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Kurt Wallander

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Kurt Wallander is a fictional character created by Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell (1948 – 2015). [1]

60 relations: Alcohol, Alzheimer's disease, Anna Ternheim, BBC, Before the Frost, Butcher, Carl Hamilton novels, Clive Owen, Copenhagen, Dagens Nyheter, Denmark, Diabetes mellitus, Ebba Segerberg, Faceless Killers, Firewall (Mankell novel), Gustaf Skarsgård, Hamish Macbeth (TV series), Heartbeat (UK TV series), Henning Mankell, Impresario, Jan Guillou, Jim Jannard, Johanna Sällström, Jonas Grimås, Junk food, Kenneth Branagh, Knife, Krister Henriksson, Latvia, Laurie Thompson, Left Bank Pictures, Lennart Jähkel, Maj Sjöwall, Malmö, Maria Callas, Martin Beck, Mystery fiction, One Step Behind (novel), Opera, Per Wahlöö, Police brutality, Protagonist, Red Digital Cinema, Riga, Rolf Lassgård, Scania, Second Sight (TV series), Sidetracked (novel), Steven T. Murray, Tenor, ..., The Dogs of Riga, The Fifth Woman, The Man Who Smiled, The Pyramid (short story collection), The Troubled Man, The White Lioness, United Kingdom, Variety (magazine), Yellow Bird (company), Ystad. Expand index (10 more) »

Alcohol

In chemistry, an alcohol is any organic compound in which the hydroxyl functional group (–OH) is bound to a carbon.

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Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD), also referred to simply as Alzheimer's, is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and worsens over time.

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Anna Ternheim

Anna Ternheim, born 31 May 1978, is a Swedish singer-songwriter.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Before the Frost

Before the Frost (Innan Frosten) is a novel by Swedish crime-writer Henning Mankell.

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Butcher

A butcher is a person who may slaughter animals, dress their flesh, sell their meat, or participate within any combination of these three tasks.

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Carl Hamilton novels

The Carl Hamilton novels are a series of novels by Swedish author Jan Guillou centered on the fictional spy Carl Hamilton.

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Clive Owen

Clive Owen (born 3 October 1964) is an English actor who first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for playing the lead role in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 to 1991.

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Copenhagen

Copenhagen (København; Hafnia) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark.

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Dagens Nyheter

Dagens Nyheter (lit. "the day's news"), abbreviated DN, is a daily newspaper in Sweden.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark,Kongeriget Danmark,.

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Diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus (DM), commonly referred to as diabetes, is a group of metabolic disorders in which there are high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period.

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Ebba Segerberg

Ebba Segerberg is an academic and translator, noted for her translations of Swedish literature into English.

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Faceless Killers

Faceless Killers (Swedish: Mördare utan ansikte) is a 1991 crime novel by the Swedish writer Henning Mankell, and the first in his acclaimed Wallander series.

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Firewall (Mankell novel)

Firewall is a crime novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell.

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Gustaf Skarsgård

Gustaf Caspar Orm Skarsgård (born 12 November 1980) is a Swedish actor.

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Hamish Macbeth (TV series)

Hamish Macbeth is a comedy-mystery-drama series made by BBC Scotland and first aired in 1995.

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Heartbeat (UK TV series)

Heartbeat is a British police drama series set in 1960s North Riding of Yorkshire based on the "Constable" series of novels written by ex-policeman Peter N Walker, under the pseudonym Nicholas Rhea, and broadcast on ITV in 18 series between 1992 and 2010.

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Henning Mankell

Henning Georg Mankell (3February 19485October 2015) was a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander.

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Impresario

An impresario (from the Italian impresa, "an enterprise or undertaking") is a person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays, or operas, performing a role similar to that of an artist manager or a film or television producer.

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Jan Guillou

Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou (born 17 January 1944) is a French-Swedish author and journalist.

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Jim Jannard

James Jannard (born 1949) retrieved September 9, 2013 is an American designer and businessman, and founder of Oakley, Inc., an eyewear and apparel company, and Red Digital Cinema Camera Company.

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Johanna Sällström

Johanna Maria Ellinor Berglund-Sällström (30 December 1974 – 13 February 2007) was a Swedish actress, best known for her portrayal of Linda Wallander in Wallander.

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Jonas Grimås

Jonas Grimås (born 7 August 1958) is a Swedish film and television director, based in London since 1988.

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Junk food

Junk food is a pejorative term for food containing a large number of calories from sugar or fat with little fibre, protein, vitamins or minerals.

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Kenneth Branagh

Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (born 10 December 1959) is a British actor, director, producer, and screenwriter from Belfast in Northern Ireland.

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Knife

A knife (plural knives) is a tool with a cutting edge or blade, hand-held or otherwise, with most having a handle.

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Krister Henriksson

Jan Krister Allan Henriksson (born 12 November 1946) is a Swedish actor.

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Latvia

Latvia (or; Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika), is a sovereign state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe.

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Laurie Thompson

Laurie Thompson (26 February 1938 – 8 June 2015) was a British academic and translator, noted for his translations of Swedish literature into English.

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Left Bank Pictures

Left Bank Pictures (stylized as LEFT BANK Pictures) is a British film and television production company.

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Lennart Jähkel

Carl Gustav Lennart Jähkel (born 27 September 1956) is a Swedish actor.

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Maj Sjöwall

Maj Sjöwall (born September 25, 1935 in Stockholm) is a Swedish author and translator.

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Malmö

Malmö (Malmø) is the capital and largest city of the Swedish county of Scania.

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Maria Callas

Maria Callas, Commendatore OMRI (Μαρία Κάλλας; December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was a New York-born Greek soprano, one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century.

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Martin Beck

Martin Beck is a fictional Swedish police detective who is the main character in a series of ten novels by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, collectively titled The Story of a Crime.

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Mystery fiction

Mystery fiction is a genre of fiction usually involving a mysterious death or a crime to be solved.

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One Step Behind (novel)

One Step Behind is a 1997 crime novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell, the seventh in his acclaimed Inspector Wallander series.

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Opera

Opera (English plural: operas; Italian plural: opere) is a form of theatre in which music has a leading role and the parts are taken by singers.

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Per Wahlöö

Per Fredrik Wahlöö (5 August 1926 – 22 June 1975) - in English translations often identified as Peter Wahloo - was a Swedish author.

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Police brutality

Police brutality is one of several forms of police misconduct which involves undue violence by police members.

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Protagonist

A protagonist In modern usage, a protagonist is the main character of any story (in any medium, including prose, poetry, film, opera and so on).

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Red Digital Cinema

The Red Digital Cinema is an American company that manufactures digital cinematography and photography cameras and accessories.

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Riga

Riga (Rīga) is the capital and largest city of Latvia.

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Rolf Lassgård

Rolf Holger Lassgård (born 29 March 1955) is a Swedish actor.

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Scania

Scania, also known as Skåne, is the southernmost province (landskap) of Sweden.

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Second Sight (TV series)

Second Sight was a British television crime drama, written by Paula Milne, that aired on BBC One from 9 January 2000 to 6 February 2001.

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Sidetracked (novel)

Sidetracked (first published as Villospår in 1995) is a crime novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell, the fifth in his Kurt Wallander series.

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Steven T. Murray

Steven T. Murray (born October 7, 1943) is an American translator from Swedish, German, Danish, and Norwegian.

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Tenor

Tenor is a type of classical male singing voice, whose vocal range is normally the highest male voice type, which lies between the baritone and countertenor voice types.

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The Dogs of Riga

The Dogs of Riga (Hundarna i Riga) is a Swedish detective mystery by Henning Mankell, set in Riga, the capital of Latvia.

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The Fifth Woman

The Fifth Woman (original: Den femte kvinnan; 1996) is a crime novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell, the sixth in his acclaimed Inspector Wallander series.

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The Man Who Smiled

The Man Who Smiled (original: Mannen som log) is a novel by Swedish crime-writer Henning Mankell, and is the fourth in the Inspector Wallander series, although the English translations have not been published in chronological order.

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The Pyramid (short story collection)

The Pyramid (orig. Swedish Pyramiden) is a collection of five short stories by Swedish crime fiction author Henning Mankell, first published in Sweden in 1999 and translated into English in 2008.

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The Troubled Man

The Troubled Man (Swedish: Den orolige mannen) is a crime fiction novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell, featuring police inspector Kurt Wallander.

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The White Lioness

The White Lioness (Original: Den vita lejoninnan) is a crime novel by Swedish writer Henning Mankell, the third in the Inspector Wallander series.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Yellow Bird (company)

Yellow Bird is a Swedish film and television production company.

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Ystad

Ystad is a town, and the seat of Ystad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden, with 18,350 inhabitants in 2010.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Wallander

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