Best Norwegian crime series

Dødelig kjemi (1992)

Forsvinningen på Lørenskog (2021)

What happened to Anne-Elisabeth Hagen? Where is she, was she kidnapped by criminals for profit or is it her husband who may have made her disappear? Program leader and journalist Kenneth Fossheim sheds light on the Lørneskog case together with former detectives from Kripos Per Angel and Håvard Aksnes.

Mammon (2014)

Peter Verås is an uncompromising journalist in the most respected newspaper in Norway. He makes his life’s biggest mistake when he gets hold of evidence of a financial fraud from an anonymous source. It turns out the evidence points to his own brother. As he still pursues and the story breaks, the brother commits suicide. Peter tries to track down the anonymous source, only to discover that the source was the brother himself. A search for the truth has commenced that involves media, high – ranked politicians as well as the financial elite. The closer he gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes for him and his brother’s family.

Seizure (2019)

Oslo detectives Max Sørensen and Sander Holm are called in to investigate after four young immigrant boys are found dead in an empty swimming pool. Bizarre twists in the case brings the detectives face to face with both their own demons and a dark sequence of increasingly inexplicable events.

Wisting (2019)

Empathetic, meticulous and relentless - the only thing to escape Larvik detective William Wisting in his hunt for Norway's most notorious criminals is a happy family life. And when two mysterious deaths interrupt Wisting's Christmas, it is the beginning of a showdown with the deadliest killer of them all.

Rød snø (1985)

Rød Snø is a Norwegian/Swedish thriller television series made in 1985, directed by Bo Hermansson and written by Tony Williamson. It stars Tomas von Brömssen, Kjersti Holmen and Sven Nordin.

Taxi (1969)

Acquitted (2015)

After having success in Asia, businessman Aksel Borgen is asked back to his hometown in Norway to save an important local firm despite it being 20 years since he was sentenced and later acquitted for murdering his high school sweetheart.

Baneheia: Kampen om sannheten (2021)

Furia (2021)

Policeman Asgeir moves to an idyllic town in the west part of Norway. After a local conflict, he meets a mysterious woman named Ragna, and soon they are both trapped in a network of right-wing radical forces that threaten Europe.

Åsted Norge (2016)

With the help of skilled journalists and their own expert team, "Åsted Norway" will uncover and try to solve crimes. The viewers can expect an intense pursuit of sought after criminals.

Valkyrien (2016)

In an illegal hospital, hidden in an Oslo underground station, a physician is desperately trying to find a cure for his wife's terminal illness.

Eyewitness (2014)

Two 15-year-olds secretly meet up in the forest, only to witness a blood bath. They are seen, but escape trying to keep this as a secret, both in fear of the perpetrator and that their secret is revealed.

The Lørenskog Disappearance (2022)

When a billionaire's wife vanishes, Norwegian police must deal with the frenzied press and deceitful informants to find the truth.

Åsted Norge: Savnet (2020)

Monster (2017)

In the dark and remote landscape of northern Norway, a brutal murder reveals a mass grave which links old cases to missing people. Local police officer Hedda is put on the case with special investigator Joel Dreyer, who comes from the metropolitan south. Their different backgrounds, personalities, and methods immediately set them against each other. But when the investigation begins to spiral out of control, both detectives resort to questionable moves in order to stay on the case and protect their secrets.

Gangs of Oslo (2023)

Policeman Moaz Ibrahim is forced into living a dangerous double life with the criminal gang Enemiez as an attempt to keep his shady past hidden from the outside world.

Spesialenheten (2011)

Toget (2014)

Two detectives are on their way from Oslo to Bergen when suddenly their train is hit by an avalanche. When the power is turned back on, they find two dead bodies in the train car.

Drømmefangeren (2005)

Norwegian miniseries based on Unni Lindell's mystery novel.

Fox Grønland (2001)

The series is about police investigators in Greenland police and the assignments they receive. Every day they face new challenges that affect them differently. These consist of inspector Jan Erik Holm, Hassan Mohammed Arif Osman, Trond Olsen and Holms ex-wife Cecilie Melvold. The series paints a somewhat grim picture of Oslo, it is a place where no one is safe, where nobody is above threats and blackmail. Even policemen are subjected to harassment.

Who Killed Birgitte? (2018)

In this "True Crime" documentary series, the murder of Birgitte Tengs in Karmøy Norway, 1995, is investigated. The case is one of the most famous murder cases in Norway.

Helmer and Sigurdson (1976)

We follow the detectives Helmer and Sigurdson, investigating murders in Oslo, Norway.

SK 917 har nettopp landet (1983)

Norwegian miniseries. The story takes place in a jumbo jet on a route between Copenhagen and New York. SAS route 917 takes off from Copenhagen Airport with 350 passengers on board. Among the passengers in first class are four Nordic directors of an American cosmetics group. The atmosphere between them is tense. Shortly after departure, a business manager dies of a heart attack. Later on the journey, someone discovers a dead man in the toilet room. A ruthless murderer is on board the plane.

The Mourning Cloak (2008)

Norwegian miniseries based on Unni Lindell's mystery novel.

Good Night, Darling (2009)

A Norwegian drama about a struggling musician who turns to blackmail after witnessing a murder.

Slangebæreren (2005)

Norwegian miniseries based on Unni Lindell's mystery novel.

Outlier (2020)

A young girl is found killed at a camping resort and criminal psychologist Maja Angell believes that the police have arrested the wrong man....

Brennpunkt: Drapet i akebakken (2021)

The Orchestral Pit (2010)

Police detective Cato Isaksen investigates the brutal murder of first violinist Siv Ellen Blades.