Character List and Analysis
Berger and Blomkvist are friends, occasional lovers, and co-owners and editors of Millennium. Erika Berger, having grown up with money, is sophisticated and professional and enjoys sparking media frenzy. Like Blomkvist, Berger is motivated by a desire to expose corruption. She doesn't always agree with Blomkvist's timeline or methods, though, because she prefers to take a more direct approach to solving problems as they arise.