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1. Norskov (2015–2017)
Not Rated | 42 min | Crime, Drama
Raw, brooding drama in which police detective Tom Noack returns home to Norskov, an industrial port in northern Denmark, after 20 years away to clean up the town's all-consuming drug problem.
Stars: Thomas Levin, Claus Riis Østergaard, Jacob Lohmann, Anne Sofie Espersen
Votes: 941
2. Springfloden (2016–2018)
44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A student at the Police Academy is tasked to study a cold case: the murder of a pregnant woman on a Swedish beach 25 years ago.
Stars: Julia Ragnarsson, Kjell Bergqvist, Cecilia Nilsson, Dar Salim
Votes: 4,713
3. Modus (2015–2017)
45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
During a snowy Christmas season in Sweden, psychologist and profiler Inger Johanne Vik and her autistic daughter both get drawn into the investigation of a number of disturbing deaths.
Stars: Melinda Kinnaman, Henrik Norlén, Esmeralda Struwe, Simon J. Berger
Votes: 4,995
4. Farang (2017)
45 min | Drama, Thriller
Former criminal Rickard has vanished. Fleeing Sweden and the old friends he has testified against, he abandons his name, his life, and his family to start over in Thailand.
Stars: Ola Rapace, Louise Nyvall, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Gerhard Hoberstorfer
Votes: 1,002
5. The Bridge (2011–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When 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.
Stars: Sofia Helin, Rafael Pettersson, Sarah Boberg, Candice van Litsenborgh
Votes: 76,691
6. Wallander (2008–2016)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Unable to unsee the dark crimes he's tasked to investigate, Wallander's job comes at a cost to his family and relationships.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Richard McCabe, Jeany Spark, Sarah Smart
Votes: 16,463
7. Fortitude (2015–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Perched on the edge of the Arctic Circle, Fortitude is one of the safest towns on earth. There has never been a violent crime here. Until now.
Stars: Richard Dormer, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Sienna Guillory, Mia Jexen
Votes: 23,570
8. Jordskott (2015–2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A detective returns to her hometown seven years after her daughter's disappearance, trying to find a connection to a current case.
Stars: Moa Gammel, Göran Ragnerstam, Richard Forsgren, Happy Jankell
Votes: 5,006
9. Before We Die (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A police inspector in the organised crime unit disappears after meeting with a mysterious informer.
Stars: Marie Richardson, Adam Pålsson, Magnus Krepper, Malgorzata Pieczynska
Votes: 4,817
10. Rebecka Martinsson (2017– )
Not Rated | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a childhood friend suddenly dies Rebecka Martinsson returns home to the north of Kiruna. But not everything is what it seems.
Stars: Eva Melander, Jakob Öhrman, Ardalan Esmaili, Thomas Oredsson
Votes: 3,173
11. Gåsmamman (2015–2022)
45 min | Crime, Thriller
Sonja lives a carefree life with her family near Stockholm and works as an accountant in the family business at the marina. One day Sonja is drawn into the criminal underworld to save her family.
Stars: Alexandra Rapaport, Clara Christiansson Drake, Joel Lützow, Edvin Ryding
Votes: 3,614
12. 100 Code (2015)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Thriller
New York, USA. Stockholm, Sweden. Over the past twelve months young, blonde, blue-eyed women have been found dead in a meadow where Asphodel flowers grow.
Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Dominic Monaghan, Cecilia Häll, Patrick Brennan
Votes: 3,091
13. Blue Eyes (2014–2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Politics, extremism and violence in Sweden.
Stars: Louise Peterhoff, Sven Nordin, Karin Franz Körlof, Linnéa Lindström
Votes: 1,629
14. Maria Wern (2008– )
45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Swedish policewoman is confronted with crime on Gotland Island.
Stars: Eva Röse, Peter Perski, Oscar Pettersson, Allan Svensson
Votes: 1,827
15. Anno 1790 (2011)
60 min | Crime, Drama, History
In 1790 Johan Gustav Dåådh joins the Stockholm police, in an attempt to change, or at least improve, the system from within. He is a modern thinker in an old hierarchy. Torn between alliances, he solves crimes among rich and poor.
Stars: Peter Eggers, Joel Spira, Linda Zilliacus, Johan H:son Kjellgren
Votes: 715
16. Mammon (2014–2016)
58 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A 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.
Stars: Jon Øigarden, Anna Bache-Wiig, Ingjerd Egeberg, Nils Ole Oftebro
Votes: 2,100
17. The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb (2015)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, History, War
The story behind Germany's attempt to develop an atomic bomb during World War II and the sabotage of the heavy water program in Rjukan, Norway from the points of view of the Germans, the Allies, the saboteurs, and the company.
Stars: Marc Ben Puch, Andreas Döhler, Robert Hunger-Bühler, Pip Torrens
Votes: 7,757
18. Okkupert (2015–2020)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Thriller
In 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.
Stars: Henrik Mestad, Ane Dahl Torp, Eldar Skar, Ingeborga Dapkunaite
Votes: 9,823
19. Valkyrien (2017– )
45 min | Drama, Thriller
Valkyrien centers on a doctor who runs an illegal, underground clinic in an old bomb shelter, where he treats criminals, emergency patients, and others who can't or won't seek medical help in a regular hospital.
Stars: Sven Nordin, Pål Sverre Hagen, Pia Halvorsen, Ellen Birgitte Winther
Votes: 2,301
20. Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé (2004–2006)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As more crimes and criminals cross borders, the Danish police creates an international criminal investigation team. The half Icelandic "Ørnen" leads the diverse team of 6. The latest technology (2004-6) is used.
Stars: Jens Albinus, Marina Bouras, Steen Stig Lommer, Janus Nabil Bakrawi
Votes: 1,694
21. Forbrydelsen (2007–2012)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police detective Sarah Lund investigates difficult cases with personal and political consequences.
Stars: Sofie Gråbøl, Morten Suurballe, Lars Mikkelsen, Bjarne Henriksen
Votes: 30,142
22. Beck (1997– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Commissioner Martin Beck and his eccentric partner Gunvald Larsson investigate murders in Stockholm, Sweden.
Stars: Peter Haber, Ingvar Hirdwall, Rebecka Hemse, Måns Nathanaelson
Votes: 6,345
23. Ófærð (2015– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a remote town in Iceland, police desperately try to solve a crime as a powerful storm descends upon the town.
Stars: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Guðjón Pedersen
Votes: 24,880
24. River (2015)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
John River is a brilliant police inspector whose genius lies side-by-side with the fragility of his mind. He is a man haunted by the murder victims whose cases he must lay to rest.
Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Nicola Walker, Adeel Akhtar, Lesley Manville
Votes: 27,207
25. The Lava Field (2014– )
183 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Cliff is a dramatic mystery that involves bizarre incidents and unexplained deaths, set against the backdrop of a controversial hydroelectric project. From Walter Presents, in Icelandic with English subtitles.
Stars: Atli Rafn Sigurðsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Heida Reed, Joi Johannsson
Votes: 1,210
26. Borgen (2010–2022)
TV-14 | 58 min | Drama
A political drama about a prime minister's rise to power, and how power changes a prime minister.
Stars: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Søren Malling, Lisbeth Wulff
Votes: 29,878
27. Midnight Sun (2016)
440 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The brutal murder of a French citizen sees French homicide investigator Kahina Zadi go to Kiruna, Sweden. Together with Rutger Burlin she begins an investigation that soon takes on staggering proportions.
Stars: Leïla Bekhti, Gustaf Hammarsten, Albin Grenholm, Jakob Hultcrantz Hansson
Votes: 5,382
28. Death of a Pilgrim (2013)
TV-14 | 233 min | Crime, Drama
A newly put-together police force tries to solve the old mystery of the murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986.
Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Helena Af Sandeberg, Jonas Karlsson, Ellen Jelinek
Votes: 1,116
29. Marcella (2016–2021)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Marcella Backland left the Metropolitan Police for the sake of her family, only to have her husband leave her. She returns to her job on the murder squad, investigating a case that seems disturbingly familiar to her.
Stars: Anna Friel, Ray Panthaki, Jack Doolan, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 37,156
30. Gåsmamman (2015–2022)
45 min | Crime, Thriller
Sonja lives a carefree life with her family near Stockholm and works as an accountant in the family business at the marina. One day Sonja is drawn into the criminal underworld to save her family.
Stars: Alexandra Rapaport, Clara Christiansson Drake, Joel Lützow, Edvin Ryding
Votes: 3,614
31. Jägarna (2018– )
Not Rated | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Erik returns to the northernmost of Sweden after a lifetime with Stockholm police save The Hunters (1996) and False Trail (2011). Retirement doesn't become him so he helps his nephew Peter, a rookie at the local police.
Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Johan Marenius Nordahl, Annika Nordin, Caroline Johansson Kuhmunen
Votes: 2,447
32. Torpederna (2014–2017)
45 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Sonny gets out of prison after serving six years behind bars. During his time in prison, he has started a secret relationship with his social worker, Camilla. After being released, he wants... See full summary »
Stars: Torkel Petersson, Liv Mjönes, Leo Razzak, Dragomir Mrsic
Votes: 1,096
33. Farang (2017)
45 min | Drama, Thriller
Former criminal Rickard has vanished. Fleeing Sweden and the old friends he has testified against, he abandons his name, his life, and his family to start over in Thailand.
Stars: Ola Rapace, Louise Nyvall, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Gerhard Hoberstorfer
Votes: 1,002
34. Den döende detektiven (2018)
176 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a mild stroke leaving his right side paralyzed, the doctor telling him a total change of lifestyle is required to escape a massive heart attack. Being Sweden's most successful ... See full summary »
Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Helena Af Sandeberg, Alexej Manvelov, Lena B. Eriksson
Votes: 908
35. Before We Die (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A police inspector in the organised crime unit disappears after meeting with a mysterious informer.
Stars: Marie Richardson, Adam Pålsson, Magnus Krepper, Malgorzata Pieczynska
Votes: 4,817
36. Deadwind (2018–2021)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Sofia Karppi discovers the body of a young woman on a construction site, she triggers a chain of events that threatens to destroy her life--again.
Stars: Pihla Viitala, Lauri Tilkanen, Mimosa Willamo, Noa Tola
Votes: 13,028
37. The Forest (2017)
TV-MA | 313 min | Crime, Drama
Sixteen-year-old Jennifer disappears one night from her village in the Ardennes. Captain Gaspard Deker leads the investigation with local cop Virginie Musso, who knew the girl well. They are helped by Eve, a lonely and mysterious woman.
Stars: Samuel Labarthe, Suzanne Clément, Alexia Barlier, Frédéric Diefenthal
Votes: 12,821
38. Black Spot (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A police chief and an eccentric new prosecutor investigate a string of grisly crimes and eerie phenomena in an isolated town at the edge of a forest.
Stars: Suliane Brahim, Hubert Delattre, Laurent Capelluto, Samuel Jouy
Votes: 13,734
39. Glacé (2016– )
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A grisly find atop a mountain in the French Pyrenees leads investigator Martin Servaz into a twisted dance with a serial killer in this icy thriller.
Stars: Charles Berling, Julia Piaton, Pascal Greggory, Nina Meurisse
Votes: 3,695
40. Journal 64 (2018)
Not Rated | 119 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A series of mysterious disappearances in 2006 are eerily connected to the same institution.
Director: Christoffer Boe | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Johanne Louise Schmidt, Søren Pilmark
Votes: 19,431
41. Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith (2016)
Not Rated | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two intertwined cases linking the past with the present require the aid of Department Q to catch an elusive serial killer while time is running out.
Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pål Sverre Hagen, Jacob Lohmann
Votes: 22,402
42. Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police inspector Carl Mørck is put in charge of a department of cold cases, joined only by his assistant Assad. They dig into a case about a missing woman.
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Per Scheel Krüger, Troels Lyby, Øyvind B. Fabricius Holm
Votes: 32,931
43. Young Wallander (2020–2022)
TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Follow recently graduated police officer Kurt Wallander as he investigates his first case.
Stars: Adam Pålsson, Leanne Best, Ellise Chappell, Sara Seyed
Votes: 13,363
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