We had a bit of time out in July, but it wasn’t long until we were back checking out some new Nordic releases. This month includes a couple of debuts from last weekend’s Frightfest! Here is our Nordic Watchlist for … Continue reading Our Nordic Watchlist August 2023: Discover the TV series and films we watched this month
Our new resident Nordic literature-loving writer, Glen, shares his views on some Nordic books recently released from Iceland. You Can’t See Me by Eva Björg Ægisdottir ORENDA BOOKS A genealogy chart appears at the beginning of You Can’t See Me … Continue reading NORDIC BOOK REVIEWS: ‘You Can’t See Me’ and ‘Reykjavik’
Jonas Strand Gravli has been one of many stand-out performances in the hugely popular Norwegian Netflix series Ragnarok. Alex from Nordic Watchlist spoke to the star about the new series, his character Laurits, and coming to terms with the end … Continue reading Netflix’s Ragnarok star Jonas Strand Gravli discusses the series’ final season
In his first feature for Nordic Watchlist our new writer Glen Pearce discusses the release of Reykjavik (out today), the fascinating world of people in politics writing novels, and suggests five novels kickstart your journey to Icelandic Nordic Noir. You’d … Continue reading Katrín Jakobsdóttir’s Reykjavik Preview: Leadership and crime writing – a not so unlikely partnership
Alex spoke to Finnish actress Kreeta Salminen, star of Walter Presents new series Enemy of the People. The series aired in the UK at the beginning of August and has already proved to be a hit. Nordic Watchlist: Let us … Continue reading Kreeta Salminen stars in new series Enemy of the People on Walter Presents
July came with the sad news of Viaplay pulling out of the USA, Canada, and the UK – just as we had worked with them to advise all releases coming to the player in those countries. When the streamer will … Continue reading New Nordic releases for August
Danish star Ulrich Thomsen is something of a household name when it comes to Nordic film – but we first discovered the Danish star as Kai Proctor in the seriously underrated American series Banshee, which remains something of a cult … Continue reading Danish star Ulrich Thomsen talks to Nordic Watchlist about TV series Trom and his up-coming film roles
We returned to one of our favourite cities again this June, to stay in new luxurious hotels, discover some new places, and sample more delicious food and drinks. The weather was glorious, and we enjoyed walking around shops, gardens and … Continue reading Five new things we did in Copenhagen this summer
Here comes July with some great new series’ premiering and also some old series’ returning, too. Also, we are really excited to share with you that we will now be featuring what releases are coming to Viaplay for the UK, … Continue reading New Nordic releases for July
We all know that for some reason when summer comes round things slow down when it comes to Nordic series and film releases and nothing has changed as we get hit by a heatwave and begin to dream of those … Continue reading Our Nordic Watchlist June 2023: Discover the TV series’ and films we watched this month