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Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou (Swedish pronunciation: [¹jɑːn ɡɪ¹juː], French: [ɡiju]; born 17 January 1944) is a French-Swedish author and journalist. Among his books are a series of spy fiction novels about a spy named Carl Hamilton, and a trilogy(+) of historical fiction novels about a Knight Templar, Arn Magnusson. He is the owner of one of the largest publishing companies in Sweden, Piratförlaget (Pirate Publishing), together with his wife, publisher Ann-Marie Skarp, and Liza Marklund.

Guillou's fame in Sweden was established during his time as an investigative journalist. In 1973, he and co-reporter Peter Bratt exposed a secret intelligence organization in Sweden, Informationsbyrån (IB). He is still active within journalism as a column writer for the Swedish evening tabloid Aftonbladet.

In October 2009, the tabloid Expressen accused Guillou of having been active as an agent of the Soviet spy organization KGB between 1967 and 1972. Guillou confirmed he had a series of contacts with KGB representatives during this period, he also confirms having received payments from KGB, but maintains that his purpose was to collect information for his journalistic work. The accusation was based on documents released from the Swedish Security Service (Säpo) and interviews with former KGB Colonel Oleg Gordievsky. In a later trial, Expressen denied having accused Guillou of having been a Soviet spy, claiming that this was a false interpretation of its headlines and reporting.

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Erik Ponti er en ung og stræbsom jurastuderende, men havner ved et tilfælde som journalist på ugebladet Aktuelt for Mænd. Med gode hensigter, høje idealer og drømmen om Den Store Afsløring kaster han sig ind i en verden, hvor forbruget af øl, vin og kvinder er større end bladledelsens interesse for moral og god journalistik. Jan Guillou skrev størstedelen af bogen, mens han i 1973-74 sad fængslet for afsløringen af den ulovlige registrering af venstreorienterede - den såkaldte IB-affære. Vildt underholdende. Bo Tao Michaëlis, Politiken For Guillou-tilhængere og Hamilton-elskere er der ingen vej uden om. Sjældent er medierne blevet hudflettet så præcist, gement og grusomt. Kim Dahl Nielsen, Jydske Vestkysten En sviende, sarkastisk og ironisk udlevering af en bund-korrupt del af pressen. Det er imponerende og også lidt skræmmende, at bogen, her 30 år efter den er skrevet, stadig virker frisk og aktuel. Michael Eigtved, B.T.
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