Van Veeteren
| Van Veeteren | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | The Mind's Eye |
| Last appearance | The G File |
| Created by | Håkan Nesser |
| Portrayed by | Sven Wollter |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Title | Detective Chief Inspector |
| Occupation | Police detective (retired), antique bookshop owner |
Van Veeteren is a fictional retired Detective Chief Inspector and the main character in a series of eleven novels by Håkan Nesser, of which nine have been filmed. In the films, Van Veeteren is portrayed by Sven Wollter.[1]
Setting
The novels take place in a fictional town called Maardam,[2] situated somewhere in a European country resembling the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and Poland. Maardam has around 300 000 inhabitants (according to the first novel, The Mind's Eye).
Character profile
The main character, Van Veeteren, is in his sixties. In the first five novels he is still a Detective Chief Inspector; in the last five novels he is retired, but sometimes he leaves his antiquarian book store to help out with investigations. In his youth, he was a student at the university of Maardam. Van Veeteren is a bit grumpy and cynical, enjoys dark beer and chess. He has two children, Erich (black sheep of the family with criminal history) and Jess (who moved to France, got married and has two children). Van Veeteren is divorced, but meets a new woman, Ulrike Fremdli, during the series. Van Veeteren is very intuitive when it comes to reading people. He has only one unsolved case in his résumé, The Case G.
Books
- Det grovmaskiga nätet ("The Mind's Eye") - 1993
- Borkmanns punkt ("Borkmann's Point") - 1994
- The Return|Återkomsten ("The Return") - 1995
- Kvinna med födelsemärke ("Woman with Birthmark") - 1996
- Kommissarien och tystnaden ("The Inspector and Silence") - 1997
- Münsters Fall ("Münster's Case"/"The Unlucky Lottery") - 1998
- Carambole ("Hour of the Wolf") - 1999
- Ewa Morenos fall ("The Weeping Girl") - 2000
- Svalan, katten, rosen, döden ("The Strangler's Honeymoon") - 2001
- Fallet G ("The G File") - 2003
Films
Veteran Swedish actor Sven Wollter played Van Veeteren in a series of television mini-series and direct-to-video films.
- Det grovmaskiga nätet (2000, 2 episodes)[3]
- Återkomsten (2001, 3 episodes)[4]
- Kvinna med födelsemärke (2001, 3 episodes)[5]
- Münsters fall (2005)[6]
- Carambole (2005)[7]
- Borkmanns punkt (2005)[8]
- Moreno & tystnaden (2006)[9]
- Svalan, katten, rosen, döden (2006)[10]
- Fallet G (2006)[11]
References
- ^ "Van Veeteren (Character)". www.imdb.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-13.
- ^ "Maardam finns i Nessers huvud" (in Swedish). Svenska dagbladet. 28 September 2003. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ "Det grovmaskiga nätet". IMDB. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ "Återkomsten". IMDB. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ "Kvinna med födelsemärke". IMDB. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ "Münsters fall". IMDB. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ "Carambole". IMDB. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ "Borkmanns punkt". IMDB. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ "Moreno & tystnaden". IMDB. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ "Svalan, katten, rosen, döden". IMDB. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ "Fallet G". IMDB. Retrieved 2026-03-01.