During the summer of 1997, so revived the Swedish TV channel TV4, together with the film company Filmlance International AB our (Sweden's), “first" fictional police companion par. Witch is Martin Beck & Gunvald Larsson, and they did it, whit a big blessing
from Maj Sjöwall – who are one of the creators of this characters. Because, during this time in the mid-1990s, so where Sjöwall almost forgotten. So, when a large film company all of a sudden came to Sjöwall and asked if it was okay to produce a "serie" of eight films
on her and her for over 20-years decided husband Per Wahlöö's characters, so was she very flattered. So, from what you can read
from later interviews, so did she not make any big or complicated agreement whit the company about how they should replace her
for using her characters. Which I probably also would have done if I were in her situation. And nobody could either know at that time in 1997, that this movies films would be such a success, that they have made over 40 Beck films. Which is completely unbelievable from
my cinematic eyes. Because, the last fifteen episodes in this movie-series are not something that you like to hang on the Christmas tree, to use a Swedish expression. My reviews of the series therefore end with Beck 31 - Gunvald. So, if Maj Sjlöwall or Per Wahlöö's had been alive today, so would they probably try to shut down the production. But that is only my subjective assessment.
