''Beck'' is a Swedish

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movie series, based on characters featured in the

Martin Beck Martin Beck is a fictional Swedish police detective and the main character in a series of ten novels by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, collectively titled ''The Story of a Crime''. Frequently referred to as the Martin Beck stories, all were ada ...

novels of

Maj Sjöwall Maj Sjöwall (; 25 September 1935 – 29 April 2020) was a Swedish author and translator. She is best known for her novels about the police detective Martin Beck. She wrote these novels in collaborative work with her partner Per Wahlöö. ...

and

Per Wahlöö Per Fredrik Wahlöö (5 August 1926 – 22 June 1975), often identified in English translations as Peter Wahloo – was a Swedish author. He is perhaps best known for collaborative work with his partner Maj Sjöwall on a series of ten novels ab ...

, 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, fifty 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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Cast

as Martin Beck *

as Gunvald Larsson (Series 1–5) *

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 (5 December 1934 – 6 April 2023) was a Swedish actor. In Sweden he is best known for his role in the Martin Beck film series; internationally he was perhaps best known for his role as the lawyer Dirch Frode in the ''Mille ...

as Valdemar Grannen (Series 1–9) * Peter Hüttner as Oljelund (Series 1–Specials) * Stina Rautelin as Lena Klingström (Series 1–Specials) *

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 '' Stoc ...

as Alice Levander (Series 2) * Bo Höglund as Kypare Mats (Series 1–Specials) * Marie Göranzon 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. In 2024, he had a lead role in the SVT Christmas cale ...

as Oskar Bergman (Series 3–) * Anna Asp as Jenny Bodén (Series 4–10) * Elmira Arikan as Ayda Çetin (Series 4–) *

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, i ...

as Klas Fredén (Series 4–9) * Åsa Karlin as Andrea Bergström (Series 4–8) *

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as Steinar Hovland (Series 5–) *

Jennie Silfverhjelm Jennie may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Jennie'' (film), a 1940 American drama film * ''Jennie'' (musical), a 1963 Broadway production * ''Jennie'' (novel), a 1994 science fiction thriller by Douglas Preston * '' Jennie: Lady Randolph C ...

as Alexandra 'Alex' Beijer (Series 6–) *

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 c ...

as Josef Eriksson (Series 7–) *

Valter Skarsgård Valter Skarsgård (; born 25 October 1995) is a Swedish actor, a member of the Skarsgård acting family that includes his father, Stellan, and brothers Alexander, Gustaf, and Bill. Early life and education Valter Skarsgård was born on 25 Oc ...

as Vilhelm Beck (Series 8–) *

Nina Zanjani Nina Nasr Zanjani (born 1981) is a Swedish actress. She played one of the two lead roles in Helena Bergström's directorial debut '' Mind the Gap'' as the daughter Yasmin. Early life Zanjani was born in 1981 in Tehran. When she was six or sev ...

as Ebba Ståhl (Series 10–)

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 (2022–2024)

In February 2022, the shooting of four Beck films began in Stockholm. (Beck 47–50)

Series 10 (2024–2025)

In February 2024 it was announced that season 10 would include 2 new movies (Beck 51–52) and will be released during later part of 2024 (51) and in 2025 (52).

Series 11 (TBA)

In September 2024 it was announced that season 11 would include 2 new movies (Beck 53–54) and will be produced during 2025 with an unknown release date.moviezine.se: Peter Haber fortsätter som Martin Beck: "Två nya filmer spelas in nästa år" (Swedish only) Linked 2024-12-18
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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. Season 9 will begin streaming on May 21, 2024.

References

External links

* {{Martin Beck 1997 Swedish television series debuts 1990s Swedish television series 2000s Swedish television series 2010s Swedish television series 2020s Swedish television series Swedish crime television series Swedish drama television series Television shows set in Sweden Swedish-language television shows Television film series