In The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist investigate Vanger Industries.
Vanger Industries is the powerful family-controlled business associated with Henrik Vanger and the Vanger family. Henrik hires journalist Mikael Blomkvist to investigate the disappearance of his niece Harriet, and Blomkvist later works with Salander, a highly skilled researcher and hacker.
The company and family business provide the story’s social and financial background. The investigation moves between corporate records, family history, old photographs, and digital research. Salander’s technical abilities complement Blomkvist’s journalistic methods, making their partnership central to the film’s mystery.
The title character is often remembered chiefly through her hacker skills, but the film’s main investigation concerns the Vanger family and its industrial empire. David Fincher directed the 2011 English-language adaptation, which stars Rooney Mara as Salander and Daniel Craig as Blomkvist. It is based on Stieg Larsson’s novel.