| Native Name: | |
| Genre: | Crime drama |
| Based On: | Den osannolika mördaren - Skandiamannen och mordet på Olof Palme by Thomas Pettersson |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Language: | Swedish |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 5 |
| Location: | Sweden |
| Runtime: | 43–52 minutes |
| Company: | FLX |
| Network: | Netflix |
The Unlikely Murderer (Swedish: '''Den Osannolika Mördaren'''|italic=yes) is a 2021 Swedish crime drama television series[1] [2] written by Wilhelm Behrman and Niklas Rockström.[3] The series was praised for "its fine observations of male pride turned toxic" in The Guardian.[4] Based on real-life events, the series is an adaption of the 2018 novel The Unlikely Murderer, written by Thomas Pettersson, who worked as a writer on the show.[5] It was reported in November 2021 that distributor Netflix is being sued for defamation for the show's representation of events.[6]