The Unlikely Murderer

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 book 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]

The Unlikely Murderer
Swedish	Den Osannolika Mördaren
Genre	Crime drama
Based on	Den osannolika mördaren - Skandiamannen och mordet på Olof Palme by Thomas Pettersson
Starring	Robert Gustafsson Eva Melander Björn Bengtsson
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 (2021-11-05)

Cast

• Robert Gustafsson as Stig Engström
• Eva Melander as Margareta Engström
• Björn Bengtsson as Thomas Pettersson
• Magnus Krepper as Harry Levin
• Joel Spira as Lennart Granström
• Peter Viitanen as Olof Palme
• Cilla Thorell as Lisbeth Palme
• Bengt Braskered as Anders Skandiakollega
• Cia Eriksson as Kvinnlig väktare Skandia
• Maria Alm Norell as Charlotte Brändström