The Nordic noir genre has been steadily increasing in popularity with American audiences in recent years, thanks in part to streaming services making the great shows more readily available to ...

In some parts of Sweden, and Scandinavia at large, the summer sun blazes down from the small hours of the morning until 10 at night. In January, some areas are bathed in perpetual darkness. For a ...

An umbrella term for dark psychological crime films that are produced and set primarily in Scandinavian countries, Nordic noir (or Scandi noir) isn’t, strictly speaking, a genre, but it is one of the ...

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Naia Thulin (Danica Ćurčić) and Mark Hess (Mikkel Boe Folsgaard) seatd side by side on a log in The Chestnut Man. Image Via Netflix Sometimes dubbed Scandinavian noir, Nordic noir has a long and ...

University of Wollongong provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. You know how it starts: a drone shot across an expanse of grey water under a leaden sky accompanied by eerie music and a ...

Nordic noir fiction can be divided into two periods. Before the girl and after the girl. The girl being "The Girl." You know, the one with the dragon tattoo. Late author Stieg Larsson's 2008 novel ...

The Stieg Larsson phenomenon was building to a crescendo when we decided the time was ripe to take stock of Scandinavian crime fiction in the documentary that became Nordic Noir. Why had a region best ...

Viaplay, the ambitious Scandinavian streaming service from NENT Group, is about to grow its footprint in several key markets around the world. The company, whose recent hit shows include “Porni,” ...

No reindeer, no snowflakes. Not a hint of blue or cream. Sofie Grabol, aka Sarah Lund of The Killing (Danish: Forbrydelsen), is wearing a black cashmere sweater and black trousers. This is Nordic noir ...

The new generation of popular Nordic Noir writers are so focused on having their books turned into films that their crime novels are no longer about police work but love, relationships and family, ...