The protagonist's name, Ingmar Andersen, is an homage to the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman who was Peter Stormare's mentor at Royal National Theater of Sweden.
Keanu Reeves appears in this series as a frequent collaborator, and friend of Peter Stormare.
Despite all of the wacky situations the P.I. partners get themselves into on the show, Swedish Dicks was originally supposed to be a drama. But after collaborating with a friend who was more experienced in the world of half-hour comedies, Peter Stormare decided to change course and turn it into a comedy.
Scandinavian streaming service Viaplay's first original series.
Peter Stormare came up with the concept for Swedish Dicks in 2014. He began writing the script for what was intended to become a one-hour drama. When he showed the script to Peter Settman, he suggested that it would be better as a series.