Series synopsis
Wallander is a drama mystery crime television series that premiered on TV4 on January 14, 2005. It ended on October 23, 2013. It was created by Henning Mankell. It stars Krister Henriksson, Johanna Sällström, Charlotta Jonsson and Signe Dahlkvist.
Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The 1st series of 13 films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and the remainder with new storylines suggested by Mankell. The 2nd series of 13 films was shown between 2009 and 2010. The stories are set in Ystad near the southern tip of Sweden.
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Premise
Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The 1st series of 13 films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and the remainder with new storylines suggested by Mankell. The 2nd series of 13 films was shown between 2009 and 2010. The stories are set in Ystad near the southern tip of Sweden.
The three films Before the Frost, Mastermind, and The Secret were premiered in cinemas, with the rest first released as direct-to-DVD movies. The first episode of the second series, Hämnden, was released in Swedish cinemas in January 2009; the rest of the series was made for television.
The BBC aired all 26 episodes of the Swedish television versions on BBC Four.
A third and final season, containing six 90 minute episodes, will air in 2013 with Charlotta Jonsson as Linda Wallander. The first episode, adapted from the novel The Troubled Man, was released in cinemas in January 2013.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Krister Henriksson as Kurt Wallander
- Johanna Sällström as Linda Wallander
- Charlotta Jonsson as Linda Wallander
- Signe Dahlkvist as Klara Wallander
- Ola Rapace as Stefan Lindman
- Mats Bergman as Nyberg
- Fredrik Gunnarsson as Johan Svartman
- Lena Endre as Katarina Ahlsell
Supporting cast
- Douglas Johansson as Jan Martinsson
Guest cast
- Iben Hjejle as Kim Kristensen
- Per Morberg as Ralph Sahlin
- Ellen Jelinek as Anna Westin
- Niklas Falk as Erik Westin
- Karin Bertling as Birgitta Medberg
- Edvin Ahlgren as Felix
- Sandra Huldt as Cecilia
- Clas Göran Söllgård as Befäl 1
- Ola Citron as Flyttgubbe 1
- Bo Christer Hjelte as Flyttgubbe 2
- Eva Hovstadius as Prästen
- Tommy Pålsson as Kyrkovaktmästare
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 32 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | January 14, 2005 | November 10, 2006 |
| Season 2 | 13 | January 9, 2009 | May 23, 2010 |
| Season 3 | 6 | January 11, 2013 | October 23, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Before the Frost Tracking a sadistic killer, detective Kurt Wallander follows a string of incidents -- attacks on domestic animals, ritualistic murders of humans -- with help from his daughter, Linda, a new member of the Ystad police force. |
January 14, 2005 |
| 2 |
The Village Idiot A man enters the bank with something resembling a bomb around his neck. He demands that money is transferred into an account, or he will blow up the bank. The man is known as the village idiot, and claims that Sitting Bull is his father. No one take the case to seriously until they find that the bomb is real. Is the village idiot acting on his own, or are there more people involved? A long and complicated investigation is started by Kurt Wallander and his colleagues. |
August 3, 2005 |
| 3 |
The Brothers The dead couple Olof and Carolina Wachman are found murdered in their magnificent estate. The investigation finds that she has been tortured and raped in front of her husband before they were both killed. A death that must have been a relief after the torture they both went through. Kurt Wallanders daughter Linda and DI Stefan Lindman now have to show that they are as good a pair of investigators as Kurt Wallander himself. Slowly but surely we see that the murder is about revenge, a revenge that can be traced back 20 years. |
September 7, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Revenge An explosion in one of Ystad's power grids shuts down the electricity in the whole city. Wallander (Krister Henriksson), who is in the middle of a crayfish party at his newly bought house with his colleagues, are called in in the middle of the night. At the same time, the municipal commissioner of Ystad, who has just approved and inaugurated an exhibition showing pictures of Muhammed, the muslim prophet, at the city hall, is being murdered in his house. With less policemen than usual due to various reasons, Wallander and his men are having a hard time taking care of both cases. It gets even worse when several cars placed on various roads outside Ystad explodes, the security service (SäPo) are asking questions, and the police commisioner calles in the army to keep Ystad safe. As to make things even more complicated for Wallander's (From IMDB) |
January 9, 2009 |
| 2 |
The Guilt 6 year old Albin Landberg disappears without a trace from his kindergarten, and all of Ystad get involved in the family's and the police's ever more desperate search for the boy. The clues lead Kurt Wallander and his colleagues to a convicted paedophile, newly released from prison after finishing serving his jail term. But also towards a series of revelations that turn out to be more horrible and complicated than any of them could ever imagine. |
June 17, 2009 |
| 3 |
The Courier A motorcycle rider is found murdered by the police, and the trail leads them to a local MC Club. The Club uses other riders to smuggle drugs across the Öresund bridge. Wallander believes that players outside of the MC club are trying to claim the local drug market when all clues indicate that the victim was one of the couriers. Only when Wallander's colleague Isabel gets violently assaulted in her home does he understand the lengths they will go to to achieve their goal. |
July 15, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Troubled Man Wallander has become a grandfather and is trying to seize the role as good as it goes, because he wants to be closer to his daughter Linda and her family. When Linda's father in law mysteriously disappears, Wallander is drawn into the case that takes him back in time to the Cold War and the submarine violations in the Stockholm archipelago. At the same time he's starting to suspect that something is not right with him... |
January 11, 2013 |
| 2 |
The Missing Kurt returns to work after a temporarly suspention. At the same time a girl disappeares which draws in the entire Ystad police and military looking frantically for her. When Kurt starts to work on the case, he begins to see similarities to a case he worked on ten years earlier, which hit him very personally. |
June 19, 2013 |
| 3 |
The Betrayal A young woman arrives at the Ystad police station to report her mother missing. Soon afterward the mother is found near the family home. Ystad police end up in a situation that constantly stirs up new topics, while police suspect that the father is the culprit. On a personal level Martinsson becomes increasingly worried about Kurt as he is starting to get more and more problems with his memory. |
July 24, 2013 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TV4 |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 14, 2005 |
| Last aired | October 23, 2013 |
| Runtime | 89 minutes |
| Status | Ended |