The Wennerström Blomkvist Conflict
The Girl with the Dragon TattooHans-Erik Wennerström attacks Mikael Blomkvist through legal, financial, and covert means until Blomkvist answers with a stronger campaign.
increasing
Bearing strength in each event
decreasing
Bearing strength in each eventdecreasingThe Original Investigation
The Minos Story
The Source
Robert Lindberg tells Mikael Blomkvist about suspicious use of industrial assistance funds.
The Promise
Mikael Blomkvist believes he has uncovered financial misconduct.
The conflict begins with legitimate reporting.
The Forged Trap
A Manufactured Scandal
The Threats
Mikael Blomkvist and Erika Berger face anonymous intimidation and physical assault.
The Deception
A fabricated source supplies false evidence of arms dealing.
The adversary turns investigative ambition against itself.
The Legal Victory
Winning in Court
The Verdict
Hans-Erik Wennerström wins The Wennerström Libel Trial.
The Consequence
Mikael Blomkvist is imprisoned and Millennium is economically attacked.
A false story produces a real defeat.
The Digital Counterstrike
Entering the Computer
The Access
Lisbeth Salander penetrates Wennerström's computer systems and copies financial records.
The Evidence
The records reveal money laundering, arms dealing, and criminal networks.
The conflict moves from courtroom rhetoric to documentary proof.
The Public Reversal
The Defeated Financier
The Exposure
Millennium publishes the evidence and Hans-Erik Wennerström loses control of the narrative.
The End
His empire collapses and he eventually dies in hiding.
The original defeat is reversed through patient documentation.
Midsummer 2001
Late 2001
December 20
June to November
November 27 onward
