| Official Name: | Malexander |
| Pushpin Map: | Sweden Östergötland#Sweden |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Boxholm Municipality |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Östergötland County |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Östergötland |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.25 |
| Population As Of: | 31 December 2005 |
| Population Total: | 75 |
| Population Density Km2: | 296 |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 58.0333°N 32°W |
Malexander is a small village in Boxholm Municipality, Sweden, about 50miles southwest of Linköping and 17order=flipNaNorder=flip southeast of Boxholm. It is located close to the lake Sommen and has a jetty where the steamboat S/S Boxholm II stops.[2] It is well known for the 1999 Police Murders.
There is evidence of a church in Malexander from at least the 13th century. The current church, Malexander Church, was built in 1881 and partly rebuilt following a fire in 1929.[3]
See main article: Malexander murders. On 28 May 1999, one of the most high-profile murders in Sweden took place in Malexander when two police officers were executed following a bank robbery in Kisa.[4] [5]