# The Murders (2009)

> A corpse found in an old shaft on a military base reopens a 25-year-old unsolved case in this Swedish six-episode crime miniseries.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/46714

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 6
- Episode runtime: 58 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: crime, drama, mystery
- Network: SVT1
- Cast: Kjell Bergqvist, Jens Hultén, Cecilia Nilsson, Annika Hallin, Göran Ragnerstam, Marie Richardson, Björn Kjellman, Lotta Tejle
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1501108/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: bleak, austere, brooding, tense, melancholic

## Synopsis

The Murders (2009) is a Swedish national-television nordic noir miniseries broadcast on SVT1, a six-episode limited series of roughly 58 minutes per episode. Its sequel to the acclaimed Graven follows an investigation that begins when a corpse turns up in an old shaft on a military base. The discovery appears tied to a murder left unsolved for a quarter century, and the detectives must dig through decades-old files, buried loyalties and the reluctant memories of people who were there at the time. Kjell Bergqvist plays Cege, Jens Hultén plays Theo and Marie Richardson plays Evy, and their interlocking lives form the emotional core of the investigation. The engine of the story is concrete and procedural: interviews, forensic leads and old evidence that resurfaces piece by piece, with each episode peeling back another layer of the past. The tone is bleak, austere and patient, with a cold northern atmosphere that favors silence and muted landscapes over spectacle. Fans of The Bridge, The Killing and Wallander will find resonance in its slow burn pacing and its focus on a community hiding old wounds.

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