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* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: This young man doesn't look like he could hurt a fly even if he tried. In reality, he's done ''far worse'' than that...
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* WouldHurtAChild: Both of them would.
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* HateSink: Once his true nature is revealed, he's a volatile, emotionally abusive ControlFreak who was even willing to kill Astrid once the police started closing in on him.
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* GeniusBruiser: The Truth Terrorist is both a sharply dressed badass and a brilliant schemer who runs rings around the police.
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!!The Police
[[folder:Saga Norén]]
!!Saga Norén
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[[caption-width-right:350:I'm not bossy, I'm effective.]]
->'''Played by:''' Sofia Helin\\
'''Voiced by:''' Nathalie Hugo (French), Antje von der Ahe (German), Rachele Paolelli (Italian), Creator/YukoKaida (Japanese)
->''[[{{Catchphrase}} “Saga Norén, Länskrim Malmö”]]''
->Our protagonist, a stoic policewoman with Asperger's syndrome with a dark but mysterious past. Her NoSocialSkills add up to some rather funny moments, but also some pretty interesting CharacterDevelopment.
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* AbusiveParents: It is confirmed in season 3 that Saga's mother is an absolute sociopath who keeps on manipulating her even in adulthood. It is never disclosed how Saga's father was however, as we never hear anyone explicitly talk about him.
* AccidentalMurder: In season 3 [[spoiler: Saga nearly kills John's daughter during a shootout in the office. Luckily, she survives, and John assures Saga it isn't her fault]].
* ActionGirl: She has many moments throughout the four series, but she really proves her mettle in the second series when two incredibly creepy, mask-wearing men force their way into her hotel room fully armed, and she [[CurbStompBattle overpowers them in seconds.]]
* AerithAndBob: "Saga" is an archaic, classically Nordic name, whereas her sister is named "Jennifer", an English (Cornish) name that seems a little mismatched. Downplayed to the Swedish perspective — Jennifer is a perfectly common name in Sweden and has been so for quite some time, while Saga just sounds a bit old-fashioned.
* BigDamnHeroes: Has a moment in the final episode of the series when [[spoiler: the accomplice killer, Brian/Kevin, is preparing on killing Astrid, and Saga comes from behind and shoots Kevin in the face]].
* BrutalHonesty: She is extremely blunt to the point of tactlessness.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Has some silly moments, but otherwise a very, very skilled cop.
* ByTheBookCop: Saga might just be the epitome of this trope, as she cares more about being law-abiding than the people around her. Interestingly enough, this is played for drama. Saga doesn't understand why people keep telling her that sometimes she ''shouldn't'' be this, and make exceptions when people she care for commit crimes. This leads to a very dramatic situation in season 2 when Martin [[spoiler: discretely kills Jens and leaves no proof, but Saga accidentally finds proof of the murder, and ultimately takes him in to get arrested]].
* CannotTellALie: She truly couldn't if her life depended on it, which is frequently PlayedForDrama as nearly every climax requires her to tell one.
* CatchPhrase: As seen above, her greeting to everyone she meets, "Saga Norén, Länskrim, Malmö".
* CoolCar: She loves her beautiful green Porsche very much.
* ChildHater: 'Hater' is strong, but her aversion to children and reluctance to be around them is the reason why she [[spoiler:has an abortion after realising she and Henrik will not be together if she does]], she avoids the sisters when they stays with Henrik in Season 4, and she appears genuinely surprised that anyone thinks a child's life is more valuable than an adult's in Season 1.
* DefectiveDetective: Saga is constantly isolated from people because her Asperger's syndrome makes her act rude and cold, but she doesn't get it, she thinks she's just being normal.
* DespairEventHorizon: In season 3 [[spoiler: Saga's abusive mother, Marie-Louise comes back and is out for revenge for imprisoning her for her abuse against Jennifer, and to do this Marie convinces Linn, Saga's boss that Saga is too unstable for the job and has threatened to kill her multiple times, and eventually commits suicide, posing it as if Saga did it and putting her in prison. This makes Saga suicidal, and nearly commits suicide at the same train station her sister did]].
* DoomMagnet: At the beginning of the fourth season, the tactless Jonas tells her that she's got this reputation in Denmark, after [[spoiler:Martin ended up being imprisoned for murder, Hanne got her leg blown off by a bomb, and Henrik got disciplined over his drug abuse.]]
* DoYouWantToCopulate: Her hook-up line. It often works surprisingly well.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Saga has finally realized that her obsession with being a ByTheBookCop have been limiting her during the entirety of her adult life, and is now going to branch out to other careers, throwing her badge into the water and now on a search for a new, better career. It is also implied that she and Henrik will have a lasting romantic relationship despite her mental oddities]].
* EveryoneHasStandards: She seems legitimetely saddened over [[spoiler: Anja]]'s death in the first season and says to her that she won't die, as she's dying, just to make sure she won't realize that she is dying.
* FallenHero: Downplayed in season 4, where Saga hasn't done anything remotely malicious, but she's become a [[spoiler: weak-willed and shy prison inmate]].
* FriendlessBackground: Tells Martin that he was her only friend, and maintains this throughout the series. When she finally comes to accept that she and Hans are close friends, [[spoiler:he dies.]]
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: [[spoiler:Saga aborts she and Henrik's child, but somewhat played with as Henrik believes this unforgivable, because she already told him he could have the baby.]]
* HellBentForLeather: What she pretty much always wears.
* HowDareYouDieOnMe: This is her reaction when Hans goes into a coma and later [[spoiler:dies]], as she desperately needs his help and misses him as she is being persecuted by her abusive mother.
* ICanStillFight: In season 1 this happens when [[spoiler: Sebastian]] kidnaps August and shoots Saga in the arm, but she still feels like she can fight.
* IconicOutfit: Leather trousers and her military coat, which she wears constantly.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Realises this about [[spoiler:Jens']] plan at the end of Season 1, which leads to her shooting him to prevent Martin from doing the same. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Martin still gives in and kills him, just later.]]
* ILetGwenStacyDie: About her sister, Jennifer, whose suicide Saga couldn't predict.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: She usually comes across as rude and harsh without actually intending offence, thanks to her bluntness and general lack of social skills. This is especially apparent when she's dealing with people who have recently lost loved ones.
* InsistentTerminology: She always introduces herself as "Saga Norén, Länskrim Malmö", even in casual conversations. And if someone else introduces her by just her name, she'll add the job description herself.
-->'''Henrik:''' Hello, I'm Henrik Sabroe, København Politi ... And this is my colleague, Saga Norén.\\
'''Saga:''' [irritated look] ''Länskrim Malmö.''
* JerkassHasAPoint: Her opinions aren't necessarily wrong, even if her ways of expressing them are usually pretty rude and insensitive.
** She has a point when she appears genuinely confused as to why Martin etc. are more upset about the Truth Terrorist's abduction of children. Martin's insistence that ChildrenAreInnocent doesn't wash with her - as she points out, correctly, that many of the adult victims they see didn't do anything wrong.
** Saga definitely has a point when she criticizes Kerstin Ekwall for her plan of introducing mandatory library fees. It's just that she really picked the wrong time and place to make her criticism - she was talking to Ekwall's grieving widower at the time.
** The way she keeps ragging on the Danish police for having failed to solve the case of the missing prostitute Monique in front of Martin, who himself belongs to the Danish police, is tactless to say the least, but she is right in that the way they handled the case was, in fact, a colossal failure.
* JerkassWoobie: To the point of being invoked in-universe. Saga suffers a ''lot'': she fails to protect August when she's the only person guarding him in Season 1, at the end of Season 2, loses Martin, the only friend she ever had, after he [[spoiler:kills the BigBad of Season 1]]; and then her new partner gets maimed in front of her after walking into a booby trap. However, Saga's problems mean that she struggles to communicate how any of this has affected her and so she gets frequently accused of being a pure {{Jerkass}}.
* KnightInSourArmour: Fierce, unstoppable, physical strong, badass, but also extremely blunt and, most of the time, totally unsympathetic and impassive to the plight of others.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Crazy is too strong, but again, the only time she breaks her promise is when she [[spoiler:has an abortion after previously telling Henrik she wouldn't.]] It's all because she can't stand to lose him.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: With Henrik. She struggles with his need to talk about his feelings, while she rarely explains how she feels. She also mentions that he's a much better cook than her, and he's much better with children.
* NervesOfSteel: Saga generally, but of particular note has to be when she skillfully fends off ''two'' armed men that attack her in her hotel room during the events of Series 2.
* NoPlaceForMeThere: Why she [[spoiler:has an abortion.]] She knows that she and Henrik will not be together anymore if he has their baby.
* NoSocialSkills: Saga can be bluntly insensitive, doesn't "get" humour, and is frankly upfront about sex -- all of which is implied to be due to her having some form of autism, though the creators downplayed this after receiving some (mild) criticism for her portrayal.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: She's a ByTheBookCop to the core, so in those rare cases when she does break the law, you can be certain that there is a very serious reason for it.
* RudeHeroNiceSidekick: The "rude hero" (''very'' rude) to Martin and later Henrik, though it's much more pronounced with Martin.
* TheSpock: Reconstructed. Saga is very logical and so always thinks before she acts -- but this actually makes her more disliked, suspected, and lonely, because her tendency to default to logic makes her come across as cold and aloof, and even merciless at times.
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Saga, for all her usual insistence on following the rules, does occasionally choose "good" over "lawful", such as in Season 2, when she [[spoiler:breaks into Martin's house to get evidence that the nanny Mette hired has Munchausen syndrome by proxy and make sure that the kids would be safe from her]], or in the penultimate episode of the whole show, when [[spoiler:she and her pathologist friend steal Hans's head from the mortuary and return it to his grave.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: A variant with the Season 3 killer, after [[spoiler:Hans']] death. [[spoiler:Although not Saga's actual father, Hans has become a ParentalSubstitute to her.]]
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[[folder:Martin Rohde]]
!!Martin Rohde
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->'''Played by:''' Kim Bodnia\\
'''Voiced by:''' Frank Röth (German), Pasquale Anselmo (Italian), Naomi Kusumi (Japanese)
->The secondary protagonist of the first two seasons, a family man who is less lawful and more impulsive than Saga, and therefore the more charismatic and normal of the two.
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* ActionDad: He's a father of seven and a pretty decent fighter, this proves important at the end of [[spoiler: season 1 when Jens is targetting his oldest son August as his final victim, and Martin is willing to protect him at all costs]].
* BrokenAce: After Season 1, he has shades of this due to the trauma from his failure to save August. [[spoiler:But he fully crosses it after killing Jens at the end of Season 2.]]
* ChildrenAreInnocent: A believer in this, as he tells the (unconvinced) Saga.
* CowboyCop: A very downplayed example at first, as Martin is a pretty good officer, and pretty much anyone would be considered this when compared to Saga. As the series progresses, however, his actions become more extreme.
* DeadpanSnarker: A lot of his jokes show shades of this, which often becomes hilarious as Saga really doesn't understand them and why they're funny.
* DefectiveDetective: He initially comes across as much less defective than Saga because his social skills are better, but over the course of the series it becomes clear that he has quite a few issues himself. In particular, he seems to be completely incapable of being faithful in relationships, [[spoiler:to the point where he ended up becoming an UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom as a result]].
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Of the first two seasons before Kim Bodnia decided to step out because he was unsatisfied with how the character was being written.
* FallenHero: [[spoiler: In season 1 he's arrested for a year after he injures and potentially kills an innocent woman on Jens' orders, but in season 2 he goes even further when he kills Jens after Mette breaks up with him, seeing Jens as the instigator of his recent problems, getting him sent to prison for 10 years]].
* TheHeart: To Saga, especially as he has to do most of the emotional lifting.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: The issue that Martin faces at the end of Season 1. [[spoiler:But he eventually gives in and does it anyway, just in Season 2.]]
* TheMcCoy: In clear contrast to [[TheSpock Saga]], Martin is emotional, hot-headed, and impulsive.
* OnlyFriend: To Saga. [[spoiler:Made even more tragic when she refuses to see him after he goes to prison.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: Invoked in-universe. [[spoiler:Jens]] believes he's handing this out when he [[spoiler:kills Martin's eldest son, August]] to punish Martin for the death of his own son. However, Martin wasn't directly responsible for his son's death at all, making it highly lampshaded and criticised.
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Although they don't overlap in person, Martin is the "roguish male" to Henrik's "noble".
* PapaWolf: Played with. He is somewhat neglectful of his many children, but all this changes after [[spoiler:August's murder, which fully transforms him into one.]]
* PutOnABusToHell: Is written out by [[spoiler:going to prison for killing Jens.]]
* ReallyGetsAround: His wife Mette isn't the only person he has had sex with during their marriage, to say the least, not to mention that they have seven children together. This is especially impressive when you realize that he's just got a ''vasectomy'', and is still going.
** I feel like it's worth mentioning that Mette isn't mother to all of his children, he has 7 kids by 3 different women, which just furthers the point.
* RedOniBlueOni: Although it largely depends on the episode, Martin is for the most part the red to Saga's blue.
* RudeHeroNiceSidekick: The "nice sidekick" to Saga's "rude hero". Even when he can be much more emotional and illogical than her, he's still gentler and kinder, especially to victims and their families.
* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler:What Jens wished to instigate in him by killing August. It takes a while, but he sadly succeeds, as Martin kills him.]]
* StepfordSmiler: In Season 2 after [[spoiler:August's death]], he tries his best to get over it, but fails and ultimately gives in to his despair.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In season 1 [[spoiler: Martin having an affair with Jens' wife before she dies is what caused him to go insane and have a StartOfDarkness, meaning that Martin is very indirectly responsible for the killings in that season]].
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: His relationship with his children and wife Mette, especially August, as he admits.
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[[folder:Henrik Sabroe]]
!!Henrik Sabroe
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->'''Played by:''' Thure Lindhardt\\
'''Voiced by:''' Gerrit Schmidt-Foß (German), Creator/KazuyukiOkitsu (Japanese)
->The secondary protagonist of the latter two seasons.
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Martin. While Martin is personable, charismatic, and has a large family with many children, Henrik is devastated by the disappearance of his young daughters and the death of his wife many years before, and hasn't moved on. While both lose a child, Martin's is organised so he knows exactly how and why he's losing his son, which Henrik doesn't learn for many years. Martin ReallyGetsAround but never tries it on with Saga, while Henrik doesn't have a relationship with anyone else but Saga, and apparently hasn't since his wife's disappearance.
* DefectiveDetective: He has a drug problem, which [[FunctionalAddict doesn't directly affect his professional performance]], but endangers his health and [[spoiler:makes him vulnerable to blackmail]], and in addition, he [[spoiler:is traumatized by the disappearance of his family]].
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Of seasons 3 and 4, taking over the role from Martin.
* FunctionalAddict: He takes medication against insomnia, then takes stimulants to counter the effects of the sleep aid during the day. He does not get high, and it does not affect his professional performance negatively. However, [[spoiler:his illegally obtaining the stimulants opens him up to blackmail; he can't quit without going through withdrawal; and eventually he overdoses]].
* ISeeDeadPeople: Played with. He sees his wife, Alice, and his daughters, but he sees them [[JacobMarleyApparel exactly as they were when they disappeared.]] Played for realistic drama as he cannot see (or imagine) them when he becomes more attached to Saga, which causes him a great deal of grief.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Downplayed, but the "feminine boy" to Saga's "masculine girl". He's much more emotional, perceptive, easily hurt, and wants to talk about his feelings, as opposed to Saga, who is tough, firm, and refuses to talk about ''anything'' emotional.
* TheMcCoy: Downplayed in contrast to Martin, but he cares deeply about several characters, especially [[spoiler:Astrid]] and takes care of Saga.
* MyGreatestFailure: His failure to find his wife and daughters, especially his daughters, as he tells them after [[spoiler:his wife's body is found.]]
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Although they don't overlap InUniverse, Henrik is the "noble male" to Martin's "roguish male".
* PhotographicMemory: Henrik appears to have this; in one episode, he scans a crime scene, and, when questioned, says he is making a mental map. He can spontaneously recall details from files he has read, from crime scenes, and license plates he has seen briefly. He is visibly frustrated when a colleague cannot instantly recall a license plate number like he can.
* PornStache: Has one.
* SecondLove: Saga, after his wife, Alice.
* SurvivorsGuilt: Of being the SoleSurvivor of his family's disappearance.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: His reaction to learning that [[spoiler:Saga aborted their child, having promised him she would keep it.]]
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[[folder:Hans Petterson]]
!!Hans Petterson
->'''Played by:''' Dag Malmberg\\
'''Voiced by:''' Florian Krüger-Shantin (German), Rodolfo Bianchi (Italian), Creator/KinryuArimoto (Japanese)
->The head of the police department in Malmö.
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* AFatherToHisMen: He cares deeply about his subordinates, especially Saga.
* [[spoiler:KillTheCutie: He is Saga's father figure and HappilyMarried to Lillian - until he gets brutally killed off in the middle of Season 3.]]
* TheKirk: He needs to mediate between Saga's issues and the hot-headed Danes.
* ParentalSubstitute: To Saga. Made clear in Season 3 that he is more of a father to Saga than her real AbusiveParents.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Between Season 2 and 3 with Lillian.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: PlayedForDrama. He is extremely understanding of Saga's problems and even went as far to suppress complaints against her, which devastates her when she finds out.
* SacrificialLion: To Season 3. We know that the Season 3 killer is extremely dangerous, especially when he abducts Hans. [[spoiler:Then Hans eventually ''dies'' having been tortured by Emil.]]
* SecondLove: Lillian for him, and he for her.
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[[folder:Lillian Larsen]]
!!Lillian Larsen
->'''Played by:''' Sarah Boberg\\
'''Voiced by:''' Arianne Borbach (German), Alessandra Korompay (Italian), Fumie Hôjô (Japanese)
->The head of the police department in Copenhagen.
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%% * HappilyMarried: To Hans.
* PowerHair: She has BoyishShortHair and is in charge of the Copenhagen police department.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Especially when she returns to work after Hans' death in Season 4, when she has to help Henrik with the case.
* SecondLove: Hans for her, and she for him.
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[[folder:Other members of the Swedish police]]
!!John Lundqvist
->'''Played by:''' Rafael Pettersson
->'''Voiced by:''' Viktor Neumann (German), Alessandro Budroni (Italian), Hideto Nitta (Japanese)
->The IT expert of the Malmö police department.
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* NiceGuy: John is remarkably patient and always does whatever Saga or Hans ask him to do. He doesn't bear a grudge when [[spoiler: his daughter gets shot]] and assures Saga it's not her fault.
* OfficeRomance: With Barbara, to which Saga is oblivious.
* RelationshipUpgrade: In season four, John and Barbara end up dating.
!!Rasmus Larsson
->'''Played by:''' Henrik Lundström
->'''Voiced by:''' Nico Mamone (German), Alessio Cigliano (Italian)
->A Swedish junior police detective, first introduced in Season 2. He is eager to prove his worth as a policeman, but unfortunately for both himself and his colleagues, he isn't quite as competent as he thinks he is.
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* LeeroyJenkins: He's prone to acting rashly and without fully thinking his plans through, which often causes trouble for himself and his colleagues.
!!Linn Bjorkman
->'''Played by:''' Maria Kull
->Hans' replacement after [[spoiler:his death]].
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* BaitAndSwitchTyrant: She's a bit cold and intolerant of Saga's eccentricities, thinking that Hans was too soft on her, but it becomes clear over time that Linn does care about Saga's personal well-being and respects her skills as an investigator.
* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: Hans had nothing but respect for Saga and loved her almost like a daughter, constantly thinking about her well-being and protecting her from complaints. Linn scorns this favouritism, views Saga as little more than an annoyance, and makes sure she knows it.
* KickTheDog: Might cross over with JerkassHasAPoint. We know that Saga is very insensitive and it often causes genuine problems with witnesses, family, and suspects alike - but her bringing up how Hans protected Saga's reputation feels like this when Hans is in a coma and [[spoiler:will soon die]].
* PetTheDog: Despite refusing to intervene when the police interview Saga over her mother's death, when they discover that [[spoiler:she's going to be charged]], Linn immediately tries to reassure Saga that they'll fight it and she believes she didn't do it. Saga disagrees, and is ultimately proven right.
* TheSpock: Like Saga, strangely enough. Linn is extremely meticulous and straight-edged, which means that she clashes a great deal with Saga who can cause a lot of her trouble with her tactlessness, and she disapproved of Hans' protection of Saga.
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[[folder:Other members of the Danish police]]
!!Henning Tholstrup
->'''Played by:''' Ole Boisen
->A member of the Copenhagen police who was involved in a police brutality incident before the events of Season 1.
!!Pernille Lindegaard
->'''Played by:''' Vickie Bak Laursen\\
'''Voiced by:''' Petra Konradi (German)
->A member of the Copenhagen police, introduced in Season 2.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Why she commits suicide having seen Victoria's painful death by the plague.
* BoomHeadshot: Kills herself with one in the Season 2 finale.
* DisposableLoveInterest: She and Martin have a great deal of UnresolvedSexualTension, and as they edge towards resolving it, she gets infected by Victoria's plague and commits suicide.
* DrivenToSuicide: After being infected with poison in the Season 2 finale.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Martin throughout Season 2, and a RomanticFalseLead as he only really wants Mette back.
!!Hanne Thomsen
->'''Played by:''' Kirsten Olesen
->Saga's first partner for the Season 3 case.
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* BrutalHonesty: To Saga. Tells her that they're ''not'' going to be friends.
* DisposableWoman: For a minute it appears as if she might be Saga's new partner. [[spoiler:Then she gets blown up by the suspect. Although she doesn't actually die, she never appears again.]]
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Somewhat. While there are other female characters in the police, Saga's partner is AlwaysMale. Hanne takes over for one episode, [[spoiler:then gets brutally attacked by a suspect.]]
!!Jonas Mandrup
->'''Played by:''' Mikael Birkkjær
->A member of the Copenhagen police, introduced in Season 4 and Henrik's new partner while Saga is [[spoiler:in prison]]. He is rather rude and heavily prejudiced.
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* BrutalHonesty: Like Saga, except that Jonas just doesn't care; he's kind of right about Saga being a DoomMagnet.
* {{Facepalm}}: Subtle but clear when Saga reveals in Season 4 who the baby's real father is ''right in front of'' the assumed parents.
* {{Foil}}: To Saga. Both usually come across as tactless; however, while Saga is InnocentlyInsensitive and doesn't intend to hurt or offend others, Jonas knows full well how hurtful his behaviour is -- he just doesn't care.
* HeteronormativeCrusader: He's extremely prejudiced against LGBT people, as evidenced by him constantly making homophobic remarks and referring to gay people (most notably the refugee Taariq Shirazi) by derogatory nicknames instead of using their actual names.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's constantly rude to just about everyone, especially Saga and Taariq Shirazi.
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!!Criminals
[[folder:The Truth Terrorist]]
!!The Truth Terrorist / [[spoiler:Jens Hansen]] / [[spoiler:Sebastian Sandstrod]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:[[spoiler:He doesn't exist anymore. You'll never know the pain he felt. If he was scared. If he cried. If it was a slow and cruel death. You'll have no body to bury, no grave to go to. You'll live in obliviousness.]]]]
->'''Played by:''' Lars Simonsen\\
'''Voiced by:''' Peter Reinhardt (German), Stefano Benassi (Italian), Rintarô Nishi (Japanese)
->The main antagonist of Season 1. A SerialKiller who wants to turn attention to social problems and eventually revealed to have a personal agenda against Martin. [[spoiler: His real name is Jens Hansen, a police officer who faked his death after his family died, and Martin cheated on his wife before they died, which is why he wants revenge on Martin]].
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* AntagonistInMourning: Claims to be this, eventually, over [[spoiler:August's]] death. Martin correctly points out that it doesn't change anything.
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: In season 2 he has a rather heart-wrenching moment where he starts crying and calmly discusses how, if he could go back in time, he wouldn't have killed August. This is a day before his death]].
* AxCrazy: A rather disturbing example as he's very cold and sociopathic, but it's clear that it's there. Alot of his facial expressions show just how insane he is, such as when he [[spoiler: just glares at Mette while talking to her before she knows he is the killer]].
* BadassInANiceSuit: Once we see his true identity, he has some pretty nice business suits and woolcoats.
* BadassLongcoat: He wears one during his and Martin's first combat and also when his true identity is revealed.
* BigBad: Of season 1.
* TheChessmaster: It's truly astonishing what he manages to accomplish using his intelligence and police knowledge.
* ConsultingAConvictedKiller: Martin does this with him throughout Season 2.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: [[spoiler: It seems like Sebastian has gotten a better job after he faked his death, considering he's now a wealthy consultant]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler: There's little doubt he cared about his son, even if he disliked his wife]].
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler: To Martin. Both are married police officers with loved kids, but eventually go insane and fall down due to the death of a loved one. The ending of season 2 implies Martin is going down the same path as Sebastian as well, further signifying this]].
* EvilFormerFriend: To [[spoiler:Martin.]]
* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler: Zig-zagged. Once his true motivation is revealed, it's hard to really sympathize with it as Martin hardly did much wrong intentionally, but as time goes by it truly seems like Jens was hurt and felt betrayed by Martin doing it]].
* FallenHero: [[spoiler: He used to be Jens Hansen, the best policeman around, but was broken by the death of his family and fell into depression]].
* FauxAffablyEvil: He always speaks in an eerily calm tone, even when he's threatening to kill six completely innocent children, or [[spoiler: telling Martin that August is dead, said completely without any emotion other than happiness]].
* HannibalLecture: In the final episode of Season 1 and throughout Season 2.
* InsaneTrollLogic: He wants to bring attention to homeless people, by brutally murdering them in the most gruesome ways possible. [[spoiler:Subverted when it's revealed that his whole "raising social awareness" thing was a facade all along and that his actual motivation was personal revenge.]]
* MagicPlasticSurgery: Despite the shady circumstances it happened in, Jens' plastic surgery is so thorough that apparently nobody recognises him
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: While he starts out as almost fanatically devoted to pointing out society's problems, his true motivation on getting vengeance on Martin overshadows his previous cause and quickly becomes way more important to him]].
* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler:His real motivation is to avenge his family, and it was for that purpose that he became a SerialKiller.]]
* StrawNihilist: He doesn't seem to have a very high opinion on life after [[spoiler: what happened to his son]].
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Martin's stated goal with him for Season 2. It actually succeeds, as Jens is shown sobbing with what appears to be genuine despair close to the end of his mission. [[spoiler:Then it becomes very literal as Martin killed him.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:With Martin. On Jens' end, Martin slept with his wife. On Martin's end, Jens faked his own suicide.]]
* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: How he torments [[spoiler:Martin]] after [[spoiler:August's]] death.
* WorthyOpponent: He seems very impressed by Saga's policework and casually compliments her when the police take Ferbé's phone and he tries calling him, with Saga responding instead.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Does this to Daniel Ferbé in the middle of the first season]].
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[[folder:The Animal Rights Group]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Join Us...]]
->A group of vicious animal and eco activists who always dress in the costumes seen above.
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* AffablyEvil: Niklas is rather friendly and genuinely cares for his brother.
* AntiVillain: Niklas is just a guy who wants to support his bullied younger brother and seems to actually care about animal rights.
* AnimalWrongsGroup: They commit terrorism in the name of animal rights and the envioment.
* AxCrazy: Mad Mads.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Subverted. Everyone in the group (except for Niklas) are unlikeable idiots or at the very least cowards.
* CatchPhrase: All of their video messages end with "The world is bigger than us."
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The leader of the group genuinely cares for her relatives.
** Niklas, as should be obvious from the other tropes, clearly is very protective over his younger brother Linus.
* HateSink: ''Mads''. Even the other, more vicious activist group seem disgusted by his extreme sadism.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: They are aggressive extremists who always wear masks when appearing in public.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Gertrud eventually has them all killed.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The True Season 2 Killer (spoilers)]]
!!Gertrud Kofoed ('Mikkel Höst')
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[[caption-width-right:350:The summit has been cancelled and a [[ThePlague big part of the EU's Ministers of Environment are dead]]. We killed them. Why? Because we cannot wait any longer. The time is running out. We can't let our politicians have summit after summit year after year with no results. [[VillainHasAPoint We all know we are slowly coming to a massive environmental catastrophe. And yet, with the power and resources they have, they do nothing]]. [[WellIntentionedExtremist Every important climate question is procrastinated with, that's why we made sure every old politician died - so that now, we can let new ministers in. Please don't make the same mistake as your past generation, we have our eyes at you]].]]
->'''Played by:''' Camilla Bendix
->The top scientist at a medical company who is now an ecoterrorist ringleader.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: She is initially shown to be the ringleader of a huge worldwide ecoterrorist group, and the one leading their operations, including Oliver, but it's later shown that there is ''someone above her''.
* AmbiguousSituation: Oliver assisted her in some of her crimes, but it's never made explicit how much she knew about his plans or vice versa.
* AntiVillain: Go on, admit it, you don't really disagree with her motivations. See the quote.
* AssholeVictim: She is coldly gunned down by the ''real'' ringleader after she fails to spread the plague like he wanted her to do it, but there's not much pity considering how many people that died because of her actions.
* BigBad: Of season 2.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: She contrasts with the "Truth Terrorist" in that his WellIntentionedExtremist persona ultimately turns out to be a ruse masking his actual motive, while Gertrud is genuinely devoted to her cause.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Leading scientist at a big medical company worth billions. That's how she manages to create the plague.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Despite appearances, Gertrud never seemed to care much about Oliver's obsession with Viktoria. He was just a convenient patsy and accomplice for her wider crimes, which was bringing attention to environmental crises.
* MotiveRant: The long quote is a subdued, calm one, with Gertrud never raising her voice ever, but it's very effective to say the least.
* NearVillainVictory: She very nearly succeeds with spreading the plague and causing a mass murder of millions, but she fails. This gets her killed by her unnamed master.
* PragmaticVillainy: She saves Viktoria's life because she needs her for her plan.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Is this to Oliver, who she kills in order to frame him for everything and draw all attention away from herself. And yet, it is shown that even she has a superior.
* TotalitarianUtilitarian: She wants to stop the destruction of the environment ... by engineering a series of ecoterrorist attacks and spreading an extremely aggressive synthetic plague, which she has previously tested on low-level associates of her group who [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness aren't useful to her any more]], that could kill millions.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Well duh. She wants to save the world by killing the old Environment Ministers and getting new, better ministers, while spreading ThePlague in order to teach a lesson. In a way, [[VillainHasAPoint she's right]].
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Plot-relevant. Why does brilliant scientist Gertrud put up with creepy, incestuous Oliver, who is obsessed with Viktoria, his own sister, who treats Gertrud like dirt? [[spoiler:Because she needs both of them for her plan.]]
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Minor example, but Gertrud willingly subjects herself to the HumiliationConga of Oliver's fetishes coming out in the press after she kills him, just to throw suspicion off their huge plan.
* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:In the final episode of the second season, Gertrud is cold-bloodedly gunned down by a [[TheFaceless shadowy]] GreaterScopeVillain after her plan to infect Europe's environment ministers with a virus fails.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lukas Stenstrup]]
!!Lukas Stenstrup
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->'''Played by:''' Christopher Læssø
->A charitable worker using his position to run a crime empire.
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* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler: He's surprisingly easy to negotiate with, as shown when he lets Marc and his girlfriend Jeanette go when they cannot pay any more cash to him]].
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Kind of subverted. While he certainly had it coming, he really didn't do that much villainy and Henrik nonetheless seems rather sad of his death]].
* ForTheEvulz: He had no reason to mentally torture Marc like he did, and he seems very fond of doing it.
* PetTheDog:
** [[spoiler:Despite their problems and how much they messed up, Lukas lets Marc and Jeanette go, when he could have easily killed them instead]].
** While in his office, he cheerfully greets the teens hanging out there and seems to genuinely care for them despite using the charity as a facade.
* {{Sadist}}: He's a bit too cheerful with playing RussianRoulette with his own debtor.
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[[folder:The Season 3 Killer ('''spoilers!''')]]
!!Emil Larsson
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[[caption-width-right:350: [[TragicVillain Why do I have to suffer when the responsible for my suffering don't?]]]]
->'''Played by''': Adam Pålsson
->A SerialKiller committing extremely gruesome murders, seemingly motivated by homophobia, but later revealed to be killing those who are responsible for his existence, considering the amount of suffering he was forced to go through.
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: Seeing him describe his motive one final time and how he has been suffering his entire life is very saddening]].
* BigBad: Of season 3.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: His planned fate was to hang himself with Freddie Holst, which would mimic a specific artwork. And when that fails, Saga accidentally leaves something in his cell which Larsson uses to commit suicide]].
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: The only person he describes feeling actual affection for is his dead mother.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's ''very'' good at keeping a friendly facade, but behind it, he's pretty much empty and has the emotional capacity of a brick.
* KickTheDog: Him trying to kill his own newborn brother is downright terrible and way less sympathetic than his other murders.
* TheLostLenore: His mother for him.
* SerialKiller: He kills the people responsible for his own existence.
* StrawNihilist: The epitome of this. When Saga says to him that he wanted to die, he says that's not the case; ''he never wanted to be born to begin with''.
* TragicVillain: Larsson's early life was truly horrible. His talent and biggest interest, however, has always been art and paintings, which made him feel unique... until he learned that it was hereditary, meaning that it was nothing special, he snapped. This is just one tenth of what he has been forced to go through.
* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: His whole motive is to do this intentionally to ''everyone'' who ever had a hand in his life.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: He pretends to be a surviving victim of the killer during the middle of the season in order to distract the authorities.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Season 4 Killers ('''spoilers!''')]]
!!Brian Petersen and Susanne Winter
->'''Played by:''' Elliott Crosset Hove and Sandra Yi Sencindiver
->The son and girlfriend of the late Tommy Petersen, a mob informant who was tortured and murdered after several people he trusted with his safety let him down. Brian and Susanne set out to kill a close loved one of each of the people they blame for Tommy’s death, using methods inspired by various forms of capital punishment.
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* BigBadDuumvirate: They appear to have worked as equal partners rather than as mastermind and accomplice.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Both of them, but especially Brian, whose apparent harmlessness allows him to get close to Henrik and other people who might otherwise be suspicious of him.
* EvilCripple: Brian/"Kevin".
* FalseFriend: Brian to Henrik in the guise of "Kevin."
* ForcedToWatch: It’s especially important to Brian that their targets see their loved ones die, so much so that he won’t kill Astrid as long as Henrik has his eyes shut.
* MonsterClown: They use a clown mask when attacking Leonora.
* MoralMyopia: They think that their grief over one person’s death warrants killing several innocent people, including children.
* RevengeByProxy: The purpose of their killings is to inflict pain on a person who loved each of their true targets.
* TakingTheHeat: Susanne confesses to committing all of the killings on her own in order to buy Brian time to finish their plan.
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: The detectives spend several episodes trying to track down someone named Stephanie, who turns out to have been Susanne using a different name.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Kidnapper ('''major spoilers''')]]
!!Frank Thorwald
->'''Played by:''' Anders Mossling
->The person responsible for the disappearance of Henrik’s wife and daughters. A therapist who became fixated on Alice while treating her and decided to ‘rescue’ her and the girls from Henrik. Eight years later, he becomes similarly fixated on Sofie, a single mother on the run from her abusive ex-husband, and worms his way into her life.
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* BadSamaritan: Becomes obsessed with "helping" Alice and Sofie...which is only ever a ploy to get them under his control and unable to leave him.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Seems genuinely mild-mannered and helpful but is actually controlling, dishonest, and volatile.
* EvilCounterpart: To Stefan in season one. Both are social workers who go to unprofessional and illegal extremes in order to rescue women from unhappy relationships. However, Stefan is genuinely well-intentioned, while Frank is an abusive control freak who's looking for vulnerable people to prey on himself.
* FailureToSaveMurder: To Anna, Astrid's sister and Henrik's daughter; she had appendicitis and he let her die from it rather than go to hospital.
* HairTriggerTemper: Whenever he gets told no.
* EntitledToHaveYou: He expects the women he helps to fall in love with him and gets very angry when they don’t.
* TheKindnapper: Deconstructed. He thinks he's this, and acts as though he is to Anna and Astrid (and possibly Alice), but he's just a regular monstrous kidnapper.
* NeverMyFault: Never acknowledges that he did anything wrong, even though he’s broken multiple laws, lied to Astrid for years, and was responsible for the deaths of Alice and Anna.
* ParentalSubstitute: To Anna and Astrid Sabroe, after convincing them that their parents had died in a plane crash.
* PsychoPsychologist: Became obsessed with Alice when she was his patient.
[[/folder]]
!!Other Characters
[[folder:Mette Rohde]]
!!Mette Rohde
->'''Played by:''' Puk Scharbau\\
'''Voiced by:''' Sabine Arnhold (German), Creator/MayumiAsano (Japanese)
->Martin's wife.
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* TargetedToHurtTheHero: Regardless of the tension between her and Martin that is caused by [[spoiler:the latter's infidelity]], Mette is still targeted by [[spoiler:Jens as part of his plans to get revenge.]]
* WomanScorned: She is furious when she finds out that Martin [[spoiler:cheated on her with Charlotte Söringer]], and proceeds to kick him out of the house in the middle of the night.
* {{Woobie}}: Goes through the wringer in Season 1 when [[spoiler:Martin decides to cheat on her for a one night stand, and the emotional fallout leaves her vulnerable to Jens' manipulations, who then decides to use her as a distraction for his goal of finding and killing August by trapping her and her children in a cottage and leaving her holding an unpinned grenade for dear life]]. Things get even more painful for her when she eventually finds out that she was targeted by [[spoiler:Jens because her husband also slept with his estranged wife Mikaela and it led to her and their son Rasmus' deaths in a traffic accident]]. Additional events in Season 2, like [[spoiler:Martin refusing to consummate their reconciliation due to his trauma from Jens' revenge, and the caretaker taking care of her children turning out to be a nutcase who continuously poisoned her son]], finally (and quite understandably) [[spoiler:cause her to fall out of love with Martin and break up with him]].
[[/folder]]
!!Season 1
[[folder:Daniel Ferbé]]
!!Daniel Ferbé
->'''Played by:''' Christian Hillborg
->A journalist from Malmö with a rather overinflated ego. He receives information directly from the "Truth Terrorist".
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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: He stops being so egotistical after his overdose, and decides to finally do something good, which gets him killed]].
* {{Jerkass}}: He is very self-centred, constantly mocks his colleague for no good reason, and generally tends to be rude and condescending towards others.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: He's gassed to death by Sandstrod in his car midway through season 1]].
[[/folder]]
!!Season 2
[[folder:Viktoria Nordgren]]
!!Viktoria Nordgren
->'''Played by:''' Tova Magnusson
->The head of the pharmaceutical company Medisonus.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Despite being weeks from death throughout all of Season 2, she is always well-dressed, not visibly ill most of the time, and attractive.
* BreakTheHaughty: Viktoria is not a nice person, but the entirety of Season 2 becomes this for her. Her company is under attack from terrorists, she's dying, her brother and caretaker reveals that he's in love with her, exposes himself as the terrorist, and tries to kill her. She's clearly broken when she tries to go ahead with the EU speech, where she dies slowly and painfully after realising that her sister-in-law poisoned her to make her into a living weapon.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Unintentionally so after her brother's villainy is revealed.
* IceQueen: She has a very haughty and aloof demeanour.
* IncestantAdmirer: Downplayed, but she definitely seems aware of Oliver's creepy attraction to her, and fully swings into this after he reveals himself to her.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Her mysterious illness only presents itself as this. [[spoiler:But ironically, her final cough isn't caused by her illness, but the virus she's tricked into injecting herself with by Gertrud.]]
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Unbeknownst to her, Gertrud has been manipulating her the whole time, with the ultimate goal of turning her into, essentially, a human biological weapon.]]
* YourDaysAreNumbered: She's terminally ill and doesn't have much longer to live.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Oliver Nordgren]]
!!Oliver Nordgren
->'''Played by:''' Sven Alhstrom
->Viktoria's elder brother and Gertrud's husband.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Viktoria, his ''sister''.
* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler: He assisted Gertrud with some of her crimes, but how much did he actually know about her plans? We'll never know, because Gertrud killed him as soon as his obsession with Viktoria got out of control.]]
* BigBadDuumvirate: With Gertrud.
* BigBrotherAttraction: And how. He's Viktoria's older brother and has got it bad for her; it's his sole motivation for all the terrible things he does.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Crosses over with the above trope; he punishes anyone for hurting Viktoria, but this is thoroughly deconstructed as his motives aren't brotherly.
* ButtMonkey: In-universe. He and Gertrud call out Viktoria for treating him like this, although she has her reasons, too.
* TheCaretaker: To the unwilling Viktoria.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Especially in that he uses his power to punish everyone he believes can get in the way of his sister's career and success.
* CovertPervert: Has cameras installed in Viktoria's house.
* EvilIsPetty: Sure, he's married to Gertrud, a brilliant scientist who is plotting to [[spoiler:cause a new plague]]. Oliver's motivation? Making sure he gets rid of anybody who can hurt or threaten Viktoria.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Wears glasses and is not a good person.
* LoveMakesYouEvil / LoveMakesYouCrazy: Although not good love; he's obsessed with his sister. [[spoiler:To the point where he's willing to kill her with his own hands, in order to turn her into a martyr, so others can finally love her 'the same way he does'.]]
* MotiveRant: To Viktoria, just before he tries to kill her.
* ThePeepingTom: To Viktoria.
* VillainousIncest: Although he and Viktoria don't have a sexual relationship, he is solely motivated by his feelings for her.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Caroline Brandstrup]]
!!Caroline Brandstrup
->'''Played by:''' Lotte Munk\\
'''Voiced by:''' Sabine Falkenberg (German), Aya Nakamura (Japanese)
->The head organiser of the EU environmental summit in Copenhagen.
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* SiblingYinYang: She and her sister Bodil are polar opposites. Caroline is rather introverted, diligent, and strongly believes in monogamy, whereas Bodil is outgoing, hedonistic, and enjoys casual sex.
[[/folder]]
!!Season 3
[[folder:Lise Friis Andersen]]
!!Lise Friis Andersen
->'''Played by:''' Sonja Richter
->A socially conservative vlogger.
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* BlondeRepublicanSexKitten: She's a younger, blonde conservative who forms the face of their movement.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes / PetTheDog: Although Lise is pretty horrible, she genuinely cares for her daughter and passionately defends her when she's being bullied.
* {{Jerkass}}: She's arrogant, narrow-minded, and incredibly spiteful.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Shortly after Helle Anker is murdered, Lise posts a video that harshly criticizes her.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Freddie Holst]]
!!Freddie Holst
->'''Played by:''' Nicholas Bro
->An art gallery owner and collector.
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* CrazyJealousGuy: Justified. He gets angry after finding out that Marc has endangered Jeanette ''again''. Although he and Jeanette are not romantically involved, he seems to be attracted to her and want more from their relationship. However, Marc is a complete idiot and Jeanette is pregnant with his child.
* CrimefightingWithCash / EveryManHasHisPrice: Freddie succeeds in paying off Marc and Jeanette's ruthless gangster creditors many times.
* HeroicSacrifice: Attempted. [[spoiler:Emil]] promises him to spare his newborn son if he commits suicide. [[spoiler:He does, but Emil seems willing to let the baby die anyway. Luckily, Saga and Henrik are there to intervene.]]
* LikeFatherLikeSon: PlayedForDrama. [[spoiler:Emil]] totally snapped when he discovered his talent for art was inherited from Freddie.
* PapaWolf: To his newborn son. [[spoiler:Shame he never knew about his ''other'' son, Emil.]]
* {{Protectorate}}: To Jeanette and, naturally, his son.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: At least a somewhat heroic version. He keeps Jeanette in absolute luxury and pays her under the table so that she will allow Freddie and his wife, Åsa, to adopt her child off the record.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Jeanette. It's solely a business arrangement, but it slowly becomes clear to both Freddie and Åsa that his interest in her goes way beyond that.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jeanette Nielsen]]
!!Jeanette Nielsen
->'''Played by''': Sarah-Sofie Boussnina
->A hired surrogate for Freddie and Åsa. The baby is her and Freddie's biological child, but she feels no connection to it.
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* IHaveNoSon: Refuses to have anything to do with her son after [[spoiler:Marc's death]].
* PregnantBadass: Although noticeably ''not'' a MamaBear as this trope usually is, Jeanette feels little for her baby but is still very strong, resourceful, and smart.
* PregnantHostage: The Season 3 killer kidnaps her after [[spoiler:killing Marc]] in their home. [[spoiler:Luckily, she survives and Emil seemed not to have intended to kill her; he simply wanted the baby.]]
* WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack: Marc is a habitual gambling addict, a hole that Jeanette has dug him out of many times. Except that he loses ''everything they have'' twice in the series alone (and has done it in the past) and, if not for Freddie's dubious charity, Jeanette would probably be dead at the hands of the people he owes money. Still, she insists on taking Marc back, even going behind Freddie's back to do so.
[[/folder]]
!!Season 4
[[folder:Sofie Björk]]
->'''Played by''': Lisa Linnertorp
->A victim of domestic violence whose vicious ex-husband attempts to track her down after witnessing a murder.
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* ApologisesALot: A habit she got into while married to her abusive ex.
* BrokenBird: From being physically abused by her husband Dan.
* ParentsInDistress: At the mercy of [[spoiler:Frank]] after Christoffer escapes.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Of [[spoiler:Alice, Henrik's wife]] for Frank: another troubled wife and mother who needed his "help".
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Christoffer Björk]]
->'''Played by''': Erik Lönngren
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* AccidentalMurder: Of [[spoiler:his abusive father]].
* ActionSurvivor: He threatens his father with a knife when he tries to intimidate Sofie, and escapes from the cabin that [[spoiler:Frank]] locked him in.
* BrattyTeenageSon: Although understandable given that he's been through so much trauma after watching his father abuse his mother and being taken to a cult.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Astrid [[spoiler:Sabroe]]]]
->'''Played by''': Selma Modéer Wiking
->Frank's daughter, who stays with him in the cult. [[spoiler:Actually Henrik's daughter, who Frank kidnapped years ago.]]
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* ConnectedAllAlong: [[spoiler:To Henrik. She's his daughter.]]
* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: [[spoiler:Henrik, not Frank's daughter.]]
* StockholmSyndrome: Downplayed in the last season. [[spoiler:Henrik's surviving daughter Astrid has for years been raised by Frank Wahlgren under the belief that her parents died in an aviation accident. After Frank threatens her with a rifle and she's reunited with Henrik, concerns rise about how she'll manage with the father she hasn't known for years. Astrid does feel strange about how her life has turned around, but she also acknowledges Henrik as her real father, and when asked if she wants to meet Frank after he has served his sentence, her answer is no.]]
* WalkingSpoiler
[[/folder]]
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!!The Police
[[folder:Saga Norén]]
!!Saga Norén
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[[caption-width-right:350:I'm not bossy, I'm effective.]]
->'''Played by:''' Sofia Helin\\
'''Voiced by:''' Nathalie Hugo (French), Antje von der Ahe (German), Rachele Paolelli (Italian), Creator/YukoKaida (Japanese)
->''[[{{Catchphrase}} “Saga Norén, Länskrim Malmö”]]''
->Our protagonist, a stoic policewoman with Asperger's syndrome with a dark but mysterious past. Her NoSocialSkills add up to some rather funny moments, but also some pretty interesting CharacterDevelopment.
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* AbusiveParents: It is confirmed in season 3 that Saga's mother is an absolute sociopath who keeps on manipulating her even in adulthood. It is never disclosed how Saga's father was however, as we never hear anyone explicitly talk about him.
* AccidentalMurder: In season 3 [[spoiler: Saga nearly kills John's daughter during a shootout in the office. Luckily, she survives, and John assures Saga it isn't her fault]].
* ActionGirl: She has many moments throughout the four series, but she really proves her mettle in the second series when two incredibly creepy, mask-wearing men force their way into her hotel room fully armed, and she [[CurbStompBattle overpowers them in seconds.]]
* AerithAndBob: "Saga" is an archaic, classically Nordic name, whereas her sister is named "Jennifer", an English (Cornish) name that seems a little mismatched. Downplayed to the Swedish perspective — Jennifer is a perfectly common name in Sweden and has been so for quite some time, while Saga just sounds a bit old-fashioned.
* BigDamnHeroes: Has a moment in the final episode of the series when [[spoiler: the accomplice killer, Brian/Kevin, is preparing on killing Astrid, and Saga comes from behind and shoots Kevin in the face]].
* BrutalHonesty: She is extremely blunt to the point of tactlessness.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Has some silly moments, but otherwise a very, very skilled cop.
* ByTheBookCop: Saga might just be the epitome of this trope, as she cares more about being law-abiding than the people around her. Interestingly enough, this is played for drama. Saga doesn't understand why people keep telling her that sometimes she ''shouldn't'' be this, and make exceptions when people she care for commit crimes. This leads to a very dramatic situation in season 2 when Martin [[spoiler: discretely kills Jens and leaves no proof, but Saga accidentally finds proof of the murder, and ultimately takes him in to get arrested]].
* CannotTellALie: She truly couldn't if her life depended on it, which is frequently PlayedForDrama as nearly every climax requires her to tell one.
* CatchPhrase: As seen above, her greeting to everyone she meets, "Saga Norén, Länskrim, Malmö".
* CoolCar: She loves her beautiful green Porsche very much.
* ChildHater: 'Hater' is strong, but her aversion to children and reluctance to be around them is the reason why she [[spoiler:has an abortion after realising she and Henrik will not be together if she does]], she avoids the sisters when they stays with Henrik in Season 4, and she appears genuinely surprised that anyone thinks a child's life is more valuable than an adult's in Season 1.
* DefectiveDetective: Saga is constantly isolated from people because her Asperger's syndrome makes her act rude and cold, but she doesn't get it, she thinks she's just being normal.
* DespairEventHorizon: In season 3 [[spoiler: Saga's abusive mother, Marie-Louise comes back and is out for revenge for imprisoning her for her abuse against Jennifer, and to do this Marie convinces Linn, Saga's boss that Saga is too unstable for the job and has threatened to kill her multiple times, and eventually commits suicide, posing it as if Saga did it and putting her in prison. This makes Saga suicidal, and nearly commits suicide at the same train station her sister did]].
* DoomMagnet: At the beginning of the fourth season, the tactless Jonas tells her that she's got this reputation in Denmark, after [[spoiler:Martin ended up being imprisoned for murder, Hanne got her leg blown off by a bomb, and Henrik got disciplined over his drug abuse.]]
* DoYouWantToCopulate: Her hook-up line. It often works surprisingly well.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Saga has finally realized that her obsession with being a ByTheBookCop have been limiting her during the entirety of her adult life, and is now going to branch out to other careers, throwing her badge into the water and now on a search for a new, better career. It is also implied that she and Henrik will have a lasting romantic relationship despite her mental oddities]].
* EveryoneHasStandards: She seems legitimetely saddened over [[spoiler: Anja]]'s death in the first season and says to her that she won't die, as she's dying, just to make sure she won't realize that she is dying.
* FallenHero: Downplayed in season 4, where Saga hasn't done anything remotely malicious, but she's become a [[spoiler: weak-willed and shy prison inmate]].
* FriendlessBackground: Tells Martin that he was her only friend, and maintains this throughout the series. When she finally comes to accept that she and Hans are close friends, [[spoiler:he dies.]]
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: [[spoiler:Saga aborts she and Henrik's child, but somewhat played with as Henrik believes this unforgivable, because she already told him he could have the baby.]]
* HellBentForLeather: What she pretty much always wears.
* HowDareYouDieOnMe: This is her reaction when Hans goes into a coma and later [[spoiler:dies]], as she desperately needs his help and misses him as she is being persecuted by her abusive mother.
* ICanStillFight: In season 1 this happens when [[spoiler: Sebastian]] kidnaps August and shoots Saga in the arm, but she still feels like she can fight.
* IconicOutfit: Leather trousers and her military coat, which she wears constantly.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Realises this about [[spoiler:Jens']] plan at the end of Season 1, which leads to her shooting him to prevent Martin from doing the same. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Martin still gives in and kills him, just later.]]
* ILetGwenStacyDie: About her sister, Jennifer, whose suicide Saga couldn't predict.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: She usually comes across as rude and harsh without actually intending offence, thanks to her bluntness and general lack of social skills. This is especially apparent when she's dealing with people who have recently lost loved ones.
* InsistentTerminology: She always introduces herself as "Saga Norén, Länskrim Malmö", even in casual conversations. And if someone else introduces her by just her name, she'll add the job description herself.
-->'''Henrik:''' Hello, I'm Henrik Sabroe, København Politi ... And this is my colleague, Saga Norén.\\
'''Saga:''' [irritated look] ''Länskrim Malmö.''
* JerkassHasAPoint: Her opinions aren't necessarily wrong, even if her ways of expressing them are usually pretty rude and insensitive.
** She has a point when she appears genuinely confused as to why Martin etc. are more upset about the Truth Terrorist's abduction of children. Martin's insistence that ChildrenAreInnocent doesn't wash with her - as she points out, correctly, that many of the adult victims they see didn't do anything wrong.
** Saga definitely has a point when she criticizes Kerstin Ekwall for her plan of introducing mandatory library fees. It's just that she really picked the wrong time and place to make her criticism - she was talking to Ekwall's grieving widower at the time.
** The way she keeps ragging on the Danish police for having failed to solve the case of the missing prostitute Monique in front of Martin, who himself belongs to the Danish police, is tactless to say the least, but she is right in that the way they handled the case was, in fact, a colossal failure.
* JerkassWoobie: To the point of being invoked in-universe. Saga suffers a ''lot'': she fails to protect August when she's the only person guarding him in Season 1, at the end of Season 2, loses Martin, the only friend she ever had, after he [[spoiler:kills the BigBad of Season 1]]; and then her new partner gets maimed in front of her after walking into a booby trap. However, Saga's problems mean that she struggles to communicate how any of this has affected her and so she gets frequently accused of being a pure {{Jerkass}}.
* KnightInSourArmour: Fierce, unstoppable, physical strong, badass, but also extremely blunt and, most of the time, totally unsympathetic and impassive to the plight of others.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Crazy is too strong, but again, the only time she breaks her promise is when she [[spoiler:has an abortion after previously telling Henrik she wouldn't.]] It's all because she can't stand to lose him.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: With Henrik. She struggles with his need to talk about his feelings, while she rarely explains how she feels. She also mentions that he's a much better cook than her, and he's much better with children.
* NervesOfSteel: Saga generally, but of particular note has to be when she skillfully fends off ''two'' armed men that attack her in her hotel room during the events of Series 2.
* NoPlaceForMeThere: Why she [[spoiler:has an abortion.]] She knows that she and Henrik will not be together anymore if he has their baby.
* NoSocialSkills: Saga can be bluntly insensitive, doesn't "get" humour, and is frankly upfront about sex -- all of which is implied to be due to her having some form of autism, though the creators downplayed this after receiving some (mild) criticism for her portrayal.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: She's a ByTheBookCop to the core, so in those rare cases when she does break the law, you can be certain that there is a very serious reason for it.
* RudeHeroNiceSidekick: The "rude hero" (''very'' rude) to Martin and later Henrik, though it's much more pronounced with Martin.
* TheSpock: Reconstructed. Saga is very logical and so always thinks before she acts -- but this actually makes her more disliked, suspected, and lonely, because her tendency to default to logic makes her come across as cold and aloof, and even merciless at times.
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Saga, for all her usual insistence on following the rules, does occasionally choose "good" over "lawful", such as in Season 2, when she [[spoiler:breaks into Martin's house to get evidence that the nanny Mette hired has Munchausen syndrome by proxy and make sure that the kids would be safe from her]], or in the penultimate episode of the whole show, when [[spoiler:she and her pathologist friend steal Hans's head from the mortuary and return it to his grave.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: A variant with the Season 3 killer, after [[spoiler:Hans']] death. [[spoiler:Although not Saga's actual father, Hans has become a ParentalSubstitute to her.]]
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[[folder:Martin Rohde]]
!!Martin Rohde
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->'''Played by:''' Kim Bodnia\\
'''Voiced by:''' Frank Röth (German), Pasquale Anselmo (Italian), Naomi Kusumi (Japanese)
->The secondary protagonist of the first two seasons, a family man who is less lawful and more impulsive than Saga, and therefore the more charismatic and normal of the two.
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* ActionDad: He's a father of seven and a pretty decent fighter, this proves important at the end of [[spoiler: season 1 when Jens is targetting his oldest son August as his final victim, and Martin is willing to protect him at all costs]].
* BrokenAce: After Season 1, he has shades of this due to the trauma from his failure to save August. [[spoiler:But he fully crosses it after killing Jens at the end of Season 2.]]
* ChildrenAreInnocent: A believer in this, as he tells the (unconvinced) Saga.
* CowboyCop: A very downplayed example at first, as Martin is a pretty good officer, and pretty much anyone would be considered this when compared to Saga. As the series progresses, however, his actions become more extreme.
* DeadpanSnarker: A lot of his jokes show shades of this, which often becomes hilarious as Saga really doesn't understand them and why they're funny.
* DefectiveDetective: He initially comes across as much less defective than Saga because his social skills are better, but over the course of the series it becomes clear that he has quite a few issues himself. In particular, he seems to be completely incapable of being faithful in relationships, [[spoiler:to the point where he ended up becoming an UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom as a result]].
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Of the first two seasons before Kim Bodnia decided to step out because he was unsatisfied with how the character was being written.
* FallenHero: [[spoiler: In season 1 he's arrested for a year after he injures and potentially kills an innocent woman on Jens' orders, but in season 2 he goes even further when he kills Jens after Mette breaks up with him, seeing Jens as the instigator of his recent problems, getting him sent to prison for 10 years]].
* TheHeart: To Saga, especially as he has to do most of the emotional lifting.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: The issue that Martin faces at the end of Season 1. [[spoiler:But he eventually gives in and does it anyway, just in Season 2.]]
* TheMcCoy: In clear contrast to [[TheSpock Saga]], Martin is emotional, hot-headed, and impulsive.
* OnlyFriend: To Saga. [[spoiler:Made even more tragic when she refuses to see him after he goes to prison.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: Invoked in-universe. [[spoiler:Jens]] believes he's handing this out when he [[spoiler:kills Martin's eldest son, August]] to punish Martin for the death of his own son. However, Martin wasn't directly responsible for his son's death at all, making it highly lampshaded and criticised.
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Although they don't overlap in person, Martin is the "roguish male" to Henrik's "noble".
* PapaWolf: Played with. He is somewhat neglectful of his many children, but all this changes after [[spoiler:August's murder, which fully transforms him into one.]]
* PutOnABusToHell: Is written out by [[spoiler:going to prison for killing Jens.]]
* ReallyGetsAround: His wife Mette isn't the only person he has had sex with during their marriage, to say the least, not to mention that they have seven children together. This is especially impressive when you realize that he's just got a ''vasectomy'', and is still going.
** I feel like it's worth mentioning that Mette isn't mother to all of his children, he has 7 kids by 3 different women, which just furthers the point.
* RedOniBlueOni: Although it largely depends on the episode, Martin is for the most part the red to Saga's blue.
* RudeHeroNiceSidekick: The "nice sidekick" to Saga's "rude hero". Even when he can be much more emotional and illogical than her, he's still gentler and kinder, especially to victims and their families.
* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler:What Jens wished to instigate in him by killing August. It takes a while, but he sadly succeeds, as Martin kills him.]]
* StepfordSmiler: In Season 2 after [[spoiler:August's death]], he tries his best to get over it, but fails and ultimately gives in to his despair.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In season 1 [[spoiler: Martin having an affair with Jens' wife before she dies is what caused him to go insane and have a StartOfDarkness, meaning that Martin is very indirectly responsible for the killings in that season]].
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: His relationship with his children and wife Mette, especially August, as he admits.
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[[folder:Henrik Sabroe]]
!!Henrik Sabroe
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->'''Played by:''' Thure Lindhardt\\
'''Voiced by:''' Gerrit Schmidt-Foß (German), Creator/KazuyukiOkitsu (Japanese)
->The secondary protagonist of the latter two seasons.
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Martin. While Martin is personable, charismatic, and has a large family with many children, Henrik is devastated by the disappearance of his young daughters and the death of his wife many years before, and hasn't moved on. While both lose a child, Martin's is organised so he knows exactly how and why he's losing his son, which Henrik doesn't learn for many years. Martin ReallyGetsAround but never tries it on with Saga, while Henrik doesn't have a relationship with anyone else but Saga, and apparently hasn't since his wife's disappearance.
* DefectiveDetective: He has a drug problem, which [[FunctionalAddict doesn't directly affect his professional performance]], but endangers his health and [[spoiler:makes him vulnerable to blackmail]], and in addition, he [[spoiler:is traumatized by the disappearance of his family]].
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Of seasons 3 and 4, taking over the role from Martin.
* FunctionalAddict: He takes medication against insomnia, then takes stimulants to counter the effects of the sleep aid during the day. He does not get high, and it does not affect his professional performance negatively. However, [[spoiler:his illegally obtaining the stimulants opens him up to blackmail; he can't quit without going through withdrawal; and eventually he overdoses]].
* ISeeDeadPeople: Played with. He sees his wife, Alice, and his daughters, but he sees them [[JacobMarleyApparel exactly as they were when they disappeared.]] Played for realistic drama as he cannot see (or imagine) them when he becomes more attached to Saga, which causes him a great deal of grief.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Downplayed, but the "feminine boy" to Saga's "masculine girl". He's much more emotional, perceptive, easily hurt, and wants to talk about his feelings, as opposed to Saga, who is tough, firm, and refuses to talk about ''anything'' emotional.
* TheMcCoy: Downplayed in contrast to Martin, but he cares deeply about several characters, especially [[spoiler:Astrid]] and takes care of Saga.
* MyGreatestFailure: His failure to find his wife and daughters, especially his daughters, as he tells them after [[spoiler:his wife's body is found.]]
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Although they don't overlap InUniverse, Henrik is the "noble male" to Martin's "roguish male".
* PhotographicMemory: Henrik appears to have this; in one episode, he scans a crime scene, and, when questioned, says he is making a mental map. He can spontaneously recall details from files he has read, from crime scenes, and license plates he has seen briefly. He is visibly frustrated when a colleague cannot instantly recall a license plate number like he can.
* PornStache: Has one.
* SecondLove: Saga, after his wife, Alice.
* SurvivorsGuilt: Of being the SoleSurvivor of his family's disappearance.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: His reaction to learning that [[spoiler:Saga aborted their child, having promised him she would keep it.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hans Petterson]]
!!Hans Petterson
->'''Played by:''' Dag Malmberg\\
'''Voiced by:''' Florian Krüger-Shantin (German), Rodolfo Bianchi (Italian), Creator/KinryuArimoto (Japanese)
->The head of the police department in Malmö.
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* AFatherToHisMen: He cares deeply about his subordinates, especially Saga.
* [[spoiler:KillTheCutie: He is Saga's father figure and HappilyMarried to Lillian - until he gets brutally killed off in the middle of Season 3.]]
* TheKirk: He needs to mediate between Saga's issues and the hot-headed Danes.
* ParentalSubstitute: To Saga. Made clear in Season 3 that he is more of a father to Saga than her real AbusiveParents.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Between Season 2 and 3 with Lillian.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: PlayedForDrama. He is extremely understanding of Saga's problems and even went as far to suppress complaints against her, which devastates her when she finds out.
* SacrificialLion: To Season 3. We know that the Season 3 killer is extremely dangerous, especially when he abducts Hans. [[spoiler:Then Hans eventually ''dies'' having been tortured by Emil.]]
* SecondLove: Lillian for him, and he for her.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lillian Larsen]]
!!Lillian Larsen
->'''Played by:''' Sarah Boberg\\
'''Voiced by:''' Arianne Borbach (German), Alessandra Korompay (Italian), Fumie Hôjô (Japanese)
->The head of the police department in Copenhagen.
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%% * HappilyMarried: To Hans.
* PowerHair: She has BoyishShortHair and is in charge of the Copenhagen police department.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Especially when she returns to work after Hans' death in Season 4, when she has to help Henrik with the case.
* SecondLove: Hans for her, and she for him.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Other members of the Swedish police]]
!!John Lundqvist
->'''Played by:''' Rafael Pettersson
->'''Voiced by:''' Viktor Neumann (German), Alessandro Budroni (Italian), Hideto Nitta (Japanese)
->The IT expert of the Malmö police department.
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* NiceGuy: John is remarkably patient and always does whatever Saga or Hans ask him to do. He doesn't bear a grudge when [[spoiler: his daughter gets shot]] and assures Saga it's not her fault.
* OfficeRomance: With Barbara, to which Saga is oblivious.
* RelationshipUpgrade: In season four, John and Barbara end up dating.
!!Rasmus Larsson
->'''Played by:''' Henrik Lundström
->'''Voiced by:''' Nico Mamone (German), Alessio Cigliano (Italian)
->A Swedish junior police detective, first introduced in Season 2. He is eager to prove his worth as a policeman, but unfortunately for both himself and his colleagues, he isn't quite as competent as he thinks he is.
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* LeeroyJenkins: He's prone to acting rashly and without fully thinking his plans through, which often causes trouble for himself and his colleagues.
!!Linn Bjorkman
->'''Played by:''' Maria Kull
->Hans' replacement after [[spoiler:his death]].
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* BaitAndSwitchTyrant: She's a bit cold and intolerant of Saga's eccentricities, thinking that Hans was too soft on her, but it becomes clear over time that Linn does care about Saga's personal well-being and respects her skills as an investigator.
* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: Hans had nothing but respect for Saga and loved her almost like a daughter, constantly thinking about her well-being and protecting her from complaints. Linn scorns this favouritism, views Saga as little more than an annoyance, and makes sure she knows it.
* KickTheDog: Might cross over with JerkassHasAPoint. We know that Saga is very insensitive and it often causes genuine problems with witnesses, family, and suspects alike - but her bringing up how Hans protected Saga's reputation feels like this when Hans is in a coma and [[spoiler:will soon die]].
* PetTheDog: Despite refusing to intervene when the police interview Saga over her mother's death, when they discover that [[spoiler:she's going to be charged]], Linn immediately tries to reassure Saga that they'll fight it and she believes she didn't do it. Saga disagrees, and is ultimately proven right.
* TheSpock: Like Saga, strangely enough. Linn is extremely meticulous and straight-edged, which means that she clashes a great deal with Saga who can cause a lot of her trouble with her tactlessness, and she disapproved of Hans' protection of Saga.
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[[folder:Other members of the Danish police]]
!!Henning Tholstrup
->'''Played by:''' Ole Boisen
->A member of the Copenhagen police who was involved in a police brutality incident before the events of Season 1.
!!Pernille Lindegaard
->'''Played by:''' Vickie Bak Laursen\\
'''Voiced by:''' Petra Konradi (German)
->A member of the Copenhagen police, introduced in Season 2.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Why she commits suicide having seen Victoria's painful death by the plague.
* BoomHeadshot: Kills herself with one in the Season 2 finale.
* DisposableLoveInterest: She and Martin have a great deal of UnresolvedSexualTension, and as they edge towards resolving it, she gets infected by Victoria's plague and commits suicide.
* DrivenToSuicide: After being infected with poison in the Season 2 finale.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Martin throughout Season 2, and a RomanticFalseLead as he only really wants Mette back.
!!Hanne Thomsen
->'''Played by:''' Kirsten Olesen
->Saga's first partner for the Season 3 case.
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* BrutalHonesty: To Saga. Tells her that they're ''not'' going to be friends.
* DisposableWoman: For a minute it appears as if she might be Saga's new partner. [[spoiler:Then she gets blown up by the suspect. Although she doesn't actually die, she never appears again.]]
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Somewhat. While there are other female characters in the police, Saga's partner is AlwaysMale. Hanne takes over for one episode, [[spoiler:then gets brutally attacked by a suspect.]]
!!Jonas Mandrup
->'''Played by:''' Mikael Birkkjær
->A member of the Copenhagen police, introduced in Season 4 and Henrik's new partner while Saga is [[spoiler:in prison]]. He is rather rude and heavily prejudiced.
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* BrutalHonesty: Like Saga, except that Jonas just doesn't care; he's kind of right about Saga being a DoomMagnet.
* {{Facepalm}}: Subtle but clear when Saga reveals in Season 4 who the baby's real father is ''right in front of'' the assumed parents.
* {{Foil}}: To Saga. Both usually come across as tactless; however, while Saga is InnocentlyInsensitive and doesn't intend to hurt or offend others, Jonas knows full well how hurtful his behaviour is -- he just doesn't care.
* HeteronormativeCrusader: He's extremely prejudiced against LGBT people, as evidenced by him constantly making homophobic remarks and referring to gay people (most notably the refugee Taariq Shirazi) by derogatory nicknames instead of using their actual names.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's constantly rude to just about everyone, especially Saga and Taariq Shirazi.
[[/folder]]
!!Criminals
[[folder:The Truth Terrorist]]
!!The Truth Terrorist / [[spoiler:Jens Hansen]] / [[spoiler:Sebastian Sandstrod]]
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[[caption-width-right:255:[[WellIntentionedExtremist The Truth...]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:[[spoiler:He doesn't exist anymore. You'll never know the pain he felt. If he was scared. If he cried. If it was a slow and cruel death. You'll have no body to bury, no grave to go to. You'll live in obliviousness.]]]]
->'''Played by:''' Lars Simonsen\\
'''Voiced by:''' Peter Reinhardt (German), Stefano Benassi (Italian), Rintarô Nishi (Japanese)
->The main antagonist of Season 1. A SerialKiller who wants to turn attention to social problems and eventually revealed to have a personal agenda against Martin. [[spoiler: His real name is Jens Hansen, a police officer who faked his death after his family died, and Martin cheated on his wife before they died, which is why he wants revenge on Martin]].
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* AntagonistInMourning: Claims to be this, eventually, over [[spoiler:August's]] death. Martin correctly points out that it doesn't change anything.
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: In season 2 he has a rather heart-wrenching moment where he starts crying and calmly discusses how, if he could go back in time, he wouldn't have killed August. This is a day before his death]].
* AxCrazy: A rather disturbing example as he's very cold and sociopathic, but it's clear that it's there. Alot of his facial expressions show just how insane he is, such as when he [[spoiler: just glares at Mette while talking to her before she knows he is the killer]].
* BadassInANiceSuit: Once we see his true identity, he has some pretty nice business suits and woolcoats.
* BadassLongcoat: He wears one during his and Martin's first combat and also when his true identity is revealed.
* BigBad: Of season 1.
* TheChessmaster: It's truly astonishing what he manages to accomplish using his intelligence and police knowledge.
* ConsultingAConvictedKiller: Martin does this with him throughout Season 2.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: [[spoiler: It seems like Sebastian has gotten a better job after he faked his death, considering he's now a wealthy consultant]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler: There's little doubt he cared about his son, even if he disliked his wife]].
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler: To Martin. Both are married police officers with loved kids, but eventually go insane and fall down due to the death of a loved one. The ending of season 2 implies Martin is going down the same path as Sebastian as well, further signifying this]].
* EvilFormerFriend: To [[spoiler:Martin.]]
* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler: Zig-zagged. Once his true motivation is revealed, it's hard to really sympathize with it as Martin hardly did much wrong intentionally, but as time goes by it truly seems like Jens was hurt and felt betrayed by Martin doing it]].
* FallenHero: [[spoiler: He used to be Jens Hansen, the best policeman around, but was broken by the death of his family and fell into depression]].
* FauxAffablyEvil: He always speaks in an eerily calm tone, even when he's threatening to kill six completely innocent children, or [[spoiler: telling Martin that August is dead, said completely without any emotion other than happiness]].
* HannibalLecture: In the final episode of Season 1 and throughout Season 2.
* InsaneTrollLogic: He wants to bring attention to homeless people, by brutally murdering them in the most gruesome ways possible. [[spoiler:Subverted when it's revealed that his whole "raising social awareness" thing was a facade all along and that his actual motivation was personal revenge.]]
* MagicPlasticSurgery: Despite the shady circumstances it happened in, Jens' plastic surgery is so thorough that apparently nobody recognises him
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: While he starts out as almost fanatically devoted to pointing out society's problems, his true motivation on getting vengeance on Martin overshadows his previous cause and quickly becomes way more important to him]].
* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler:His real motivation is to avenge his family, and it was for that purpose that he became a SerialKiller.]]
* StrawNihilist: He doesn't seem to have a very high opinion on life after [[spoiler: what happened to his son]].
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Martin's stated goal with him for Season 2. It actually succeeds, as Jens is shown sobbing with what appears to be genuine despair close to the end of his mission. [[spoiler:Then it becomes very literal as Martin killed him.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:With Martin. On Jens' end, Martin slept with his wife. On Martin's end, Jens faked his own suicide.]]
* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: How he torments [[spoiler:Martin]] after [[spoiler:August's]] death.
* WorthyOpponent: He seems very impressed by Saga's policework and casually compliments her when the police take Ferbé's phone and he tries calling him, with Saga responding instead.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Does this to Daniel Ferbé in the middle of the first season]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Animal Rights Group]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Join Us...]]
->A group of vicious animal and eco activists who always dress in the costumes seen above.
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* AffablyEvil: Niklas is rather friendly and genuinely cares for his brother.
* AntiVillain: Niklas is just a guy who wants to support his bullied younger brother and seems to actually care about animal rights.
* AnimalWrongsGroup: They commit terrorism in the name of animal rights and the envioment.
* AxCrazy: Mad Mads.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Subverted. Everyone in the group (except for Niklas) are unlikeable idiots or at the very least cowards.
* CatchPhrase: All of their video messages end with "The world is bigger than us."
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The leader of the group genuinely cares for her relatives.
** Niklas, as should be obvious from the other tropes, clearly is very protective over his younger brother Linus.
* HateSink: ''Mads''. Even the other, more vicious activist group seem disgusted by his extreme sadism.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: They are aggressive extremists who always wear masks when appearing in public.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Gertrud eventually has them all killed.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The True Season 2 Killer (spoilers)]]
!!Gertrud Kofoed ('Mikkel Höst')
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[[caption-width-right:350:The summit has been cancelled and a [[ThePlague big part of the EU's Ministers of Environment are dead]]. We killed them. Why? Because we cannot wait any longer. The time is running out. We can't let our politicians have summit after summit year after year with no results. [[VillainHasAPoint We all know we are slowly coming to a massive environmental catastrophe. And yet, with the power and resources they have, they do nothing]]. [[WellIntentionedExtremist Every important climate question is procrastinated with, that's why we made sure every old politician died - so that now, we can let new ministers in. Please don't make the same mistake as your past generation, we have our eyes at you]].]]
->'''Played by:''' Camilla Bendix
->The top scientist at a medical company who is now an ecoterrorist ringleader.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: She is initially shown to be the ringleader of a huge worldwide ecoterrorist group, and the one leading their operations, including Oliver, but it's later shown that there is ''someone above her''.
* AmbiguousSituation: Oliver assisted her in some of her crimes, but it's never made explicit how much she knew about his plans or vice versa.
* AntiVillain: Go on, admit it, you don't really disagree with her motivations. See the quote.
* AssholeVictim: She is coldly gunned down by the ''real'' ringleader after she fails to spread the plague like he wanted her to do it, but there's not much pity considering how many people that died because of her actions.
* BigBad: Of season 2.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: She contrasts with the "Truth Terrorist" in that his WellIntentionedExtremist persona ultimately turns out to be a ruse masking his actual motive, while Gertrud is genuinely devoted to her cause.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Leading scientist at a big medical company worth billions. That's how she manages to create the plague.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Despite appearances, Gertrud never seemed to care much about Oliver's obsession with Viktoria. He was just a convenient patsy and accomplice for her wider crimes, which was bringing attention to environmental crises.
* MotiveRant: The long quote is a subdued, calm one, with Gertrud never raising her voice ever, but it's very effective to say the least.
* NearVillainVictory: She very nearly succeeds with spreading the plague and causing a mass murder of millions, but she fails. This gets her killed by her unnamed master.
* PragmaticVillainy: She saves Viktoria's life because she needs her for her plan.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Is this to Oliver, who she kills in order to frame him for everything and draw all attention away from herself. And yet, it is shown that even she has a superior.
* TotalitarianUtilitarian: She wants to stop the destruction of the environment ... by engineering a series of ecoterrorist attacks and spreading an extremely aggressive synthetic plague, which she has previously tested on low-level associates of her group who [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness aren't useful to her any more]], that could kill millions.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Well duh. She wants to save the world by killing the old Environment Ministers and getting new, better ministers, while spreading ThePlague in order to teach a lesson. In a way, [[VillainHasAPoint she's right]].
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Plot-relevant. Why does brilliant scientist Gertrud put up with creepy, incestuous Oliver, who is obsessed with Viktoria, his own sister, who treats Gertrud like dirt? [[spoiler:Because she needs both of them for her plan.]]
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Minor example, but Gertrud willingly subjects herself to the HumiliationConga of Oliver's fetishes coming out in the press after she kills him, just to throw suspicion off their huge plan.
* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:In the final episode of the second season, Gertrud is cold-bloodedly gunned down by a [[TheFaceless shadowy]] GreaterScopeVillain after her plan to infect Europe's environment ministers with a virus fails.]]
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[[folder:Lukas Stenstrup]]
!!Lukas Stenstrup
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->'''Played by:''' Christopher Læssø
->A charitable worker using his position to run a crime empire.
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* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler: He's surprisingly easy to negotiate with, as shown when he lets Marc and his girlfriend Jeanette go when they cannot pay any more cash to him]].
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Kind of subverted. While he certainly had it coming, he really didn't do that much villainy and Henrik nonetheless seems rather sad of his death]].
* ForTheEvulz: He had no reason to mentally torture Marc like he did, and he seems very fond of doing it.
* PetTheDog:
** [[spoiler:Despite their problems and how much they messed up, Lukas lets Marc and Jeanette go, when he could have easily killed them instead]].
** While in his office, he cheerfully greets the teens hanging out there and seems to genuinely care for them despite using the charity as a facade.
* {{Sadist}}: He's a bit too cheerful with playing RussianRoulette with his own debtor.
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[[folder:The Season 3 Killer ('''spoilers!''')]]
!!Emil Larsson
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[[caption-width-right:350: [[TragicVillain Why do I have to suffer when the responsible for my suffering don't?]]]]
->'''Played by''': Adam Pålsson
->A SerialKiller committing extremely gruesome murders, seemingly motivated by homophobia, but later revealed to be killing those who are responsible for his existence, considering the amount of suffering he was forced to go through.
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: Seeing him describe his motive one final time and how he has been suffering his entire life is very saddening]].
* BigBad: Of season 3.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: His planned fate was to hang himself with Freddie Holst, which would mimic a specific artwork. And when that fails, Saga accidentally leaves something in his cell which Larsson uses to commit suicide]].
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: The only person he describes feeling actual affection for is his dead mother.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's ''very'' good at keeping a friendly facade, but behind it, he's pretty much empty and has the emotional capacity of a brick.
* KickTheDog: Him trying to kill his own newborn brother is downright terrible and way less sympathetic than his other murders.
* TheLostLenore: His mother for him.
* SerialKiller: He kills the people responsible for his own existence.
* StrawNihilist: The epitome of this. When Saga says to him that he wanted to die, he says that's not the case; ''he never wanted to be born to begin with''.
* TragicVillain: Larsson's early life was truly horrible. His talent and biggest interest, however, has always been art and paintings, which made him feel unique... until he learned that it was hereditary, meaning that it was nothing special, he snapped. This is just one tenth of what he has been forced to go through.
* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: His whole motive is to do this intentionally to ''everyone'' who ever had a hand in his life.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: He pretends to be a surviving victim of the killer during the middle of the season in order to distract the authorities.
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[[folder:The Season 4 Killers ('''spoilers!''')]]
!!Brian Petersen and Susanne Winter
->'''Played by:''' Elliott Crosset Hove and Sandra Yi Sencindiver
->The son and girlfriend of the late Tommy Petersen, a mob informant who was tortured and murdered after several people he trusted with his safety let him down. Brian and Susanne set out to kill a close loved one of each of the people they blame for Tommy’s death, using methods inspired by various forms of capital punishment.
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* BigBadDuumvirate: They appear to have worked as equal partners rather than as mastermind and accomplice.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Both of them, but especially Brian, whose apparent harmlessness allows him to get close to Henrik and other people who might otherwise be suspicious of him.
* EvilCripple: Brian/"Kevin".
* FalseFriend: Brian to Henrik in the guise of "Kevin."
* ForcedToWatch: It’s especially important to Brian that their targets see their loved ones die, so much so that he won’t kill Astrid as long as Henrik has his eyes shut.
* MonsterClown: They use a clown mask when attacking Leonora.
* MoralMyopia: They think that their grief over one person’s death warrants killing several innocent people, including children.
* RevengeByProxy: The purpose of their killings is to inflict pain on a person who loved each of their true targets.
* TakingTheHeat: Susanne confesses to committing all of the killings on her own in order to buy Brian time to finish their plan.
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: The detectives spend several episodes trying to track down someone named Stephanie, who turns out to have been Susanne using a different name.
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[[folder:The Kidnapper ('''major spoilers''')]]
!!Frank Thorwald
->'''Played by:''' Anders Mossling
->The person responsible for the disappearance of Henrik’s wife and daughters. A therapist who became fixated on Alice while treating her and decided to ‘rescue’ her and the girls from Henrik. Eight years later, he becomes similarly fixated on Sofie, a single mother on the run from her abusive ex-husband, and worms his way into her life.
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* BadSamaritan: Becomes obsessed with "helping" Alice and Sofie...which is only ever a ploy to get them under his control and unable to leave him.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Seems genuinely mild-mannered and helpful but is actually controlling, dishonest, and volatile.
* EvilCounterpart: To Stefan in season one. Both are social workers who go to unprofessional and illegal extremes in order to rescue women from unhappy relationships. However, Stefan is genuinely well-intentioned, while Frank is an abusive control freak who's looking for vulnerable people to prey on himself.
* FailureToSaveMurder: To Anna, Astrid's sister and Henrik's daughter; she had appendicitis and he let her die from it rather than go to hospital.
* HairTriggerTemper: Whenever he gets told no.
* EntitledToHaveYou: He expects the women he helps to fall in love with him and gets very angry when they don’t.
* TheKindnapper: Deconstructed. He thinks he's this, and acts as though he is to Anna and Astrid (and possibly Alice), but he's just a regular monstrous kidnapper.
* NeverMyFault: Never acknowledges that he did anything wrong, even though he’s broken multiple laws, lied to Astrid for years, and was responsible for the deaths of Alice and Anna.
* ParentalSubstitute: To Anna and Astrid Sabroe, after convincing them that their parents had died in a plane crash.
* PsychoPsychologist: Became obsessed with Alice when she was his patient.
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!!Other Characters
[[folder:Mette Rohde]]
!!Mette Rohde
->'''Played by:''' Puk Scharbau\\
'''Voiced by:''' Sabine Arnhold (German), Creator/MayumiAsano (Japanese)
->Martin's wife.
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* TargetedToHurtTheHero: Regardless of the tension between her and Martin that is caused by [[spoiler:the latter's infidelity]], Mette is still targeted by [[spoiler:Jens as part of his plans to get revenge.]]
* WomanScorned: She is furious when she finds out that Martin [[spoiler:cheated on her with Charlotte Söringer]], and proceeds to kick him out of the house in the middle of the night.
* {{Woobie}}: Goes through the wringer in Season 1 when [[spoiler:Martin decides to cheat on her for a one night stand, and the emotional fallout leaves her vulnerable to Jens' manipulations, who then decides to use her as a distraction for his goal of finding and killing August by trapping her and her children in a cottage and leaving her holding an unpinned grenade for dear life]]. Things get even more painful for her when she eventually finds out that she was targeted by [[spoiler:Jens because her husband also slept with his estranged wife Mikaela and it led to her and their son Rasmus' deaths in a traffic accident]]. Additional events in Season 2, like [[spoiler:Martin refusing to consummate their reconciliation due to his trauma from Jens' revenge, and the caretaker taking care of her children turning out to be a nutcase who continuously poisoned her son]], finally (and quite understandably) [[spoiler:cause her to fall out of love with Martin and break up with him]].
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!!Season 1
[[folder:Daniel Ferbé]]
!!Daniel Ferbé
->'''Played by:''' Christian Hillborg
->A journalist from Malmö with a rather overinflated ego. He receives information directly from the "Truth Terrorist".
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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: He stops being so egotistical after his overdose, and decides to finally do something good, which gets him killed]].
* {{Jerkass}}: He is very self-centred, constantly mocks his colleague for no good reason, and generally tends to be rude and condescending towards others.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: He's gassed to death by Sandstrod in his car midway through season 1]].
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!!Season 2
[[folder:Viktoria Nordgren]]
!!Viktoria Nordgren
->'''Played by:''' Tova Magnusson
->The head of the pharmaceutical company Medisonus.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Despite being weeks from death throughout all of Season 2, she is always well-dressed, not visibly ill most of the time, and attractive.
* BreakTheHaughty: Viktoria is not a nice person, but the entirety of Season 2 becomes this for her. Her company is under attack from terrorists, she's dying, her brother and caretaker reveals that he's in love with her, exposes himself as the terrorist, and tries to kill her. She's clearly broken when she tries to go ahead with the EU speech, where she dies slowly and painfully after realising that her sister-in-law poisoned her to make her into a living weapon.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Unintentionally so after her brother's villainy is revealed.
* IceQueen: She has a very haughty and aloof demeanour.
* IncestantAdmirer: Downplayed, but she definitely seems aware of Oliver's creepy attraction to her, and fully swings into this after he reveals himself to her.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Her mysterious illness only presents itself as this. [[spoiler:But ironically, her final cough isn't caused by her illness, but the virus she's tricked into injecting herself with by Gertrud.]]
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Unbeknownst to her, Gertrud has been manipulating her the whole time, with the ultimate goal of turning her into, essentially, a human biological weapon.]]
* YourDaysAreNumbered: She's terminally ill and doesn't have much longer to live.
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[[folder:Oliver Nordgren]]
!!Oliver Nordgren
->'''Played by:''' Sven Alhstrom
->Viktoria's elder brother and Gertrud's husband.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Viktoria, his ''sister''.
* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler: He assisted Gertrud with some of her crimes, but how much did he actually know about her plans? We'll never know, because Gertrud killed him as soon as his obsession with Viktoria got out of control.]]
* BigBadDuumvirate: With Gertrud.
* BigBrotherAttraction: And how. He's Viktoria's older brother and has got it bad for her; it's his sole motivation for all the terrible things he does.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Crosses over with the above trope; he punishes anyone for hurting Viktoria, but this is thoroughly deconstructed as his motives aren't brotherly.
* ButtMonkey: In-universe. He and Gertrud call out Viktoria for treating him like this, although she has her reasons, too.
* TheCaretaker: To the unwilling Viktoria.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Especially in that he uses his power to punish everyone he believes can get in the way of his sister's career and success.
* CovertPervert: Has cameras installed in Viktoria's house.
* EvilIsPetty: Sure, he's married to Gertrud, a brilliant scientist who is plotting to [[spoiler:cause a new plague]]. Oliver's motivation? Making sure he gets rid of anybody who can hurt or threaten Viktoria.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Wears glasses and is not a good person.
* LoveMakesYouEvil / LoveMakesYouCrazy: Although not good love; he's obsessed with his sister. [[spoiler:To the point where he's willing to kill her with his own hands, in order to turn her into a martyr, so others can finally love her 'the same way he does'.]]
* MotiveRant: To Viktoria, just before he tries to kill her.
* ThePeepingTom: To Viktoria.
* VillainousIncest: Although he and Viktoria don't have a sexual relationship, he is solely motivated by his feelings for her.
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[[folder:Caroline Brandstrup]]
!!Caroline Brandstrup
->'''Played by:''' Lotte Munk\\
'''Voiced by:''' Sabine Falkenberg (German), Aya Nakamura (Japanese)
->The head organiser of the EU environmental summit in Copenhagen.
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* SiblingYinYang: She and her sister Bodil are polar opposites. Caroline is rather introverted, diligent, and strongly believes in monogamy, whereas Bodil is outgoing, hedonistic, and enjoys casual sex.
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!!Season 3
[[folder:Lise Friis Andersen]]
!!Lise Friis Andersen
->'''Played by:''' Sonja Richter
->A socially conservative vlogger.
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* BlondeRepublicanSexKitten: She's a younger, blonde conservative who forms the face of their movement.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes / PetTheDog: Although Lise is pretty horrible, she genuinely cares for her daughter and passionately defends her when she's being bullied.
* {{Jerkass}}: She's arrogant, narrow-minded, and incredibly spiteful.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Shortly after Helle Anker is murdered, Lise posts a video that harshly criticizes her.
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[[folder:Freddie Holst]]
!!Freddie Holst
->'''Played by:''' Nicholas Bro
->An art gallery owner and collector.
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* CrazyJealousGuy: Justified. He gets angry after finding out that Marc has endangered Jeanette ''again''. Although he and Jeanette are not romantically involved, he seems to be attracted to her and want more from their relationship. However, Marc is a complete idiot and Jeanette is pregnant with his child.
* CrimefightingWithCash / EveryManHasHisPrice: Freddie succeeds in paying off Marc and Jeanette's ruthless gangster creditors many times.
* HeroicSacrifice: Attempted. [[spoiler:Emil]] promises him to spare his newborn son if he commits suicide. [[spoiler:He does, but Emil seems willing to let the baby die anyway. Luckily, Saga and Henrik are there to intervene.]]
* LikeFatherLikeSon: PlayedForDrama. [[spoiler:Emil]] totally snapped when he discovered his talent for art was inherited from Freddie.
* PapaWolf: To his newborn son. [[spoiler:Shame he never knew about his ''other'' son, Emil.]]
* {{Protectorate}}: To Jeanette and, naturally, his son.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: At least a somewhat heroic version. He keeps Jeanette in absolute luxury and pays her under the table so that she will allow Freddie and his wife, Åsa, to adopt her child off the record.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Jeanette. It's solely a business arrangement, but it slowly becomes clear to both Freddie and Åsa that his interest in her goes way beyond that.
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[[folder:Jeanette Nielsen]]
!!Jeanette Nielsen
->'''Played by''': Sarah-Sofie Boussnina
->A hired surrogate for Freddie and Åsa. The baby is her and Freddie's biological child, but she feels no connection to it.
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* IHaveNoSon: Refuses to have anything to do with her son after [[spoiler:Marc's death]].
* PregnantBadass: Although noticeably ''not'' a MamaBear as this trope usually is, Jeanette feels little for her baby but is still very strong, resourceful, and smart.
* PregnantHostage: The Season 3 killer kidnaps her after [[spoiler:killing Marc]] in their home. [[spoiler:Luckily, she survives and Emil seemed not to have intended to kill her; he simply wanted the baby.]]
* WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack: Marc is a habitual gambling addict, a hole that Jeanette has dug him out of many times. Except that he loses ''everything they have'' twice in the series alone (and has done it in the past) and, if not for Freddie's dubious charity, Jeanette would probably be dead at the hands of the people he owes money. Still, she insists on taking Marc back, even going behind Freddie's back to do so.
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!!Season 4
[[folder:Sofie Björk]]
->'''Played by''': Lisa Linnertorp
->A victim of domestic violence whose vicious ex-husband attempts to track her down after witnessing a murder.
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* ApologisesALot: A habit she got into while married to her abusive ex.
* BrokenBird: From being physically abused by her husband Dan.
* ParentsInDistress: At the mercy of [[spoiler:Frank]] after Christoffer escapes.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Of [[spoiler:Alice, Henrik's wife]] for Frank: another troubled wife and mother who needed his "help".
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[[folder:Christoffer Björk]]
->'''Played by''': Erik Lönngren
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* AccidentalMurder: Of [[spoiler:his abusive father]].
* ActionSurvivor: He threatens his father with a knife when he tries to intimidate Sofie, and escapes from the cabin that [[spoiler:Frank]] locked him in.
* BrattyTeenageSon: Although understandable given that he's been through so much trauma after watching his father abuse his mother and being taken to a cult.
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[[folder:Astrid [[spoiler:Sabroe]]]]
->'''Played by''': Selma Modéer Wiking
->Frank's daughter, who stays with him in the cult. [[spoiler:Actually Henrik's daughter, who Frank kidnapped years ago.]]
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* ConnectedAllAlong: [[spoiler:To Henrik. She's his daughter.]]
* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: [[spoiler:Henrik, not Frank's daughter.]]
* StockholmSyndrome: Downplayed in the last season. [[spoiler:Henrik's surviving daughter Astrid has for years been raised by Frank Wahlgren under the belief that her parents died in an aviation accident. After Frank threatens her with a rifle and she's reunited with Henrik, concerns rise about how she'll manage with the father she hasn't known for years. Astrid does feel strange about how her life has turned around, but she also acknowledges Henrik as her real father, and when asked if she wants to meet Frank after he has served his sentence, her answer is no.]]
* WalkingSpoiler
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