The best Nordic noir series
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: The Bridge (2011-2018) · The Killing (2007-2012) · The Chestnut Man (2021). (Updated Sep 26, 2026.)
From The Bridge to The Chestnut Man: the Nordic crime series critics and viewers rank highest (Nordic Perspective, Wikipedia, Bästaguiden).
Automatically translated (original in Svenska). See the original
Top 12
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1
The Bridge (2011-2018)
Saga Norén and a body on the Øresund Bridge.
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2
The Killing (2007-2012)
Sarah Lund and her jumper, Copenhagen.
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3
The Chestnut Man (2021)
A Danish thriller from Søren Sveistrup's novel.
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4
Trapped (2015-2021)
An Icelandic town snowed in with a killer.
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5
Bordertown (2016-2019)
A Finnish detective in the border town of Lappeenranta.
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6
Wallander (2005-2013)
Krister Henriksson as Henning Mankell's detective.
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7
Millennium (2010)
Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist on TV.
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8
The Eagle (2004-2006)
A Danish crime series about an Icelandic-Danish detective.
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9
Jordskott (2015-2017)
Disappearances in a Swedish forest and folklore.
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10
Modus (2015-2017)
A psychologist and a detective in Uppsala.
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11
Caliphate (2020)
Swedish security police, an IS sympathiser and a Stockholm teenager.
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12
Those Who Kill (2011)
A Danish series about serial killers.
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13
Beck (1997-)
Martin Beck and the Stockholm police.
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