Nordic Noirs

My sweetie-wife a few years ago introduced me to Nordic Noir crime shows and I have grown to really enjoy them.

Here are a few that we have watched and I have enjoyed. Some are available on Netflix, some on Amazon, and others we watched on disc thanks to my region-free player.

The Bridge (Bron/Broen) A Swedish and a Danish detective team up when a murder victim is found on crossing the border in the middle of the bridge between their two nations. The second season has very silly virology, but the lead character is utterly fascinating.

Arctic Circle A Finnish/German co-production the series is centered on a tiny town in the far north of Finland in the Lapland area. Another storyline that has suspect virology this series is great for its small town feel while having an international plot.

Rebecka Martinsson Another Finnish production, this one adapted from a series of mystery novels about the titular character a high-powered lawyer with a screwed-up life that returns to her Lapland hometown and becomes intwined in murder investigations.

The Chestnut Man A Danish series this show follows a pair of investigators, one on load from Interpol, as they attempt to unravel a series of grisly murders where all of the victims were mothers.

The Valhalla Murders an Icelandic series about murders tied to a foster/adoption home.

Trapped another series from Iceland, this time am ocean ferry is forced into port during a storm and the local police must untangle the murder mystery during the tempest.

Bordertown Returning to Finland this series about a cross border murder investigation between Finland and Russia.

The Killing is a Danish show with a twenty-episode story arc investigating the murder of a high school girl that becomes deeply entangled with city politics.