The Unlikely Murderer | |
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Swedish | Den Osannolika Mördaren |
Genre | Crime drama |
Based on | Den osannolika mördaren - Skandiamannen och mordet på Olof Palme by Thomas Pettersson |
Starring | |
Country of origin | Sweden |
Original language | Swedish |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 5 |
Production | |
Production location | Sweden |
Running time | 43–52 minutes |
Production company | FLX |
Original release | |
Network | Netflix |
Release | 5 November 2021 |
The Unlikely Murderer (Swedish: Den Osannolika Mördaren) is a 2021 Swedish crime drama television series[1][2] written by Wilhelm Behrman and Niklas Rockström.[3] The series was praised for "its fine observations of male pride turned toxic" in The Guardian.[4] Based on real-life events, the series is an adaption of the 2018 novel The Unlikely Murderer, written by Thomas Pettersson, who worked as a writer on the show.[5] It was reported in November 2021 that distributor Netflix is being sued for defamation for the show's representation of events.[6]