Career
Alvtegen"s psychological thrillers are generally set in Sweden. Four of her books have been translated into English: Missing, Betrayal, Shadow and Shame. In 2006, the novel was adapted into a television series directed by Ian Madden and with Joanne Froggatt and Gregor Fisher.
Alvtegen has worked as a teleplay writer, having penned 24 episodes of the Swedish soap opera Rederiet.
She is grandniece of the children"s novelist Astrid Lindgren.