police. When Zala turned out to be a {{Domestic Abuse}}r, the government did nothing -- they could scarcely imprison someone didn't officially exist. Lisbeth [[PayEvilUntoEvil took matters into her own hands]]... which led to her being imprisoned on trumped-up charges, declared victim of AmbiguousDisorder, and subjected to torture at the hands of a PsychoPsychologist -- all to keep the GovernmentConspiracy going.]]

* {{Determinator}}: In general, she is capable of extreme focus when investigating something. Then there is her literally named "Terminator mode", an UnstoppableRage state she enters when attacked. And then there's this UpToEleven, when [[spoiler: her father shoots her in the leg and head and has her buried alive, after which she digs herself out and immediately, with open wounds, returns to him and splits his skull with an axe, then continues to plot his murder for weeks while the two are lying a few rooms across from each other in hospital.]]

* PayEvilUntoEvil: Her modus operandi. To list: [[spoiler: she leaves a serial rapist-murderer bleed and burn to death in his crashed car, beats to death a man who planned to dispose of his wife the same way to claim her inheritance, sodomizes her own rapist with the dildo he used on her, and tries to kill her own father after he failed to murder her.]]

* PintSizedPowerhouse: A scrawny 150cm tall girl who's able to take on two thuggish men and even [[spoiler: survive getting shot in the head and buried alive to crawl out of her own grave and put an axe in her would-be murderer (and father)'s skull]].

* PolarOppositeTwins: With her sister, Camilla - Lisbeth is asocial, aggressive, unfeminine, but has a soft spot for abused people, especially women, and those who help them, and otherwise just wants to be left alone. [[spoiler: Camilla is revealed to be beautiful and using that to manipulate people, including her sister, and destroy lives for the pleasure of it.]]

* {{Really Gets Around}}: Been with 50 people since she was 15.

* DaEditor: In the good way. She supports Blomkvist in everything he does. [[spoiler: We can see her nastier side when she starts working at SMP. Not surprising, considering the people she needs to work with.]]

* SlutShaming: When she transfers from ''Millennium'' to ''Svenska Moronposten'', she starts receiving anonymous hate mail with that content (as well as [[{{Frameup}} fake sexual harassment e-mails]] ''from'' her sent [[DepravedBisexual to a female coworker]]), as well as getting her home broken in and obscenities written on the wall and being under threat of her home-made porn getting leaked. Lisbeth helps her expose the culprit [[spoiler: It turns out to be a coworker and former schoolmate who had a crush on her [[ButForMeItWasTuesday but she didn't even notice him]] because he was too shy to talk to her, and resents her for her popularity]].

The current CEO of Vanger Industries, he has little time to chat with Mikael because he's busy trying to keep the company afloat. As you can see from the spoilers, there's more to him than meets the eye.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Appears to be the nicest and most peaceful Vanger, when '[[spoiler:he's actually one of the worst.]]
* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler:With Harriet, whom her father turned into his SexSlave, and Martin continued the tradition.]]
* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler: Only targeted women previously but is open to new things.]]

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Lisbeth says this clearly in the book about him, refusing Mikael's efforts to pity him.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:In the movie, when Lisbeth leaves him to die, essentially denying him the mercy he denied all his victims.]]
* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler:took over his father's Biblically-themed murders after his father died.]]

* ParentalIncest: [[spoiler: Gottfried raped him as well, which Martin saw as his duty.]]
* SerialKiller: [[spoiler: He states murders were just a necessity, to hide his rapes.]]
* SerialRapist: [[spoiler:Martin abducts and rapes women regularly. He states he considers himself more a serial rapist than a killer, with the latter largely just being what he considers necessary to keep himself out of consequences for the rapes.]]

* {{Ubermensch}}: He believes himself one, [[spoiler: claiming to Mikael that rapist-murderers like him live life to the fullest, getting off on the complete control over the life of his victims]].

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He’s also a Nazi, racist anti-semite, in ''addition'' to the flaws hidden behind the spoiler tags.

* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Smuggled herself away with the help of her cousin Anita. Is alive and well, and actually was sending the flowers to Henrik to reassure him of that fact.]]

* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler: Subverted, as it turns out at the end that she is alive, but was hiding with a fake identity.]]

A gang lord specializing in drugs and smuggling in underage Russian girls into Sweden for sex slavery. Of course, he also has other relevance: [[spoiler:Under his full name, "Alexander Zalachenko," he's also Lisbeth's father]].

* [[spoiler: ArchnemesisDad: To Lisbeth.]]

* TheDeterminator: [[spoiler: Must be InTheBlood. He survives being ''set on fire'' and carves out a criminal empire, and after the second book when Lisbeth and he are put in hospital, in spite of his crippling injuries he still manages to drag himself out of bed to try and kill her.]]

* GoodScarsEvilScars: Bears many marks from when [[spoiler: his daughter]] lit him on fire.

* NotSoDifferent: Not stated, but both Lisbeth and Zala are emotionally detached, stoical, far more concerned with their own rights than those of others, and can and do go to extreme lengths to get revenge. They are both highly intelligent, pretty prejudiced in some ways (though Lisbeth is prejudiced against [[AcceptableTargets misogynists and sadists]]), and no matter what hell you put them through you'll probably succeed in doing nothing but pissing them off. They also both get through bad days by fantasising about torturing and killing the other. [[spoiler: Like father, like daughter.]]

* GuileHero: With definite shades of MagnificentBastard.