Best in Nordic Drama TV Series
These aren't cold cases, oh no! These Series Dramas heat up the small screen and are the favorite shows of the region, plus some have been translated or subtitled and are popular worldwide. Which is your favorite.
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- CreatorHenning MankellStarsKrister HenrikssonFredrik GunnarssonMats BergmanA Swedish cop in a small town by the Baltic coast.
- CreatorMåns MårlindHans RosenfeldtBjörn SteinStarsSofia HelinRafael PetterssonSarah BobergWhen a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.
- CreatorSøren SveistrupStarsSofie GråbølMorten SuurballeLars MikkelsenPolice detective Sarah Lund investigates difficult cases with personal and political consequences.
- CreatorAdam PriceStarsSidse Babett KnudsenBirgitte Hjort SørensenSøren MallingA political drama about a prime minister's rise to power, and how power changes a prime minister.
- CreatorEilif SkodvinAnne BjørnstadStarsSteven Van ZandtTrond FausaSteinar SagenA New York mobster goes into hiding in rural Lillehammer in Norway after testifying against his former associates.
- CreatorChristian TorpeStarsMille DinesenLise BaastrupNikolaj GrothSchoolteacher Rita is a very outspoken, rebellious woman who is competent in the classroom but needs her own advisor when it comes to her personal life.
- CreatorBaltasar KormákurStarsÓlafur Darri ÓlafssonIlmur KristjánsdóttirBjörn Hlynur HaraldssonIn a remote town in Iceland, police desperately try to solve a crime as a powerful storm descends upon the town.
- StarsErnst-Hugo JäregårdKirsten RolffesGhita NørbyDoctors at an ultramodern hospital in Denmark become convinced, by way of weird, inexplicable happenings, that the place is haunted.
- CreatorJulie AndemStarsJosefine Frida PettersenIman MeskiniUlrikke FalchThe story of young teenagers and pupils on Hartvig Nissens upper secondary school in Oslo, and their troubles, scandals and everyday life. Each season is told from a different person's point of view.
- CreatorKarianne LundJo NesbøErik SkjoldbjærgStarsHenrik MestadAne Dahl TorpEldar SkarIn the near future, Norway is occupied by Russia on behalf of the European Union because the newly-elected environmentally-friendly Norwegian government has stopped the all important oil- and gas-production in the North Sea.
- CreatorLars LundströmStarsLisette T. PaglerPia HalvorsenJohan PaulsenIn an alternative present, companion robots are commonplace. When humans make copies of themselves so lifelike that they form emotional bonds, questions and ethical dilemmas arise.
- CreatorJon Iver HelgakerJonas TorgersenStarsKåre ConradiNils Jørgen KaalstadJon ØigardenViking life at the close of the 8th century.
- StarsCharlotte FichMads MikkelsenLars BrygmannA mobile task force is dispatched across Denmark to help local police solve tough cases.
- CreatorVegard Eriksen StenbergGjermund EriksenStarsJon ØigardenAnna Bache-WiigIngjerd EgebergA newspaper journalist revealing fraud in a large multinational company finds out that his family is involved, which ruins his career and family relations and entangles him with a mystery.
- StarsPeter HaberIngvar HirdwallRebecka HemseCommissioner Martin Beck and his eccentric partner Gunvald Larsson investigate murders in Stockholm, Sweden.
- StarsLars MikkelsenJürgen VogelJasmin GeratA European joint investigation team investigates organized crime across borders in Europe.
- CreatorMaya IlsøeStarsTrine DyrholmMarie Bach HansenCarsten BjørnlundThe death of a matriarch brings forgotten secrets out into the open and causes a prolonged battle for the family inheritance.
- StarsSteinunn Ólína ÞorsteinsdóttirMagnús JónssonBirna Rún EiríksdóttirA smart lawyer whose drinking and recklessness send him on a path of self-destruction finds new purpose investigating a teenager's apparent suicide.