''Lasermannen'' ("The Laserman") is a

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based on real events produced by SVT Drama,The Swedish Film Database: Lasermannen
/ref> based on the bestselling book ''Lasermannen – en berättelse om Sverige'' by Gellert Tamas, which is based on the Lasermannen events. It is known as one of the Swedish movie-industry's most well-made and well-acted films. Not to be confused with the Swedish documentary also called "Lasermannen" or "Lasermannen (en dokumentär)".

Story

The three-part mini series follows the police investigation of a series of brutal shootings against immigrants in

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during the early 1990s, and the story is intwined with the life and tragic history of the lone-wolf racist serial shooter

John Ausonius John Wolfgang Alexander Ausonius (born Wolfgang Alexander Zaugg, 12 July 1953), known in the media as Lasermannen ("the Laser Man"), is a Swedish far-right extremist convicted of murder and bank robberies. Between August 1991 to January 1992 h ...

, played by the look-alike actor

David Dencik Karl David Sebastian Dencik (born 31 October 1974) is a Danish-Swedish actor. He has acted in both Swedish and Danish films, and has also had major roles in English-language films and series including ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' (2011), ''The G ...

Cast

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Sten Ljunggren Sten Ivar Ljunggren (born 16 October 1938) is a Swedish character actor. He played Henrik in the long-running Swedish drama TV series '' Svenska hjärtan'', which aired between 1987 and 1998. Other notable roles includes criminal inspector Len ...

– Lennart Thorin *

Sten Johan Hedman The STEN (or Sten gun) is a family of British submachine guns chambered in 9×19mm which were used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and the Korean War. They had a simple design and very low production cost ...

– Thorstensson *

Amanda Ooms Amanda Francisca Ooms (born 5 September 1964) is a Dutch-Swedish actress and writer. She has acted in both film and TV in Sweden and internationally. She was born in Kalmar. Ooms participates in season 10 of '' Stjärnorna på slottet'' which w ...

– Ilse *

Kenneth Milldoff Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from a byna ...

– Lars-Erik Forss *

Ralph Carlsson Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms ...

– Stefan Bergqvist *

Leif Andrée Leif Allan Andrée (born Leif Allan Johansson 29 January 1958 in Stockholm) is a Swedish actor. Andrée has been engaged at Teater Galeasen, Riksteatern, Chinateatern, Stockholm City Theatre and Unga Riks. Films *''Kvinnorna på taket'' (1 ...

– Tommy Lindström *

Pale Olofsson Pale Olofsson (born 8 January 1947 as ''Paul Lennart Olofsson'') is a Swedish rock musician, actor and artist. He is mostly known as one of the members of Nationalteatern. He was born in Stockholm, (grew up in Årsta) and moved to Malmö Ma ...

– Eklind *

Per Morberg Per-Arne Henrik Morberg (; born 23 June 1960) is a Swedish actor, chef, and TV host. Biography Morberg grew up in Hökarängen and Sköndal in Stockholm. He competed in judo when he was a teenager. He is a black belt and was named Swedish a ...

– Prisoner

References

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* 2005 Swedish television series debuts {{sweden-tv-prog-stub