Alfredsson worked as an editor for several programs for the Swedish public broadcaster SVT.

She contributed to the anthology The Tattooed Girl: The Enigma of Stieg Larsson and the Secrets Behind the Most Compelling Thrillers of Our Time.

[2] Her books, including crime fiction, mainly deal with women's issues.

[3] Alfredsson has been credited with being the main driving force during the 1980s in persuading the Swedish government to treat domestic violence more severely.

[3] She was the founder and head of "Cause of Death: Woman", a non-governmental project to stop violence against women which was active in ten countries.