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Alexander Zalachenko is Salander's father and a criminal mastermind. He's an ex-Russian spy who defected to Sweden in the 1970s. In Sweden, he fathered Salander and her twin-sister Camilla. He never married Salander's mother, Agneta, but he returned periodically to have sex with her and beat her.
Physical Description
Early Life
Orphaned as a baby, Zalachenko grew up in the Russian military. When he defected to Sweden he changed his name to Karl Axel Bodin. It is said that Sweden was his country of choice because there are few Jews in Sweden.
The Girl Who Played With Fire
Back Story
At age twelve, Lisbeth Salander, set Zalanchenko, her father, on fire to stop his brutal beatings of her mother. We find out in The Girl Who Played With Fire that because of the damage to his body he had to have his leg amputated.
Present Day
Mikael Blomkvist is on the trail of a new story about the Swedish Sex Trade. Lisbeth, who has been monitoring his computer, becomes obsessed when she reads of the brutal crimes and begins her own hunt for the culprits. The trail leads to Zala, a mysterious underground crime boss who has a penchant for torturing women...
Meanwhile, Salander's sadistic guardian, Nils Bjurman, hires Zalachenko to kill Lisbeth.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Relationships
- Agneta Sofia Salander: Girlfriend
- Lisbeth Salander: Daughter
- Camilla Salander: Daughter
- Ronald Niedermann: Son & criminal underling
