Ek is a fictional character portrayed by Ulf Friberg in the TV series Murder in Sweden.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Främmande fågel: Del 1 (season 1), they were 48 years old.
They appear in 22 episodes out of a total of 43 aired so far and have accumulated 15 positive votes.
Episodes22
Främmande fågel: Del 1
episode S1.E1 november 2010Maria Wern returns to her job as Deputy Commissioner of Gotland Police after six months' leave. The young policewoman is thrown directly into a murder case when an unknown man is found wounded on a beach. At the same time, it is suddenly clear that Gotland has been hit by an outbreak of bird flu. Now all resources must be put into limiting the infection before it is too late.-
Främmande fågel: Del 2
episode S1.E2 september 2008The young Deputy Commissioner Maria Wern is in the middle of her most difficult case to date. An unknown man has been wounded on a beach. At the same time, Gotland has been hit by bird flu. Maria's own son is among the many children who have been quarantined at a sports facility, and panic is beginning to spread on the island. Later, a journalist is reported missing by his wife. What connection does he have to the case? Has he also been the victim of a crime? -
Främmande fågel: Del 3
episode S1.E3 september 2008Gotland has been affected by bird flu, and under the leadership of Deputy Commissioner Maria Wern, all resources have been invested in mapping and limiting the infection. The only known drug has been shown to be ineffective, and as more deaths occur, panic spreads. Everyone is looking for scapegoats, neighbors become each other's worst enemies, and people are chased from house to house. Maria also has a hard time maintaining the professional overview, because her own son is also affected by the disease. -
Främmande fågel: Del 4
episode S1.E4 october 2008Deputy Commissioner Maria Wern has been quarantined after being in contact with the late Malin Berg. Fortunately, it turns out that Maria has not become ill, but in return, her son's condition has worsened. For Maria, it is now seriously a race against time to solve the case. Who put the disease into circulation? And why? Is there a vaccine? 
Stum sitter guden: Del 1
episode S2.E1 november 2010Maria Wern is a single mother of two and deputy crime commissioner on the Swedish island of Gotland. When a man is found murdered, she faces a bizarre and sinister affair. The body has been hung in a tree along with several dead animals. Soon the island is hit by another macabre murder. Is there a serial killer at stake?-
Stum sitter guden: Del 2
episode S2.E2 december 2010The Sleepless God - a menagerie of bodies, animal and human, are found hanging from a tree. Maria and her team investigate with the addition of a new member, a psychological profiler. The investigation brings up a similar prior crime scene in a neighboring town raising the question if they could have been committed by the same person. 
Alla de stillsamma döda: Del 1
episode S2.E3 december 2010A layer is reported missing and a mink farmer gets threatened by animal rights activists.-
Alla de stillsamma döda: Del 2
episode S2.E4 december 2010A lawyer is reported missing and a mink farmer gets threatened by animal rights activists. 
Dreams from Snow
episode S3.E1 june 2011A highschool girl is found dead on the road and the investigation brings up a not so innocent lifestyle.
Death Sleep
episode S3.E2 december 2011Two women die and at first they think they committed suicide. But some peculiar situations get Maria Wern and her coworkers to start digging deeper in the case. And the case take an unwanted turn, when the police finds more bodies.
Black Butterfly
episode S3.E3 january 2012Swedish with English subtitles. The charred body of a suffocated medium lies in the gutted remains of her office after a fire. When two other murders take place in the same manner, Maria Wern is forced to lead an investigation in which the motive and the connection between victims remains unclear. At the same time, her colleague Arvidsson's loyalty is forcibly put to the test.
Boy Missing
episode S3.E4 january 2012A ten-year-old boy disappears from a dinner in a little fishing village, while another vanishes from a refugee camp on the island. These are but the first in series of frightening events to take place on the island of Gotland, where a string of brutal murders are committed in quick succession. And what starts out as the search for a missing child, leads Maria Wern and her colleagues ever deeper into a nest of hidden agendas, personal betrayals.
Inte ens det förflutna
episode S3.E5 january 2012After some serious anonymous death threats, Maria is ordered to leave Gotland. With a group of old friends she goes on a trip to an island to relax, but soon the seven women are in great danger.
Drömmen förde dig vilse
episode S4.E1 december 2013Deputy Crime Commissioner Maria Wern tries to stop a fight, but is herself assaulted. Later, a woman is found murdered near the scene of the assault. For Maria, it will be the start of a frustrating case. For neither neighbors nor other potential witnesses seem to want to help the police. Maria Wern hunts down Linn Bogren's killer. It's a frustrating case, because none of the potential witnesses seem to want to help the police. And soon the killer strikes again.
Först när givaren är död
episode S4.E2 december 2013A house is razed by an arson, a few days before Visby has to hold a medieval week. An elderly woman is believed to have died, and now it is up to Deputy Crime Commissioner Maria Wern to solve the crime.
Min lycka är din
episode S5.E1 january 2016A flare is sent up at a house party and a girl is found unconscious on a couch. Music stops and a scream is heard from the docks, a girl is found floating in the water.
De döda tiger
episode S5.E2 january 2016A doctor disappeares but is soon after found on a roadside confused and with a intravenous drip keeping him alive.
Dit ingen når
episode S6.E1 april 2016A man is found killed in his own car, in a ferry on the way to Fårö. The victim owned a small antique shop in Visby, and no one understands why anyone would want to kill an old man. But it soon turns out that the antique shop is hiding a secret. The mystery of the man who was found killed in his own car continues. The victim owned a small antique shop in Visby, and it turns out that the antique shop hides a secret.
Smutsiga avsikter
episode S6.E2 april 2016A double murder sends Maria to Stockholm where she runs into a familiar face.
Den eld som brinner: Del 1
episode S7.E1 august 2018A few days before Almedalsuken starts, there is an explosion at a hotel in Visby, and a party leader disappears without a trace. Maria Wern and her colleagues are investigating the case, but everything is getting more complicated than they had thought.
Den eld som brinner: Del 2
episode S7.E2 august 2018A few days before Almedalsuken starts, there is an explosion at a hotel in Visby, and a party leader disappears without a trace. Maria Wern and her colleagues are investigating the case, but everything is getting more complicated than they had thought.
Jord ska du åter vara: Del 2
episode S7.E8 october 2018A young woman is found dead, and the circumstances indicate links to two previous murders on Gotland. The investigation becomes more personal than Maria Wern had thought, forcing her to confront a trauma she has long borne.
- Främmande fågel: Del 1
- Främmande fågel: Del 2
- Främmande fågel: Del 3
- Främmande fågel: Del 4
- Stum sitter guden: Del 1
- Stum sitter guden: Del 2
- Alla de stillsamma döda: Del 1
- Alla de stillsamma döda: Del 2
- Dreams from Snow
- Death Sleep
- Black Butterfly
- Boy Missing
- Inte ens det förflutna
- Drömmen förde dig vilse
- Först när givaren är död
- Min lycka är din
- De döda tiger
- Dit ingen når
- Smutsiga avsikter
- Den eld som brinner: Del 1
- Den eld som brinner: Del 2
- Jord ska du åter vara: Del 2
Best moments9
- A few days before Almedalsuken starts, there is an explosion at a hotel in Visby, and a party leader disappears without a trace. Maria Wern and her colleagues are investigating the case, but everything is getting more complicated than they had thought.
- A few days before Almedalsuken starts, there is an explosion at a hotel in Visby, and a party leader disappears without a trace. Maria Wern and her colleagues are investigating the case, but everything is getting more complicated than they had thought.
- Deputy Commissioner Maria Wern has been quarantined after being in contact with the late Malin Berg. Fortunately, it turns out that Maria has not become ill, but in return, her son's condition has worsened. For Maria, it is now seriously a race against time to solve the case. Who put the disease into circulation? And why? Is there a vaccine?
- A young woman is found dead, and the circumstances indicate links to two previous murders on Gotland. The investigation becomes more personal than Maria Wern had thought, forcing her to confront a trauma she has long borne.
- The young Deputy Commissioner Maria Wern is in the middle of her most difficult case to date. An unknown man has been wounded on a beach. At the same time, Gotland has been hit by bird flu. Maria's own son is among the many children who have been quarantined at a sports facility, and panic is beginning to spread on the island. Later, a journalist is reported missing by his wife. What connection does he have to the case? Has he also been the victim of a crime?
- Gotland has been affected by bird flu, and under the leadership of Deputy Commissioner Maria Wern, all resources have been invested in mapping and limiting the infection. The only known drug has been shown to be ineffective, and as more deaths occur, panic spreads. Everyone is looking for scapegoats, neighbors become each other's worst enemies, and people are chased from house to house. Maria also has a hard time maintaining the professional overview, because her own son is also affected by the disease.
- A flare is sent up at a house party and a girl is found unconscious on a couch. Music stops and a scream is heard from the docks, a girl is found floating in the water.
- Maria Wern returns to her job as Deputy Commissioner of Gotland Police after six months' leave. The young policewoman is thrown directly into a murder case when an unknown man is found wounded on a beach. At the same time, it is suddenly clear that Gotland has been hit by an outbreak of bird flu. Now all resources must be put into limiting the infection before it is too late.
- A ten-year-old boy disappears from a dinner in a little fishing village, while another vanishes from a refugee camp on the island. These are but the first in series of frightening events to take place on the island of Gotland, where a string of brutal murders are committed in quick succession. And what starts out as the search for a missing child, leads Maria Wern and her colleagues ever deeper into a nest of hidden agendas, personal betrayals.
- Den eld som brinner: Del 2
- Den eld som brinner: Del 1
- Främmande fågel: Del 4
- Jord ska du åter vara: Del 2
- Främmande fågel: Del 2
- Främmande fågel: Del 3
- Min lycka är din
- Främmande fågel: Del 1
- Boy Missing