Kurt Wallander was once married, but his wife Mona left him and he has since had a difficult relationship with his rebellious only child, Linda, who barely survived a suicide attempt when she was fifteen.
10 Facts About Kurt Wallander
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Kurt Wallander has issues with his father, an artist who has painted the same landscape 7,000 times for a living; the elder Wallander strongly disapproved of his son's decision to join the police force and frequently derides him for it.
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Kurt Wallander is a great fan of opera; while in his car he regularly listens to recordings of famous opera singers such as Maria Callas, and when he can find the time goes to opera performances, sometimes crossing over to Copenhagen, Denmark for this purpose.
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At one time, Kurt Wallander had dreamed of making opera his life, leaving the police force and becoming the impresario of his friend, Sten Widen, a tenor who aspired to sing opera.
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Inspector Kurt Wallander has few close friends and is known for his less-than-desirable lifestyle; he consumes too much alcohol and junk food, exercises very little, and sometimes struggles with anger.
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Kurt Wallander is frequently at loose ends socially and with his family.
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Between 1994 and 2007, all nine Kurt Wallander novels published at the time were made into films in Sweden starring Rolf Lassgard as Kurt Wallander:.
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Yellow Bird announced in March 2008 that 13 new Swedish language Kurt Wallander films were to be made with Krister Henriksson.
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The BBC Kurt Wallander series concluded in May 2016 with a three-episode fourth series consisting of an adaptation of The White Lioness and a two-episode adaptation of Mankell's final Kurt Wallander novel, The Troubled Man.
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Young Kurt Wallander is a Swedish-UK co-production, with Palsson the sole Swedish actor, amidst a mostly British cast.