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Detective Kurt Wallander solves gruesome complex crimes in the city of Ystad, Sweden.
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Detective Kurt Wallander solves gruesome complex crimes in the city of Ystad, Sweden.
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Episode 1
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.
Directed by Kjell-Åke AnderssonWritten by Stefan Ahnhem, Per BerglundGuest stars Douglas Johansson, Ellen Jelinek, Niklas Falk, Jens Hultén, Karin Bertling, Malena Engström, Maria Arnadottir, Siw Erixon
Episode 2
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.
Directed by Jørn FaurschouWritten by Petra RevenueGuest stars Douglas Johansson, Anders Ekborg, Amanda Ooms, Johan Rabaeus, Linus Jardert, Toni Rhodin, Anette Lindbäck, Boel Larsson
Episode 3
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.
Directed by Jørn FaurschouWritten by Ola SaltinGuest stars Douglas Johansson, Allan Svensson, Anders Aldgård, Sofie Lindberg, Fredrik Dolk, Bo G. Andersson, Eva Ekengren, Magnus Skogsberg
Episode 4
A blue car is parked by a side road in the beautiful landscape of Skåne in southern Sweden. A child sits alone without an adult in sight. The child's father has been reported as missing, while the mother is in a psychiatric institution, unresponsive and apathetic. Kurt Wallander's failing health sees Linda take the lead in the case. It will touch her deeply as she discovers that the child has been unscrupulously tricked, exploited and humiliated.
Directed by Stephan ApelgrenWritten by Ulf Ryberg, Stephan ApelgrenGuest stars Douglas Johansson, Per Morberg, Tomas Norström, Stefan Gödicke, Baard Owe, Kajsa Ernst, Moraea Myrgren-Johansson, Natalie Minnevik
Episode 5
The national election is approaching, and the Ystad town square is plastered with election posters with local labour party candidate Kenneth Nillson, a politician fighting the fear of immigrants as his electoral focal point. He sees it as his duty to clean Skane's reputation as being racist. At the same time a train rolls into the train station in Gdansk, Poland. On the train the police find a African male with most of his face shoot away. As the man was murdered in Ystad, the starting point of the train journey this becomes a case for Kurt Wallander and the Ystad police. For Kurt Wallander the case takes an unexpected turn as the murder weapon has ties to a childhood friend.
Directed by Stephan ApelgrenWritten by Stephan Apelgren, Anna Fredriksson, Lars LundströmGuest stars Douglas Johansson, Tomas Bolme, Lena Strömdahl, Göran Thorell, Nicklas Gustavsson, Sannamari Patjas, Shebly Niavarani, Khalid Geire
Episode 6
Kurt and his men tries to find the connection between a horrible murder taken place in Ystad and the kidnapping of the daugher of a memeber of the police force. It also seems someone has infiltrated the police and controls every move the police make.
Directed by Peter FlinthWritten by Stefan AhnhemGuest stars Douglas Johansson, Michael Nyqvist, Sally Carlsson, Lisa Lindgren, Suzanna Dilber, Frederic Täckström, Olli Markenros, Håkan Bengtsson
Episode 7
A horse breeder is found dead, and almost everything indicates that he has been kicked by his horse. But the post-mortem shows the opposite, the horse breeder had been hit to death and that's a case for Kurt Wallander. The neighbors confirm that he lived alone, but he had visits from a mysterious woman several times. Surprising evidence on the farm shows a whole new side of the horse breeder and somewhere, in the beautiful state of Skåne, there's a dark world that doesn't want to see the daylight.
Directed by Jonas GrimåsWritten by Petra RevenueGuest stars Angela Kovács, Katrin Sundberg, Ylva Lööf, Magnus Mark, Andrea Edwards, Lotta Tejle, Jacob Nordenson, Pia Oscarsson
Episode 8
An American woman is found murdered in Ystad. She has visited an internationally renowned photographer in Ystad, and her husband suspects her of infidelity. Kurt Wallander digs deeper into the woman’s background and her husband, as he believes that there is more to the case than meets the eye. The solution turns out to come from far outside of Sweden.
Directed by Jonas GrimåsWritten by Ola SaltinGuest stars Cecilia Nilsson, Thomas W. Gabrielsson, Inga Edwards, Per Lundström, Emilie Strandberg, Maria Tornberg, Robin Ellis, Goran Kapetanović
Episode 9
A lorry has been parked outside of Ystad for several days, and when PC Linda Wallander investigates the lorry she finds it full of dead people. The only survivor is a small child. The Dead have no ID's or documentation and the lorry is stolen. The police start a difficult case to try to find the people behind the crime.
Directed by Anders EngströmWritten by Rolf Börjlind, Cecilia BörjlindGuest stars Lars Göran Persson, Lena Granhagen, Maria Kulle, Svante Martin, Charlotte Fich, Stefan Karlsson, Stephan Seidl, Mia Florberger
Episode 10
A old man goes to his bank to cash in 20 million kr, with him is his 3 dogs. The man is found dead a few days later and so is his 3 dogs. The money is no where to be found and the police suspect his neighbour to be the murderer, but nothing is as its seems to be. A few days later the neighbour and his family are also found dead, and Wallander and his colleges have to be sharp to find out who the murderer is. The small town of Soldala is waiting for Wallander to find out why the old man and his 3 dogs and the old mans neighbor and his family must die. And where is the missing 20 mill. Kr is.
Directed by Anders EngströmWritten by Stefan AhnhemGuest stars Malin Berghagen, Mats Rudal, Peter Engman, Regina Lund, Anna Lena Strindlund, Rune Bergman, Fabian Åhsberg, Fredrik Åhsberg
Episode 11
The Ystad Police finds a boat in Ystad harbour resembling a slaughter house. There is blood everywhere, but no bodies. Soon there after a dead woman’s body floats ashore. One of the clues in the investigation leads to Oskar Ung, an old love of Linda Wallander. Their previous relationship hinders Linda's work with the case, and Kurt demands that she leaves the investigation But that turns out to be easier said than done. Old love never rusts.
Directed by Stephan ApelgrenWritten by Niklas RockströmGuest stars Ove Wolf, Fyr Thorvald Strömberg, Jonatan Blode, Camilla Larsson, Simon Norrthon, Saga Gärde, Åsa Persson, Bo Andersson
Episode 12
Carina Olsson provides the Malmo police information on drug deals comitted at her restaurant. She does this after being promissed anonymity for the Police. 2 days later Carina is found shot. The execution is witnesed by Carina's 7 year old daughter Cleo. Cleo manages to escape and is in hospital in a state off shock. The murder happens on the ourscirts of Ystad, and is thus asigned to Kurt Walander and his collegaues. With the connections to Malmo the Ystad polie recieves help from Frank Bork (Malmo Police). For PSI Stefan Lindman, who allready displayed signs of mental instability, working with Frank Borkg leads to a round trip to hell. Frank teaches Stefan what it means to stand up for your collegueas, no matter what.
Directed by Stephan ApelgrenWritten by Stefan Thunberg, Stefan KarlssonGuest stars Jakob Eklund, Leif Andrée, Jennie Silfverhjelm, Mats Eklund, Göran Ragnerstam, Sara Nilsson, Nadja Qrunell, Gonza del Rio
Episode 13
Eleven year old Johannes is found dead in a crevice. The postmortem shows that the boy has been sexually abused and beaten to death. Detectiv Stefan Lindman is a member of the same shooting club as the victims father and they are also friends. Therefore he becomes the one that has to tell the father what has happened to his son (Johannes). When the father finally understands what has happened he demands that Stefan personally gets the one responsible. Stefan is since a previous case being accused for abuse, because the internal investigation Stefan has to go on paid vacation, and he is not allowed to continue his investigation. But because of personal issues he continues the investigation anyway. He has a dark secret, a secret that has the answer to why he came to Ysta in the first place.
Directed by Stephan ApelgrenWritten by Stefan ThunbergGuest stars Chatarina Larsson, Ulf Friberg, Claes-Göran Turesson, Ing-Marie Carlsson, Anders Ahlbom Rosendahl, Lennart Jähkel, Sven Strömersten-Holm, Rolf Degerlund
Episode information updated Sep 19, 2026
Krister HenrikssonKurt Wallander
Johanna SällströmLinda Wallander
Charlotta JonssonLinda Wallander
Ola RapaceStefan Lindman
Mats BergmanNyberg
Fredrik GunnarssonJohan Svartman
Lena EndreKatarina Ahlsell
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