''Modus'' is a Swedish television

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series, directed by

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and Mani Maserrat, based upon the novel ''Frukta inte'' by Norwegian author and lawyer Anne Holt and adapted for television by

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winning writers Mai Brostrøm and Peter Thorsboe. The series follows the work of Inger Johanne Vik (

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), a Swedish criminal psychologist and profiler, who has previously assisted both the Swedish police and the FBI in the United States. The first eight-part series was premièred on TV4 in September 2015. A second eight-part series, written in Swedish and English, was filmed in 2017, with Kim Cattrall and Greg Wise among the new cast members for this series. This series began broadcasting on TV4 on 2 November 2017.

Synopsis

In the first series, Inger Johanne's eldest daughter, Stina, who is

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, unwittingly

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a contract killing when the family attend a wedding at a local hotel. The murderer surprisingly saves Stina's life, without giving away his identity. Inger decides to return to work with police detective Ingvar Nyman to assist in solving the crime. They discover that they are pursuing a hit man, working for an American religious sect. In the second series, President of the United States Helen Tyler goes missing during a

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to Sweden. Inger Johanne is partnered with Nyman and detailed to work with Warren Schifford, an FBI agent and Special

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to the president, to investigate. Vik and Schifford have history, dating from her time with the FBI.

Cast

as Inger Johanne Vik; criminal psychologist and profiler *

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as Ingvar Nymann; police inspector * Esmeralda Struwe as Stina Vik; Inger's elder daughter * Simon J. Berger as Isak Aronson; Inger's ex-husband and the father of her two daughters *

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as Hedvig Nyström; police pathologist * Gerhard Hoberstorfer as Bo Sundberg; police detective * Björn Andersson as Alfred Nyman; Ingvar's father * Lily Wahlsteen as Linnea Vik; Inger's younger daughter

Series 1 (2015)

* Marek Oravec as Richard Forrester *

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as Marcus Ståhl *

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as Rolf Ljungberg *

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as Lukas Lindgren * Krister Henriksson as Erik Lindgren * Liv Mjönes as Patricia Green * Cecilia Nilsson as Elisabeth Lindgren * Josefine Tengblad as Sophie Dahlberg * Ellen Mattsson as Astrid Friberg * Primus Lind as Noah Ståhl * Eva Melander as Marianne Larsson *

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as Isabella Levin * Simon Norrthon as Lennart Carlsson * Stephen Rappaport as Jacob Lindstrom * Christoffer Jareståhl as Robin Larsson *

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as Gunilla Larsson * Philip Martin as Hakim Hammar

Series 2 (2017)

* Kim Cattrall as Helen Tyler; the President of the United States * Greg Wise as Warren Schifford; an FBI agent and Senior Advisor * Martin Marquez as Hunter Russell;

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Agent *

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as Lori Reed;

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as Dale Tyler; First Gentleman * Emilia Poma as Zoe Tyler; First Daughter * Paprika Steen as Alva Roos; Chief Inspector *

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as Harald Bohman;

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as Mahmoud Muntasir; an oil industry billionaire *

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as Torbjörn Skoglund *

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as Jessica Östlund *

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as Linda Clason * Nina Zanjani as Philippa *

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as Tobias Magnusson *

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as Gustav *

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as Oscar Ek * Sasha Behar as Raja Cooper

Episodes

Series 1 (2015)

Series 2 (2017)

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 4600404, title=Modus Swedish crime television series Television shows set in Sweden 2010s Swedish television series 2015 Swedish television series debuts Swedish-language television shows Television series based on novels Autism in television Television series about presidents of the United States