Pro | Holger | Palmgren | A lawyer. Lisbeth Slander's former guardian. |
| Agneta | | Lisbeth and Camilla's mother. |
Pt I | Sten | | Swedish statesman.
Aka:
Sture the Elder. |
| Ingeborg | Akesdotter | The consort of a Swedish regent. |
1 | Lisbeth | Slander | An elusive, talented hacker and math genius. |
| Alvar | Olsen | Prison warden. |
| Faria | Kazi | An inmate. |
| Benito | Andersson | Chief antagonist. Gang leader. |
| Frans | Balder | Exceptional scientist and mathematician. |
| Richard | Ekstrom | Chief prosecutor. |
| Annika | Grannini | Lisbeth's lawyer. |
| May-Britt | Torell | Secretary, St. Stefan's psychiatric clinic for children. |
2 | Vilda | | Olsen's daughter. |
| Kerstin | | Olsen's aunt. |
| Beatrice | Andersson | Benito Andersson's real name. |
| Fred | Strommer | Prison guard. |
| Rickard | Fager | The Flodberga Prison's governor. |
| Josefin | | One of Benito's allies. |
| Tin | Gronlund | One of Benito's allies. |
3 | Obinze | | Lisbeth's boxing trainer. |
| Mikael | Blomkvist | Leading investigative journalist. Aka: Kalle Blomkvist. |
| Harriet | Linfors | One of Olsen's colleagues. |
4 | Ingemar | Eneroth | The head of the national prison service. |
| Sapo | | A Swedish security police. |
| Leo | Manheimer | Head of research at Alfred Ogren's Securities. |
| Peter | May | A Scottish crime writer. |
| Greta | | One of Benito's allies. |
| Erika | Berger | Millennium's Editor-in-Chief. |
| Ivar | Ogren | Alfred's son. Managing director. |
| Sofie | Melker | Blomkvist's colleague. |
| Carl | af Trolle | A financier. |
| Lena | Duncker | Head of the central bank. |
| Camilla | | Lisbeth's twin sister. |
| Herman | | Leo's father. |
| Alfred | Ogren | Herman's friend. |
| Viveka | Hamilton | Leo's mother. |
| Malin | Frode | Press secretary of the Foreign Ministry. |
| Niclas | | Malin's ex-husband. |
| Linus | | Malin's son. |
| Per | Falt | The C.F.O. of the Rosvik group. |
| Carl | Segar | A young psychologist. |
5 | Karim | | Faria's father. |
| Aisha | | Faria's mother. |
| Hassan | Ferdousi | The imam from Botkyrka. |
| Ahmed | | Faria's oldest brother. |
| Bashir | | Ahmed's brother. |
| Razan | | One of Faria's brother. |
| Goldman | | A rabbi. |
| Fatima | | Faria's aunt. |
| Jamal | Crowdhury | Faria's boyfriend. |
| Daniel | Brolin | The guitarist. |
| Lauren | | One of Benito's allies. |
6 | Marita | | A caregiver. |
| Gunner | Ekelof | A Swedish poet. |
| Lulu | Magoro | Palmgren's close friend. |
| Johannes | Caldin | Head of St. Stefan's psychiatric clinic. |
| Peter | Teleborian | A psychiatrist. |
| Rolf | | Lulu's boyfriend. |
| Martin | Steinberg | Head department of social work, Stockholm U. |
| Hilda | von Kanterborg | Associate professor in the faculty of psychology. |
7 | Vendela | | Leo's housekeeper. |
| Ellenor | Hjort | Seger's fiancee. |
| Karin | Laestander | Chief executive of the Shareholders' Association. |
8 | Qamar | Fatali | Faria's second cousin. |
| Khalil | | Faria's youngest brother. |
| Babak | | Khalil's best friend. |
| Julia | Damberg | Leo's ex-girlfriend. |
| Madeleine | Bard | Leo's fiancee. |
9 | Benjamin | Fors | Greitz's loyal friend and assistant. |
| Rakel | Greitz | Psychoanalyst and associate professor of psychiatry. |
| Erik | | Rakel's late husband. |
| Andrei | Zander | Giannini's colleague. |
| Fredrik | Lodalen | Assoc. professor of biology at Stockholm University. |
| Stefan | Robertsson | A train driver. |
| Jan | Bublanski | The chief police inspector. |
10 | Farah | Sharif | A professor. Bublanski's fiancee. |
| Sonja | Modig | One of police inspectors. |
| Jerker | Holmberg | One of police inspectors. |
| Curt | Svensson | One of police inspectors. |
| Amanda | Flod | The youngest among the police inspectors. |
| Mona | Landen | A senior doctor and orthopaedic specialist. |
| Jeremy | Mcmillan | A lawyer. |
12 | Leonard | Bark | Pseudonym of Hilda von Kanterborg. |
| Wilmer | Karlsson | Hilda von's father. |
| Johan F. | Kanterborg | A young lieutenant. |
| Gertrud | | Steinberg's wife. |
| Charlotte | | A hairdresser. Hilda's sister. aka: Lotta. |
13 | Dan | Brody | Daniel Brolin's American name. |
| Sten | | A farmer. Daniel's foster father. |
| Kristina | | Sten's wife. |
| Kjell | Brander | An announcer from jazz programming. |
| Django | Reinhardt | One of the best guitarists in the world. |
| Anne Catrine | Linholm | A social worker. |
| Roger | Stafford | An American psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. |
| Anna | | Freud's daughter. |
| Freud | | An Austrian neurologist. |
| Rita | Bernard | One of the managers of Stafford'd team. |
| Joseph | Mengele | Stafford's fellow psychiatrist. |
14 | Stephane | Grapelli | A jazz violinist. |
| Klaus | Ganz | A band member. |
| Till | Bronner | A trumpeter. |
| Chet | Harold | A band member. |
15 | Fredrika | Nord | Hilda von's registered name at Hotel Forsen. |
Pt III | Jack | Yufe | Former Israeli Army. |
| Oskar | Stohr | Former member of Hitler youth. |
16 | Anders | | Original name of Leo. |
| Rosanna | | A fabulous singer. |
| Kenneth | | Rosanna's husband. |
| Zalachenko | | Lisbeth and Camilla's father. Aka: Zala. |
17 | Hanna | Balder | August's mother. |
| August | | An autistic boy who witnessed his father's murder. |
| Harald | Nilsson | Khalil's defense lawyer. |
| Esbjorn | Falk | Man who helped Benito's escaped from the hospital. |
19 | Irene | Nesser | Woman who allowed Salander to assume her identity. |
| Ed | The Ned | The NSA agent. |
20 | Plague | | Salander's friend. |
| Bengali | | The driver. |
| Nellie | | A new member of Hacker's Republic. |
21 | Helena | Kraft | The chief of Sapo. |
| Irene | Westervik | An elderly artist who owned an apartment. |
| Sami | Hamid | One of the police helicopter's pilot. |
22 | Stina | | A nurse. |
| Henrik | Norebring | Stina's husband. |
23 | Marie | Denver | A young interior designer. |
| Bengt | Wallin | One of Stockholm's Business lawyers. |
24 | Christer | Tallgren | A financier who shot himself in his apartment. |
| Ivar | Kreuger | A man who committed suicide. |
Epi | Britt-Marie | Noren | Palmgren's half-sister. |
| Dragan | Armansky | Owner of Milton Security Company. |