Van Veeteren is a fictional retired Detective Chief Inspector and the main character in a series of ten novels by Håkan Nesser, of which nine have been filmed.
In the films, Van Veeteren is portrayed by Sven Wollter.
[1] The novels take place in a fictional town called Maardam,[2] situated somewhere in a European country resembling the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and Poland.
Van Veeteren is a bit grumpy and cynical, enjoys dark beer and chess.
Van Veeteren is divorced, but meets a new woman, Ulrike Fremdli, during the series.