Character List and Analysis
Henrik Vanger
The retired CEO of Vanger Corporation, a family owned and operated conglomerate, Henrik Vanger finds most of his family reprehensible and hires Blomkvist to find out which of his family members caused his favorite grand-niece, Harriet, to vanish 40 years before. Vanger's whole life has been consumed with Harriet's disappearance, and solving the mystery is his sole motivation. Vanger is able to use his keen business sense to reach the ends he desires.