<P> Wallander's team at the Ystad police station is made up of: Anne - Britt Hoglund (Smart), Kalle Svedberg (Beard), and Magnus Martinsson (Hiddleston). Of Wallander and Hoglund, Smart said, "Our relationship is based on this impeccable mutual respect which is all very Scandinavian and, actually, more interesting to play ." The team is joined at murder scenes by Nyberg (McCabe), a forensics expert . The team is overseen by Lisa Holgersson (Shimmin), Ystad's chief of police . Away from the police station, Wallander has a tempestuous relationship with his daughter Linda (Spark) and his father Povel (Warner), who Wallander discovers in Sidetracked has recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease . Wallander's father spends his days sitting in an art studio, painting the same landscape repeatedly while in the care of his new wife Gertrude (Hemingway). </P> <Ul> <Li> Kenneth Branagh as Kurt Wallander </Li> <Li> Sarah Smart as Anne - Britt Hoglund (Series 1 - 3) </Li> <Li> Tom Hiddleston as Magnus Martinsson (Series 1 - 2) </Li> <Li> Richard McCabe as Sven Nyberg </Li> <Li> Tom Beard as Kalle Svedberg (Series 1) </Li> <Li> Sadie Shimmin as Lisa Holgersson (Series 1 - 2) </Li> <Li> Jeany Spark as Linda Wallander, Kurt's daughter </Li> <Li> David Warner as Povel Wallander, Kurt's father (Series 1 - 2, 4) </Li> <Li> Polly Hemingway as Gertrude, Kurt's step - mother (Series 1 - 2) </Li> <Li> Saskia Reeves as Vanja Andersson (Series 2 - 3) </Li> <Li> Rebekah Staton as Kristyna (Series 3) </Li> <Li> Mark Hadfield as Stefan Lindeman (Series 3) </Li> <Li> Barnaby Kay as Lennart Mattson (Series 3 - 4) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Kenneth Branagh as Kurt Wallander </Li> <Li> Sarah Smart as Anne - Britt Hoglund (Series 1 - 3) </Li>

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