It's late summer in the small town of Valleby, but the calm is disrupted by bad news. The police station is under threat to be closed, which neither Lasse, Maja nor the chief of police wants. They must find a way to solve the situation.
Un rico industrial llamado Henrik Vanger (Sven-Bertil Taube) contrata al periodista Mikael Blomqvist (Michael Nyqvist) para que averigüe qué fue de su sobrina Harriet, que desapareció sin dejar rastro hace 40 años. Adaptación al cine de la primera parte de la trilogía "Millenium" del escritor sueco Stieg Larsson.
Around the time that the chief of police is elected the Most Popular Citizen of Valleby, a thief and impostor is released after two decades in jail and returns to the town with a revenge plan in mind.