Crimes of Passion: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Based on the classic mystery novels by Maria Lang and starring Wallander's Ola Rapace, Crimes of Passion is a collection of stylish whodunnits set in post-war Sweden. The brainy and beautiful Puck is a university student obsessed with crime novels, so when she finds herself in the middle of mystery and murder, she's never short on ideas and insights. She's also in love with fellow academic Einar, who is as drawn to her as he is to medieval history. Together with Einar's childhood friend, Police Commissioner Christer, they witness the passions, betrayals and intrigue in the lives of respectable and seemingly quiet-living Swedes. Crimes of Passion is set in the magical beauty of the lake region of Bergslagen in south central Sweden. It may be far north on the globe, but given their steamy passions and secret lives, there's nothing chilly about these characters from Lang's famous...

Series details

• Title: Crimes of Passion
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Swedish
• Genres: Drama, Crime
• Premiere date: 2014-02-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-03-16
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV4
• Network country: Sweden
• Typical episode runtime: 120 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 2844

Cast and credited roles

• Tuva Novotny — Puck Ekstedt
• Ola Rapace — Christer Wijk
• Linus Wahlgren — Einar Bure

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-02-09; final listed air date 2014-03-16; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Crimes of Passion on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.