''The Unlikely Murderer'' ( sv, Den Osannolika Mördaren, italic=yes) is a 2021 Swedish

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series written by Wilhelm Behrman and Niklas Rockström. The series was praised for "its fine observations of male pride turned toxic" in ''The Guardian''. Based on real-life events, the series is adapted from the 2018 novel ''The Unlikely Murderer'', written by Thomas Pettersson, who worked as a writer on the show. It was reported in November 2021 that distributor

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is being sued for defamation for the show's representation of events.

Cast

Robert Gustafsson Carl Robert Olof Gustafsson (born 20 December 1964) is a Swedish comedian, actor, and member of ''Killinggänget''. pr References External links Official homepage
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as Stig Engström * Eva Melander as Margareta Engström *

Björn Bengtsson Björn Mikael Bengtsson (born 28 October 1972 in Malmö) is a Swedish actor. Bengtsson studied at Gothenburg Theatre Academy 1993–96. He has worked at Malmö City Theatre, Helsingborg City Theatre and the National Swedish Touring Theatre ...

as Thomas Pettersson *

Magnus Krepper Rolf Magnus Krepper (born 10 January 1967 in Norrköping, Sweden) is a Swedish actor, dancer, singer, and magician. He is a member of ''Moderna Illusionisters Cirkel''. In 2006, Krepper received the Guldbagge Award for best male role in the 2 ...

as Harry Levin * Joel Spira as Lennart Granström * Peter Viitanen as

Olof Palme Sven Olof Joachim Palme (; ; 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986. Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until h ...

* Cilla Thorell as

Lisbeth Palme Anna Lisbeth Christina Palme (née Beck-Friis; 14 March 1931 – 18 October 2018) was a Swedish children's psychologist, UNICEF chairwoman and the wife of Swedish prime minister Olof Palme, until his assassination in 1986. Biography Early lif ...

* Bengt Braskered as Anders Skandiakollega * Cia Eriksson as Kvinnlig väktare Skandia

References

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* * Crime television films Swedish-language Netflix original programming {{Sweden-tv-prog-stub Television series based on actual events Assassination of Olof Palme