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''Wallander'' () is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels, starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The first season of thirteen films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and the remainder with new storylines suggested by Mankell. The second season of thirteen films was shown between 2009 and 2010. The stories are set in Ystad, Skåne near the southern tip of Sweden.

The three films ''Before the Frost'' (#1), ''Mastermind'' (#6), and ''The Secret'' (#13) were premiered in cinemas, with the rest first released as direct-to-DVD movies. The first episode of the second series, ''Hämnden'' (''The Revenge''), was released in Swedish cinemas in January 2009; the rest of the series was made for television. A third and final season, containing six 90 minute episodes, aired in 2013 with Charlotta Jonsson replacing the late Johanna Sällström as Linda Wallander. The first episode, adapted from the novel ''The Troubled Man'', was released in cinemas in January 2013.

Season 1, 2005–06

From 2005 to 2006, the first 13 new stories, starring Krister Henriksson as Kurt Wallander, were produced. The first film is based on the Henning Mankell novel ''Before the Frost'' and was released in cinemas. The rest of the films are original stories based on plots written by Mankell, with scriptwriting completed by others. Two more were theatrical releases, and the rest were released on DVD and shown on TV.

S1 episodes

Season 2, 2009–10

In 2008, a further 13 films were commissioned. Filming began in August 2008, and continued during 2009. The 13 episodes were released during 2009 and 2010.

The first of these films, ''Hämnden'' (''The Revenge''), was a theatrical release on 9 January 2009, directed by award-winning Paris-based Franco-Swedish director Charlotte Brandström. The remaining 12 films went directly to DVD in Scandinavia during 2009 and 2010, and were broadcast there at a later date. In the beginning of 2010, both Canvas TV in Belgium and BBC Four in the UK began airing the 13 episodes weekly, which meant that they both showed the two last episodes before these had been released in Scandinavia.

''Hämnden'' (''The Revenge'') also received a brief US theatrical release on May 25, 2012, from Music Box Films, as a tie-in to promote their American VOD release of the Season 2 episodes.

S2 episodes

The episodes in the second series are:

After filming completed on the 2009 series, Henriksson stated that he would not play Wallander again, having only signed the new contract because he thought the 2005 series could have been better. However, he later indicated that he would be interested in playing the role in an adaptation of the final Wallander novel, ''The Troubled Man'', because "it is the definite end".

Season 3, 2013

A third and final season, containing six 90-minute episodes, was released in 2013 with Charlotta Jonsson as Linda Wallander. The first episode, adapted from the novel ''The Troubled Man'', was released in cinemas in January 2013, and the rest on DVD. The series finale premiered 30 July 2013.

S3 episodes

Cast

* Krister Henriksson as Kurt Wallander
* Johanna Sällström as Linda Wallander (series 1)
* Charlotta Jonsson as Linda Wallander (series 3)
* Douglas Johansson as Jan Martinsson
* Fredrik Gunnarsson as Johan Svartman
* Mats Bergman as Nyberg
* Ola Rapace

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