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Fictional character created by Håkan Nesser From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Van Veeteren is a fictional retired Detective Chief Inspector and the main character in a series of ten novels by Håkan Nesser, of which nine have been filmed. In the films, Van Veeteren is portrayed by Sven Wollter.[1]
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Van Veeteren | |
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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 |
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).
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.