This table of Biggles books is ordered according to the perceived biographical chronology.
It is not always easy to nail a certain story to a fixed date or even year.
However, at most occasions Captain W E Johns was very true to historical data and events.
This is what makes it possible to use the Biggles books as historical documents, not always objective,
but nevertheless often amazingly clear-sighted.
 
English title
First published
Swedish title
Swedish edition
The Boy Biggles 
Biggles as child in India, born in 1899		 1968  No Swedish translation  
Biggles goes to school 
1913		 1951 Biggles första kupp 1953
Biggles learns to fly 
Sept 1916 to spring 1917		 1935 Biggles i strid 1958
The Camels are Coming 
the last story is about Armistice Day Nov 11, 1918, at 11.30 		 1932 Biggles åter i elden (selected chapters) 
Biggles tar chansen (other selection)		 1941 
1970
"Biggles" of the Camel Squadron 1934 Biggles stridsflygaren 1940
Biggles of 266 
originally published as  
Biggles in France, 1935 
winter and Christmas 1917		 1956 These stories are included in 
Biggles och narkotikaligan 
Biggles går till anfall 
Biggles och den mystiske piloten 		 1974 
1975 
1977
The Rescue flight 1939 Biggles på västfronten 1942
Biggles flies east 1939 Biggles flyger österut 1940
The Cruise of the "Condor" 1933 Biggles och inkaskatten 1952
Biggles flies again 1934 Biggles i tropikerna 1944
The Black Peril 1935 Biggles och den hemliga flygbasen 1952
Biggles hits the trail 1935 Biggles i Tibet 1952
Biggles & Co 1936 Biggles & Co 1941
Biggles in Africa 1936 Biggles flyger söder ut 1945
Biggles - Air Commodore 1937 Biggles - Eskaderchef 1953
Biggles flies west 1937 Biggles flyger västerut 1947
Biggles goes to war 1938 Biggles i fara 1970
Biggles flies south 1938 Biggles i oasen 1949
Biggles flies north 1939 Biggles flyger norrut 1945
Biggles in Spain 
the summer of 1937, Spanish Civil War		 1939 Biggles i Spanien 1942
Biggles - Secret Agent 1940 Biggles i hemlig tjänst 1944
Biggles in the South Seas 1940 Biggles i Söderhavet 1950
Biggles in the Jungle 1942 Biggles i djungeln 1948
Biggles in the Baltic 
England declares war to Germany, Sep 3, 1939		 1940 Biggles i Östersjön  1943
Biggles sees it through 
Finnish Winter War. Armistice with Sovjet, March 13, 1940		 1941 Biggles i Finland  1943
Biggles defies the Swastika 
German invasion of Norway April 9, 1940		 1941 Biggles i Norge 1944
Spitfire Parade 
Battle of Britain Aug 10, 1940 - May 1941		 1941 Biggles i fält 
condensed as 
Med Biggles över kanalen		 1943 

1947
Biggles sweeps the desert 
North African desert war, Sept, 1940 - May, 1943		 1942 Biggles i öknen 1943
Biggles Charter Pilot 1943  Biggles märkligaste uppdrag 1984 
Biggles in Borneo 
Borneo under Japanese occupation 1942-45		 1943 Biggles på Borneo 1951
Biggles "fails to return" 
Monaco occupied by Italy. British/American landing in Morocco och Algeria Nov 8, 1942		 1943 Biggles i knipa 1944
Biggles in the Orient 
Calcutta (India). The war against the Japanese		 1944 Biggles i Orienten 1944
Biggles delivers the goods 
Malacca Peninsula under Japanese occupation March 1942 to 1945		 1946 Biggles slår till 1946
Comrades in arms 
Only one Biggles story, bomb raid to Schwarzwald 1944		 1947 Biggles flyger vidare 
also included in 
Biggles och diamantmysteriet, 
Biggles lever farligt, 
Biggles på nattjakt     (???)		 1948 

1970 
1971 
1971
Sergeant Bigglesworth, C I D 
Demobilization 1945		 1946 Biggles rensar luften 1947
Biggles hunts Big Game 1948 Biggles jagar storvilt 1948
Biggles' Second Case 1948 Biggles på u-båtsjakt 1949
Biggles takes a holiday 1949 Biggles i Paradisdalen 1950
Biggles breaks the silence 1949 Biggles i Antarktis 1950
Biggles gets his men 1950 Biggles landar i Kina 1951
Another job for Biggles 1951 Biggles i Arabien 1952
Biggles works it out 1951 Biggles och luftpiraterna 1952
Biggles takes the case 1952 Biggles ordnar saken 1954
Biggles follows on 1952 Biggles på farlig mark 1953
Biggles - Air detective 1952 Biggles som flygdetektiv 1951
Biggles and the black raider 1953 Biggles och den svarte rövaren 1953
Biggles in the blue 1953 Biggles farligaste fiende 1954
Biggles in the Gobi 1953 Biggles går till attack 1954
Biggles of the Special Air Police 
This volume contains, in addition to six stories about Air Police, also the first six stories from The Camels are Coming.		 1953 No Swedish translation  
Biggles cuts it fine 1954 Nära ögat för Biggles 1954
Biggles - Foreign Legionnaire 1954 Biggles i främlingslegionen 1955
Biggles and the pirate treasure 1954 Biggles söker en skatt 
some of the stories also in 
Biggles och diamantmysteriet		 1956 

1970
Biggles in Australia 1955 Biggles på atomjakt 1956
Biggles' chineze puzzle 1955 Biggles och dollarkuppen (Some of the stories also in 
Biggles lever farligt and 
Biggles på nattjakt		 1957 

1971 
1971
No rest for Biggles 1956 Biggles i Liberia 1956
Biggles takes charge 1956 Biggles spelar högt 1957
Biggles makes ends meet 1957 Biggles och smugglarna 1958
Biggles of the Interpol 1957 Stories included in 
Biggles och djungelmysteriet, 
Biggles och den obebodda ön, 
Biggles på smugglarjakt, 
Biggles och pärlmysteriet, 
Biggles i Stilla Havet 		 1971 
1972 
1972 
1972 
1972
Biggles on the home front 1957 Biggles går i fällan 1958
Biggles presses on 1958 Stories included in 
Biggles på spökjakt, 
Biggles och djungelmysteriet, 
Biggles och pärlmysteriet, 
Biggles och den obebodda ön, 
Biggles i Stilla Havet 		 1971 
1971 
1972 
1972 
1972
Biggles on mystery island 1958 Biggles och den mystiska ön 1959
Biggles buries a hatchet 1958 Biggles möter Mig 21 1960
Biggles at world's end 1959 Biggles på guldjakt 1978
Biggles combined operation 1959 Biggles och Interpol 1961
Biggles in Mexico 1959  No Swedish translation  
The Biggles Book of Heroes 1959  Special issue. No Swedish translation  
Biggles and Leopard of Zinn 1960 Biggles möter leopardmännen 1963
Biggles goes home 1960 Biggles flyger mot öster 1962
Biggles and the missing millionaire 1961 Biggles och den mystiske miljonären 1962
Biggles and the poor rich boy 1961 Biggles jagar kidnapparna 1961
Biggles forms a Syndicate 1961  Biggles och den försvunna staden 1983 
Biggles sets a trap 1962 Biggles gillrar en fälla 1964
Orchids for Biggles 1962 Biggles och atomprofessorn 1963
Biggles goes alone 1962  No Swedish translation  
The Biggles Book of Treasure Hunting 1962  Special issue. No Swedish translation  
Biggles takes it rough 1963 Biggles och den hemlighetsfulla ön 1964
Biggles takes a hand 1963 Biggles gör rent hus 1965
Biggles special case 1963 Biggles farligaste uppdrag 1967
Biggles and the plane that disappeared 1963 Biggles och flygplansmysteriet 1965
Biggles flies to work 1963 Biggles på hemligt uppdrag (urval) 1974
Biggles and the lost sovereigns 1964  No Swedish translation  
Biggles and the black mask 1964  Biggles och mr X 1987
Biggles investigates and other stories of the Air Police 1964 No Swedish translation  
Biggles and the plot that failed 1965 Biggles på hett spår 1966
Biggles and the Blue Moon 1965 Biggles och Blå Månen 1979
Biggles looks back 1965  Biggles bakom järnridån 1986
Biggles scores a bull 1965  No Swedish translation  
Biggles in the Terai 1966 Biggles och djungelflygarna 1968
Biggles and the gun-runners 1966  No Swedish translation  
Biggles and the dark intruder 1967 Biggles och spökflygaren 1973
Biggles and the penitent thief 1967 Biggles i Kanada 1980
Biggles sorts it out 1967 Biggles i Afrika 1981
Biggles in the underworld 1968 No Swedish translation  
Biggles and the deep blue sea 1968  No Swedish translation  
Biggles and the noble lord 1969 Biggles och helikopterkuppen 1982
Biggles and the little green god 1969  Biggles och indianguden 1986
Biggles sees too much 1970 Biggles och människosmugglarna 1972
Biggles does some homework 
1968, not completed, 12 of 17 chapters.		 Never published    
updated: 1998-06-22

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