Claim: Wallander was adapted from novels about Kurt Wallander.

Kurt Wallander -LRB- -LSB- valˈlanːdər -RSB- -RRB- is a fictional character created by Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell -LRB- 1948 -- 2015 -RRB- . The protagonist of many mystery novels , set in and around the town of Ystad , 56 km south-east of the city of Malmö , in the southern province of Skåne . Wallander has been portrayed on screen by the actors Rolf Lassgård , Krister Henriksson and Kenneth Branagh .