<P> Blomkvist and Salander spend Christmas together in his holiday retreat . A couple of days later, she goes to Blomkvist's home, intending to declare her love for him, but backs away when she sees him with his long - time lover and business partner Erika Berger . </P> <P> As a postscript, Salander continues to monitor Wennerström and after six months, anonymously informs a lawyer in Miami of his whereabouts . He is found in Marbella, Spain, dead, shot three times in the head . </P> <Ul> <Li> Mikael Blomkvist--journalist, publisher, and part - owner of the monthly political magazine Millennium </Li> <Li> Lisbeth Salander--freelance surveillance agent and researcher specialising in investigating people on behalf of Milton Security </Li> <Li> Henrik Vanger--retired industrialist and former CEO of Vanger Corporation </Li> <Li> Harriet Vanger--Henrik's grandniece </Li> <Li> Martin Vanger--Harriet's brother and CEO of the Vanger Corporation </Li> <Li> Gottfried Vanger--Martin and Harriet's deceased father </Li> <Li> Isabella Vanger--Gottfried Vanger's widow, and Martin and Harriet's mother </Li> <Li> Cecilia Vanger--daughter of Harald Vanger and one of Henrik's nieces </Li> <Li> Anita Vanger--daughter of Harald Vanger and one of Henrik's nieces, resident in London </Li> <Li> Birger Vanger--son of Harald Vanger and one of Henrik's nephews </Li> <Li> Harald Vanger--Henrik's brother and member of the Swedish Nazi Party </Li> <Li> Hans - Erik Wennerström--corrupt billionaire financier </Li> <Li> Robert Lindberg--banker and Blomkvist's source for the libelous story </Li> <Li> William Borg--Blomkvist's nemesis </Li> <Li> Monica Abrahamsson--Blomkvist's wife whom he married in 1986 and divorced in 1991 </Li> <Li> Pernilla Abrahamsson--their daughter who was born in 1986 </Li> <Li> Holger Palmgren--Salander's legal guardian and lawyer who is disabled by a stroke </Li> <Li> Nils Bjurman--Salander's legal guardian and lawyer after Palmgren </Li> <Li> Erika Berger--editor - in - chief / majority owner of Millennium monthly magazine and Blomkvist's long - standing lover </Li> <Li> Dirch Frode--former lawyer for Vanger Corporation, now lawyer with one client: Henrik Vanger </Li> <Li> Dragan Armansky--CEO and COO of Milton Security </Li> <Li> Plague--computer hacker / genius </Li> <Li> Christer Malm--director, art designer, and part - owner of Millennium </Li> <Li> Janne Dahlman--managing editor of Millennium </Li> <Li> Gustaf Morell--Retired Detective Superintendent </Li> <Li> Anna Nygren--Henrik Vanger's housekeeper </Li> <Li> Gunnar Nilsson--Henrik's caretaker </Li> </Ul> <Li> Mikael Blomkvist--journalist, publisher, and part - owner of the monthly political magazine Millennium </Li>

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