Modus
Genre	Psychological thriller
Based on	Pengemannen byAnne Holt
Developed by	Mai Brostrøm Peter Thorsboe
Written by	Mai Brostrøm Anne Holt Peter Thorsboe
Directed by	Lisa Siwe Mani Maserrat Agah
Starring	Melinda Kinnaman Henrik Norlén Esmeralda Struwe Simon J. Berger Annika Hallin Gerhard Hoberstorfer Björn Andersson Lily Wahlsteen
Composer	Jacob Groth
Country of origin	Sweden
Original languages	Swedish English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	16
Production
Cinematography	Erik Persson Linda Wassberg
Editors	Robert Nordh Michal Leszczyloski Marinella Angusti Lars Gustafson Hakan Karlsson
Running time	45 minutes
Original release
Network	TV4
Release	23 September 2015 (2015-09-23) – 19 June 2017 (2017-06-19)

Modus is a Swedish televisionpsychologicalthriller series, directed byLisa Siwe and Mani Maserrat,^[1] based upon the novelFrukta inte by Norwegian author and lawyerAnne Holt andadapted for television byEmmy Award winning writers Mai Brostrøm and Peter Thorsboe.^[2] The series follows the work of Inger Johanne Vik (Melinda Kinnaman), a Swedishcriminal psychologist and profiler, who has previously assisted both the Swedish police and theFBI in the United States.^[3]

The first eight-part series was premièred onTV4 in September 2015.^[4] A second eight-part series, written inSwedish and English, was filmed in 2017, withKim Cattrall andGreg Wise among the new cast members for this series. This series began broadcasting on TV4 on 2 November 2017.

In the first series, Inger Johanne's eldest daughter, Stina, who isautistic, unwittinglywitnesses a contract killing when the family attend a wedding at a local hotel. The murderer surprisingly saves Stina's life, without giving away his identity. Inger decides to return to work with police detective Ingvar Nyman to assist in solving the crime. They discover that they are pursuing a hit man, working for an American religious sect.^[5]

In the second series, President of the United States Helen Tyler goes missing during astate visit to Sweden. Inger Johanne is partnered with Nyman and detailed to work with Warren Schifford, anFBI agent and SpecialAdvisor to the president, to investigate.^[6] Vik and Schifford have history, dating from her time with the FBI.^[7]

• Melinda Kinnaman as Inger Johanne Vik; criminal psychologist and profiler
• Henrik Norlén as Ingvar Nymann; police inspector
• Esmeralda Struwe as Stina Vik; Inger's elder daughter
• Simon J. Berger as Isak Aronson; Inger's ex-husband and the father of her two daughters
• Annika Hallin as Hedvig Nyström; police pathologist
• Gerhard Hoberstorfer as Bo Sundberg; police detective
• Björn Andersson as Alfred Nyman; Ingvar's father
• Lily Wahlsteen as Linnea Vik; Inger's younger daughter

• Modus atIMDb

• Swedish crime television series
• Television shows set in Sweden
• 2015 Swedish television series debuts
• Swedish-language television shows
• Television shows based on novels
• Autism in television
• Television series about presidents of the United States

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