Young Wallander Season 2 - What We Know So Far

The first season of Young Wallander was released on Netflix on September 3, 2020, close to one year after it started filming on September 11, 2019. There was a brief period after its debut where its fate was up in the air, but the streaming service announced on November 6, 2020, that Young Wallander would get a second season.

Deadline Hollywood reported that the second season is supposed to debut in 2021, but an international series like Young Wallander has to navigate international coronavirus restrictions, which could slow things down. Though the first season was set in the southern Swedish city of Malmö, it was shot largely in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, which is under a lockdown until at least March 31 to limit the spread of the disease. Visitors from outside the country are required to submit test results and undergo a ten-day period of self-isolation upon entering the country.

In the books, Wallander's domain is largely the smaller nearby town of Ystad, so it's possible the series will require a different shooting location, but production seems likely to encounter additional hurdles wherever it shoots, which could push back the timeline.