IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF

WALLANDER
A guide to Ystad and the surrounding area
for fans of criminal inspector Kurt Wallander.
Foto : Lars Högstedt
Guided tours in the foot-
steps of Wallander
Cineteket offers tours through the Wallander studios –
a must for any film fan. Well-informed guides talk about
the studios’ background and share anecdotes from film
sets and shoots. Along with a clip from the film Master-
mind, we show you forensic detective Leif Nyberg’s lab,
the police station and Kurt Wallander’s flat. The tours are
available in Swedish, English and German.

During the summer, Ystad’s Volunteer Fire Corps provide

guided Wallander tours on a veteran fire engine. The ride
starts at Stortorget (The Market Square), and takes in the
famous (and not so famous) sites and locations from the
books and films.
In addition, the tourist office conducts tours in Wallander’s
tracks in Swedish, English and German. It is, of course, fun
to explore the town on your own and visit places from the
films and books using the enclosed map.
Places from the books and the films
1. The police-station. Kurt Wallander’s home away from home. In the books (and in real life),
it’s on Kristianstadsvägen, as opposed to the films’ fictional Regementet headquarters.
2. Mariagatan 10. Wallander’s domicile in the books. His car is parked outside, under a sickly
yellow street light. On occasion, operatic arias can be heard from the flat. It was from here
that Victor Mabasha was abducted in ”The White Lioness”.
3. Hotel Continental. Wallander often goes here to dine, sometimes accompanied by his
daughter Linda. The investigation at the masquerade in ”One Step Behind” takes place
here.
this street.
18. Runnerströms torg. Tynnes Falk has his office by the square, where much of the action in
”Firewall” takes place.
19. Barnängen. In the novel ”Before The Frost”, Linda and Zebran discuss Anna’s disappearance
while Zebran’s son is playing in the playground.
20. Industrigatan. Here we find Wallander’s car mechanic where he meets Jansson the
smuggler in ”The Dogs of Riga”.

4. Stortorget. The book-shop Kurt often visits is located here. On the corner, there’s the
restaurant where, in “One Step behind”, with no money on him, he invites his colleague
Nyberg. The bank, which played an important part in ”Faceless Killers” has their office on
the Teppgränd/St. Östergatan corner.
5. Hotel Sekelgården. The witness in ”The Fifth Woman” stayed at this hotel, as well as
Birgitta Törn, of the Foreign Office, in ”The Dogs of Riga”.
21. Marsvinsholm. In the fictitious village of Lenarp, situated close to Marsvinsholm and
Katslösa, the elderly couple in “faceless Killers” are murdered. In ”Sidetracked”, Dolores
Maria Santana burns himself to death in the fields here.
22. Mossbystrand. Wallander likes to go here to think. This is also the place where Linda
takes the decision to become a police officer. Out at sea, two murder victims are found
in a life raft here in ”The Dogs of Riga”.

6. Västra Vallgatan. One of the half-timbered houses here is Wallander’s home in the films
that feature Rolf Lassgård as Kurt Wallander.
7. Lilla Norregatan. Wallander’s colleague Svedberg is murdered in his home down this
street in ”One Step Behind”.
8. Möllegatan. Site of the arsoned pet shop in ”Before The Frost”.
9. The pizzeria. One of Kurt’s favourite restaurants where he appreciates sharing his thoughts
with the owner István. In “Firewall”, two young girls call a cab from here, a ride that ends
with murder.
10. The railway station. The murderer hides one of his victims here in ”Sidetracked”.
11. Fridolfs konditori. Wallander’s favourite coffee shop where he enjoys coffee, light beers
and herring sandwiches.
12. The hospital. Home of Wallander’s treatment for stress and diabetes. Ylva Brink, Svedberg’s
cousin and a key witness in ”The Fifth Woman”, works as a midwife here.
23. Nybrostrand. Rykoff is shot on the beach by Wallander in ”The White Lioness”. This is also
where the newlyweds and the photographer are killed in ”One Step Behind”. Key witness
Olof Hanzell lives on Skrakvägen in ”The Fifth Woman”.
24. Stjärnsund’s castle ruins, Stjärneholm. Wallander’s good friend, race horse trainer
Sten Widén lives near here. Wallander regularly seeks refuge here to enjoy the solitude.
25. Ystads Sandskog. In “Sidetracked”, former minister of justice Gustaf Wetterstedt is mur-
dered outside his home here.
26. Vollsjö. Home to the killer in ”The Fifth Woman”. In “The White Lioness”, Rykoff and Kono-
valenko rent a house in Krageholm from a Vollsjö local.
27. Krageholm. Eugen Blomberg is found drowned in the lake in ”The Fifth Woman” and by the
lake’s shore, real estate broker Louise Åkerblom meets her death in ”The White Lioness”.
28. Hagestad Wildlife Protection Area. Near Dag Hammarskjöld’s Backåkra, three teen-
agers celebrate midsummer dressed up in 18th century clothes in ”One Step Behind”.
Wallander also hunts for Fu Cheng here, in ”Firewall”.

13. Ystad’s Tourist Agency. In “The White Lioness”, Rykoff rents a house here, where Victor
Mabasha’s successor is hidden.
14. Sjömansgatan. In “the Man Who Smiled” Sten & Gustaf Torstensson’s firm of solicitors is
situated in a yellow house on this street. This is also where Sten Torstensson is murdered.
15. Liregatan/Stickgatan. The killer in ”The Fifth Woman” has a flat on Liregatan. In ”The
Man Who Smiled”, Torstensson’s secretary lives on Stickgatan and it is here that Wallander
detonates a mine, using a telephone book.
16. Harmonigatan. Home of the killer in ”One Step Behind”.
17. Missunnavägen. Tynnes Falk is murdered in front of the cash machine in ”Firewall” on
29. Löderup. Wallander’s father lives in a secluded, white-limed house here, where he paints
his landscapes in the outhouse, with or without the grouse. During an investigation Linda is
caught in a fox trap outside of Henrietta Westin’s house in the novel “Before the Frost”.
30. Skurup. The first victim in ”Before The Frost” lives here. Also, Torgeir Langaas buys his house
from a Skurup broker. Louise Åkerblom visits the bakery here in ”The White Lioness”.
31. Kåseberga. The place where Sten Widén picks up Wallander after the hunt for Mabasha
in ”The White Lioness”. Linda ponders Anna’s disappearance in the book ”Before The Frost”
here and the ancient site of Ale Stenar is Wallander’s place of choice for a picnic.
32. Svarte. In ”Before The Frost”, Wallander was on the verge of buying a house in Svarte, three
miles west of Ystad, after considering moving from Mariagatan and getting a dog.

LUND 26 Vollsjö
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TRELLEBORG 22 Svarte 51 Nybro- Löderup
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Kåseberga Hagestad
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 Film locations
BEFORE THE FROST (INNAN FROSTEN) THE PHOTOGRAPHER (FOTOGRAFEN)
33. Valleberga Church – Two men marry each other here. 45. Hamngatan – The victim takes a walk around here before being murdered.
34. Snogeholm Lake – Where the sect float an infant in a basket. 46. Kabusa Konsthall – Renamed Galleri Lera, this is where the photographer’s exhibition
35. Krageholm Lake – The site of the burning swans’ flight. is held.
36. Fyledalen – Linda finds the missing woman, dead. 47. Österportstorg – Stefan’s meal is interrupted by an emergency.
48. Saluhallen – Where Kurt and Anja have a romantic lunch.
THE VILLAGE IDIOT (BYFÅNEN) 49. Ingelstorp klockaregård – The photographer’s home.
37. The Old Town Hall – Acts as a bank in the film. 50. Öresund bridge – Where the dramatic car chase ends.
4. Stortorget – The hostage situation is resolved here.
THE COVER (TÄCKMANTELN)
THE BROTHERS (BRÖDERNA) 54. Öja – The two child refugees are hidden by the nuns of Rölleka, a fictitious monastery.
38. Österportstorg – The dramatic hunt for the criminals ends here.
THE CASTLE RUINS (LUFTSLOTTET)
THE DARKNESS (MÖRKRET) 31. Rätt vid havet – restaurant in Kåseberga, and also part of the housing complex
39. Österportskolan – All the victims are or were pupils at this school. Soldala.
12. The hospital – A girl is treated here after trying to overdose on sleeping pills. 51. Hotell Ystads Saltsjöbad, Edvinshem and “Rätt vid havet” are edited together to create
the luxurious Soldala location.
THE AFRICAN (AFRIKANEN)
3. Hotel Continental – The victim and his friend stay here. THE BLACK KING (BLODSBAND)
41. The railway yard – Evidence of the murder is found here. 40. The yacht harbour – The boat used as a hide-out for the community’s members is
moored here.
THE TRICKSTERS (DEN SVAGA PUNKTEN) 55. St Herrestad – The commune’s farm is located slightly north of this village.
23. The cottage and beach in Nybrostrand – Stefan Lindman and Linda live in this
house, near the Scout hut. The Ystad police force have their traditional summer crayfish THE JOKER (JOKERN)
party on this beach. 52. Köpingebro Sugar Factory – The trail of the killer eventually leads to this abandoned
42. Fritidsbaren – Wallander has a coffee with Anja. factory.
43. Sturup Airfield – Where the victim’s lover is met by the police. 40. The yacht harbour – Site of the murder.

MASTERMIND THE SECRET (HEMLIGHETEN)

44. Svenstorpsån – First a dummy’s, then a real human head are found in the river. 32. Svarte – The paedophile’s cottage is located by the sea.
2. Mariagatan 11c – In the films with Krister Henriksson, Wallander lives in this house. 23. Hejdegatan – Linda lives here in a semi-detached house.
53. Ystad Studios – Where the above films were shot.

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Ystad’s new
film exhibition
Get an insight to how film is created at Cineteket.
The exhibition is suitable for all ages and has an interactive
design. Act from a script, experiment with blue-screen tech-
nique and animate your own short film - it’s all possible at
Cineteket.
The entire film production process is explained using exam-
ples from films shot at adjacent Ystad Studios: the Wallander
series, the WW2 drama ”Mother of Mine” and the internation-
ally successful vampire horror comedy ”Frostbite”, among
several others.

In the exhibition, visitors are also given the opportunity to see

interviews with actors and members of the Wallander film
crew, read the real working scripts used on set, learn about
special effects and watch independent short films in the mini-
ature film theatre.
Cineteket also has a shop with film related souvenirs, books,
DVDs and special editions, autographed by authors and actors.
The Cineteket coffee shop offers light lunches, sandwiches,
cakes and home made ice-cream, by Olof Victor’s internation-
ally known café in Glemmingebro.

Elis Nilsson väg 8 (at Regementet) 271 38 Ystad.

Tel: 0046-411-57 70 57
www.cineteket.se
Mankell the ‘multi-artist’
Despite the fact that Henning Mankell became a published
author in 1973, with his debut novel ”The Rock Blaster”, his
breakthrough didn’t arrive until 1991 with the release of
the first Wallander novel ”Faceless Killers”.
What was originally intended as a one-off novel evolved
into a series of ten books about Kurt Wallander, inspector
with the Ystad police force.
The books, which keep finding new audiences, have been
translated into 36 languages and sold over 25 million cop-
ies.
Mankell is also an author of several youth books and plays,
including ”The Girl and the Flier” and ”The Digger”, which
Ystad Theatrical Society performed and toured with.
Henning Mankell is married to Eva Bergman, daughter of
Ingmar Bergman. Together they share their time between
the countryside outside of Ystad, and Mozambique, where
Mankell acts as the artistic leader for Teatro Avenida.
Mankell has a strong commitment in the battle against the
spread of HIV and AIDS.

Over the years, Mankell has been awarded several prizes

for his work, including the August Prize, the Astrid Lindgren
Prize and the German Tützing Academy’s prize of tolerance,
which in 2004 was given out by Desmond Tutu.

Wallander books in English: Faceless Killers (1991), Dogs of

Riga (1992), The White Lioness (1993), The Man Who Smiled
(1994), Sidetracked (1995), The Fifth Woman (1996), One
Step Behind (1997), Firewall (1998), Before the Frost (2002).

For more information about Henning Mankell and his

works:
www.henningmankell.se
www.randomhouse.co.uk
www.yellowbird.se

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A growing film town
Kurt Wallander is played by Krister Henriks-
son in the 13 films shot at Ystad Studios and
in the surrounding area of Ystad. The series
starts off with an adaptation of the last Wal-
lander book “Before the Frost” and is followed
by twelve independent stories by Henning
Mankell. These films have not been based on
books, but have been developed by some of
Scandinavia’s most acclaimed script writers.
On the cover of “Before the Frost” we see Kris-
ter Henriksson as Kurt Wallander and Johanna
Sällström as his daughter Linda. In the other
films based on the books, Kurt Wallander is
played by Rolf Lassgård.

Ystad Studios was founded in 2004 and has

in a short space of time become the centre
for feature film production in the South of
Sweden. Ystad Studios is situated at an old
military regiment, at walking distance from
the town centre. A number of production
companies and film related organisations
have established themselves here. Ystad also
has a number of educations within film and
media production.

A ruffled hero with millions of fans

Kurt Wallander is not your polished type, but
more of an everyday hero.
His wife has left him, his teenage daughter Linda
doesn’t see him very often and his job as a crimi-
nal inspector means that he often works long
hours.
When he occassionally does have some spare
time he winds down with a whisky and opera mu-
sic. The more whisky he drinks, the more senti-
mental Kurt becomes. It would be fair to say that
he has a tendency towards self pity, and during
his darkest moments he may call his ex-wife and
cry down the telephone.
Kurts emotional problems are due to the fact
that he has prioritiesed his work instead of his
family and when he finally realises this, it’s too
late. Or is it?
No, to the contrary. In the films that begin with
“Before the Frost” he is described as a much more
balanced person with his life mostly under con-
trol.
When his daughter Linda, whom Kurt loves
even more than the Ystad police force, chooses
to follow in her father’s footsteps, he is both de-
lighted and devastated. At once, the horrors and
the risks of the job draw closer, something which
comes to its head in the film ”Mastermind”.
The books and films about criminal inspector
Kurt Wallander are much adored. Maybe because
Kurt is a little like people mostly are; a foot pas-
senger on the walk of life, where both heaven
and hell sometimes open.