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''Beck'' is a Swedish
crime drama Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
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, based on characters featured in the
Martin Beck Martin Beck is a fictional Swedish police detective and the main character in the ten novels by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, collectively titled ''The Story of a Crime''. Frequently referred to as the Martin Beck stories, all have been adapt ...
novels of
Maj Sjöwall Maj Sjöwall (; 25 September 1935 – 29 April 2020) was a Swedish author and translator. She is best known for her books about police detective Martin Beck. She wrote the books in collaborative work with her partner Per Wahlöö. Biograph ...
and
Per Wahlöö Per Fredrik Wahlöö (5 August 1926 – 22 June 1975) – in English translations often identified as Peter Wahloo – was a Swedish author. He is perhaps best known for the collaborative work with his partner Maj Sjöwall on a series of ten nove ...
, starring
Peter Haber Peter Alexander Haber (born 12 December 1952) is a Swedish actor. His father was German, his mother Swedish. He grew up in Skåne, Sweden, and in Remscheid, Germany. In 1987 he was hired by the Stockholm City Theatre where he was active until ...
as the titular character. The first three series and two specials were released
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, with a small number of episodes also concurrently released theatrically. To date, forty-six episodes have been filmed, with all episodes from the fourth series onwards broadcast on
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. The first series was written entirely by Rolf Börjlind, while several episodes in series two and three, and the two specials, were co-written by Rolf and Cilla Börjlind. From the books, the character of Kollberg is entirely omitted from the TV series.
Mikael Persbrandt Mikael Åke Persbrandt (; born 25 September 1963) is a Swedish actor. In Swedish films, he is perhaps best known for playing Gunvald Larsson in the ''Beck'' series of movies. He is internationally known for his starring role in the Academy Awar ...
announced in 2015 that he would be leaving the series to focus on other projects, although he did return to film ''Gunvald'', the first episode of series six. In 2015, the series was acquired by the
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as part of their international crime drama slate. The first episode to be broadcast was ''Buried Alive'', on
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. Previous episodes can be seen on STV Player.


Cast

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Peter Haber Peter Alexander Haber (born 12 December 1952) is a Swedish actor. His father was German, his mother Swedish. He grew up in Skåne, Sweden, and in Remscheid, Germany. In 1987 he was hired by the Stockholm City Theatre where he was active until ...
as Martin Beck *
Mikael Persbrandt Mikael Åke Persbrandt (; born 25 September 1963) is a Swedish actor. In Swedish films, he is perhaps best known for playing Gunvald Larsson in the ''Beck'' series of movies. He is internationally known for his starring role in the Academy Awar ...
as Gunvald Larsson (Series 1–6) *
Malin Birgerson Malin Susanna Margareta Birgerson (born 28 January 1968 in Täby, Stockholm County, Sweden) is a Swedish actress. Birgerson studied from 1992–95 at the NAMA in Malmö. After that she acted in different Swedish theatres including the ''Stockho ...
as Alice Levander (Series 2) *
Kristofer Hivju Kristofer Hivju (; born 7 December 1978) is a Norwegian actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Tormund Giantsbane in the HBO fantasy series ''Game of Thrones'' and Connor Rhodes in ''The Fate of the Furious''. Early life Hivju was b ...
as Steinar Hovland (Series 6–) * Jennie Silfverhjelm as Alexandra 'Alex' Beijer (Series 7–) *
Rebecka Hemse Ingrid Rebecka Elisabet Hemse (born 4 August 1975) is a Swedish actress. She is best known for her role as Martin Beck's daughter Inger. She works at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. In 2008, she was Ofelia in Staffan Valdemar Holm's t ...
as Inger Beck *
Ingvar Hirdwall Lars Ingvar Hirdwall (born 5 December 1934), is a Swedish actor. One of the country's most prolific stage and film actors, he is probably most widely recognised for his two heterogenous roles in the Martin Beck universe; as the eponymous killer i ...
as Valdemar, Martin Beck's neighbour *
Valter Skarsgård Valter Skarsgård (; born 25 October 1995) is a Swedish actor. Personal life Skarsgård is the youngest son of actor Stellan Skarsgård and My Skarsgård, a physician. He has seven siblings, five of whom are from his father's first marriage: Al ...
as Vilhelm Beck (Series 8–) * Tommy Wättring as Vilhelm Beck (Series 4–7) * Neil Bourguiba as Vilhelm Beck (Series 3) * Peter Hüttner as Oljelund (Series 2–4) * Bo Höglund as Mats the waiter (Series 1–4) *
Stina Rautelin Stina Agnes Elisabeth Rautelin (25 October 1963 – 26 April 2023) was a Finnish-Swedish actress. She is best known for her role as Lena Klingström in the television series about Martin Beck. She spoke both Swedish and Finnish. Rautelin died i ...
as Lena Klingström (Series 1, 3–4) *
Marie Göranzon Britt-Marie Elisabeth Göranzon Malmsjö (born 27 October 1942) is a Swedish actress. Marie Göranzon has been part of Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theatre-ensemble since 1967. She trained at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy from 1964 to 1967. ...
as Margareta Oberg (Series 2–3) *
Måns Nathanaelson Måns Gustaf Daniel Nathanaelson (born 18 September 1976 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish actor, best known his role as ''Oskar Bergman'' in the films about the police detective Martin Beck. Filmography *'' Äkta Människor'' (2012) *'' Beck ...
as Oskar Bergman (Series 3–) * Anna Asp as Jenny Bodén (Series 5–) * Elmira Arikan as Ayda Çetin (Series 5–) *
Jonas Karlsson Sven Bert Jonas Karlsson (born 11 March 1971) is a Swedish actor and author. Karlsson was born in Salem. He won a Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in 2004 for the movie ''Details''. He published his first book, a collection of short stories, in ...
as Klas Fredén (Series 5–) * Åsa Karlin as Andrea Bergström (Series 5–) *
Martin Wallström Carl Martin Gunnar Wallström Milkéwitz (born 7 July 1983) is a Swedish television and film actor. A successful actor in his home country, he is best known internationally for his 2015 American debut role as Tyrell Wellick in the USA Network cyb ...
as Josef Eriksson (Series 8–) *
Fredrik Ohlsson Carl Fredrik Walter Ola Ohlsson (born 12 June 1931) is a Swedish actor. In 1956 he won a scholarship to Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he made his stage debut as Tesman with Siân Phillips as Hedda Gabler 1957. Opening at The Duke of Yo ...
as Fredrik Ohlsson (Series 2) *
Joakim Nätterqvist Dag Joakim Tedson Nätterqvist (; born 24 October 1974) is a Swedish actor, theatre director, musical artist, singer, and acting coach. Background Nätterqvist was born in Gamla Uppsala. He is the son of competitive equestrians Ted and Pia L ...
as Peter Rosenberg (Series 9)


Episodes


Series 1 (1997–1998)


Series 2 (2001–2002)


Series 3 (2006–2007)


Specials (2009–2010)


Series 4 (2015)


Series 5 (2016)


Series 6 (2018)


Series 7 (2020–2021)


Series 8 (2021–2022)


Series 9 (2022–2023)

In February 2022, the shooting of four Beck films began in Stockholm. (Beck 47-50)Filmtopp.se: Inspelningen av fyra nya Beck-filmer har påbörjats
(Swedish only) Linked 2022-05-14


Home Video

MHZ Choice DVD released Beck on DVD in the U.S.A. *Volume 01 = episodes # 1,2,3 *Volume 02 = episodes # 4,5,6 *Volume 03 = episodes # 7,8,9 *Volume 04 = episodes # 10,11,12 *Volume 05 = episodes # 13,14,15 *Volume 06 = episodes # 16,17,18 *Volume 07 = episodes # 19,20,21 *Volume 08 = episodes # 22,23,24 *Volume 09 = episodes # 25,26,27 *Volume 10 = episodes # 28,29,30,31 *Volume 11 = episodes # 32,33,34 *Volume 12 = episodes # 35,36,37,38 MHZ Choice Network streams seasons 1 through 8 in the U.S.A.


References


External links

* {{Martin Beck 1997 Swedish television series debuts 1990s Swedish television series 2000s Swedish television series 2010s Swedish television series Swedish crime television series Swedish drama television series Television shows set in Sweden Swedish-language television shows Television film series