The Breakthrough cast and character guide: Who plays whom in Netflix's Swedish crime drama?

Netflix's The Breakthrough, a Swedish crime miniseries, was released on January 7, 2025. It is inspired by the real-life double homicide case that happened in 2004 in Linköping, Sweden.

The victims of this infamous case, which took the country by storm, were eight-year-old Mohammad Amouri and fifty-six-year-old Anna-Lena Svensson, who were stabbed to their deaths in broad daylight.

While the case remained an unsolved mystery for nearly two decades, DNA mapping techniques were used to catch the perpetrator, who was finally found after a long wait of sixteen years in 2020.

The show investigates the lives of the victims and their families who were affected by this heinous crime. The characters are inspired by real-life people who were involved in the case.

Here is a cast and character guide to The Breakthrough.

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Cast and character guide to Netflix's The Breakthrough

1) Annika Hallin as Karin

Annika Hallin is best known for her work in movies like The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009), and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009).

She plays the role of Karin, an investigator in The Breakthrough, who is determined to take the case forward with her resilience. She plays an important force in the show as her character leads the case with the primary investigator, John, and helps him find valuable evidence to solve the case.

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2) Peter Eggers as John Sundin

The Swedish actor rose to stardom with his role in the series Anno 1790 and is best known for his performances in movies like Evil (2003), Operation Ragnarok (2018), and Snabba Cash (2021).

He plays the role of Detective John, who is inspired by real-life inspector Jan Egon Staaf, who solved this double homicide case after sixteen long years. John is the primary detective and he becomes personally involved and obsessed with this case, which takes him sixteen long years to crack.

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3) Mattias Nordkvist as Per Skogkvist

An actor, director, and musician known for his work on The Restaurant, The Shift, and The Machinery joins The Breakthrough. Per, a genealogist, is inspired by real-life ancestry researcher Peter Sjolund. His character is crucial in solving and understanding this homicide case as Peter assisted the police in studying the DNA patterns, which helped crack the case after sixteen long years.

His knowledge about genetic identification through DNA profiling was a breakthrough in this case, ultimately solving it after years.

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4) Julia Sporre as Stina Eriksson

Possibly inspired by the character of real-life journalist Anna Bodin, Sporre joins the cast of Netflix's latest as Stina. Known for her roles in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and the miniseries Millenium, Sporre is a talented Swedish actress.

She joins the cast as an opportunistic journalist who finds the sensational homicide case as an opportunity for a good scoop. However, as the story progresses, she grows sympathetic as she learns the killer is someone she closely knows. Her character undergoes a huge transformation during the show.

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Who plays the secondary cast in The Breakthrough?

Here is a list of secondary cast and characters in Netflix's miniseries-

1) Jonatan Rodriguez as Miran (Still Looking, Cadaver)

2) Anna Azcarate as Gunilla (The Guy in the Grave Next Door)

3) Marley Norstad as Adnan (Ghabe)

4) Bahador Foladi as Saad Abbas (Kandahar)

5) Helen Al-Janabi as Elena (Beartown, Quicksand)

6) Jessica Liedberg as Francy (Together)

7) Bahador Foladi as Saad (The Bridge)

8) Julius Fleischanderl as Ante (Beartown)

9) Jennifer Amaka Pettersson as Maria (The Sandhamn Murders)

10) Roger Storm as Håkan (Agent Hamilton)

11) Max Nilén as Mårten (The Helicopter Heist)

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