New Scandinavian Series Depicts Russian Invasion of Norway

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4. It's supposed to be based on one

of Jo Nesbo's crime novels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Nesb%C3%B8

"Scandinavian noir" is quite popular in Europe these days. http://nordicnoir.tv/

BBC2 has been showing the series "River" which is set in the UK and features Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård. BBC4 will begin showing Season 3 of "The Bridge" which involves detectives/police procedures from both Sweden and Denmark on 21 Nov. Currently BBC4 is finishing up the second season of "Arne Dahl," another Swedish detective series. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Arnald

The Danish series "The Killing" was a smash hit in Europe for three seasons, with a lot of people still hoping that they'll bring it back for a fourth.

When the Beeb airs these series, they usually do so in the original language, with English subtitles. That doesn't seem to put viewers off at all.

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This should probably have been posted in Entertainment. But I figured it would be nice to have a change from the political craziness for a bit.