UK fans of Dan, Flemming and Marianne have had to wait just four weeks between series two and season three of The Sommerdahl Murders airing via Walter Presents. Since season two left us with a double personal tragedy for Dan, … Continue reading The Sommerdahl Murders Season 3: More Picturesque Crime from Walter Presents
Discover 8 new Nordic releases with our June Monthly Guide and find out which titles to add to your Nordic Watchlist this month. Continue reading 5 New Nordic Releases: July Monthly Guide
The Last Journey opens with a quiet simplicity: stark title cards. The Son. The Father. They are followed by the sterile whiteness of a hospital waiting room. An MRI machine hums ominously as Lars, the father, lies still, his son … Continue reading Reviving Memories: A Father-Son Road Trip in ‘The Last Journey’
Viaplay has a decidedly gritty new offering coming to the platform. Mafia, a six-part drama thriller, centres around a community of smugglers and dealers from the former Yugoslavia, all of whom are using their new home in Stockholm to fund … Continue reading Mafia – Viaplay’s tense new crime thriller
The ultimate comfort watch is back on Walter Presents. Sure, there’s death involved, but there’s something so cosy and charming about The Sommerdahl Murders. It’s as if Midsummer Murders was set in Denmark – there’s an unusually high body count … Continue reading The Sommerdahl Murders Season 2 Review: The Cosy Crime Drama Returns
The Barracuda Queens are back on Netflix with Season 2! We cover everything brilliant and badass about the new season, including the cast, director, history behind the Barracuda Queens, and our review of the second season. Barracuda Queens Season Two … Continue reading Barracuda Queens Season 2 on Netflix: Everything Brilliant and Badass About the New Season
Discover 8 new Nordic releases with our June Monthly Guide and find out which titles to add to your Nordic Watchlist this month. Continue reading 8 New Nordic Releases: June Monthly Guide
Discover the best Nordic films, TV series, and books with Nordic Watchlist’s Nordic Spotlight. This month’s roundup features standout reviews, including a film adaptation, gripping series, and a festival highlight. Continue reading Nordic Spotlight: Best in Screen and Page – May | Monthly Roundup
Nordic Watchlist reviews and introduces you to the Norwegian series Pernille (or Pørni) which now has all five seasons available on Netflix. Continue reading Why Pernille (Pørni) is a Witty Must-Watch on Netflix
Alex from Nordic Watchlist got the opportunity to talk the Amaryllis August, star of Thomas Vinterberg’s TV Series Families Like Ours which is currently available on BBC iPlayer. Continue reading Emerging Talent: Exploring Amaryllis August’s Role in Families Like Ours
Nordic Watchlist’s Glen reviews Back In The Day by Oliver Lovrenski — the award-winning debut that made waves in Norway in 2025 and now arrives for English-language readers. Continue reading Back In The Day by Oliver Lovrenski – Book Review
Nordic Watchlist speaks to Danish star Jacob Lohmann about his his role in romantic comedy Chaos which comes to Viaplay this month. Continue reading Chaos series: Jacob Lohmann discusses filming new Viaplay romantic comedy
Icelandic filmmaker Rúnar Rúnarsson’s When the Light Breaks is a poignant meditation on grief, love and the quiet devastation of loss. Set against the backdrop of Iceland’s ethereal landscapes, the film follows Una (Elín Hall), a young art student grappling … Continue reading Exploring Grief in Rúnar Rúnarsson’s When the Light Breaks
Have you ever had something happen to you that has made you reassess the rest of your life? A moment so striking in its capacity for change that you realise you have been living a life that you’re not entirely … Continue reading Chaos – All you need to know about Viaplay’s brilliant new romantic drama series
Norwegian Director Silje Evensmo Jacobsen discusses A New Kind of Wilderness, her documentary which is released in selected UK cinemas Continue reading Director Silje Evensmo Jacobsen discusses A New Kind of Wilderness
When we said last month that you had to cancel all of your plans for The Glass Dome, we didn’t anticipate having to tell you to do the same this month. But Ingeborg Topsøe’s Secrets We Keep (Reservatet) really is worth staying in for. The endlessly binge-able six-part series comes to Netflix on May 15. Continue reading Secrets We Keep – Review of Thrilling Nordic Netflix Crime Drama
The Nordic Watchlist team watch A New Kind of Wilderness and share a their review of the documentary that his UK cinemas this month. Continue reading A New Kind of Wilderness – Documentary Review
“It’s quite a trippy movie and I have quite a trippy brain.” Nordic Watchlist speaks to Emilíana Torrini about The Extraordinary Miss Flower which is released in UK cinemas on the 9th May. Continue reading The Extraordinary Miss Flower: exploring Emilíana Torrini’s new film
Nordic Watchlist reviews new Norwegian series The Fortress as it arrives onto Amazon Prime in the UK. Continue reading The Fortress: A Review of the Riveting Pandemic-Inspired Series
Discover 12 new Nordic releases with our May Monthly Guide and find out which titles to add to your Nordic Watchlist this month. Continue reading 12 New Nordic Releases: May Monthly Guide
Nordic Watchlist reviews upcoming Danish drama Families Like Ours which is coming to the BBC; the team also discuss the cast and director. Continue reading Families Like Ours – BBC’s new Nordic drama set in Denmark
Discover the best Nordic films, TV series, and books with Nordic Watchlist’s Nordic Spotlight. This month’s roundup features standout reviews, including a film adaptation, gripping series, and a festival highlight. Continue reading Nordic Spotlight: Best in Screen and Page – April | Monthly Roundup
One of Sweden’s most successful authors, Camilla Läckberg is now reaching new fans with her TV series The Glass Dome screening on Netflix. Läckberg has sold over 35 million books in 60 countries and is rightly known as ‘The Queen … Continue reading Camilla Läckberg: Top 5 Must-Read Novels for New Fans
The middle books of a trilogy are often ‘the problem child’. Gone is the initial excitement of the first instalment and the denouement needed for the final book – all that alongside the need to keep the reader engaged. It … Continue reading The Heirs of The Arctic by Aslak Nore – Book Review
Clear your diary; cancel your plans. There’s a new six part Nordic crime drama for you to binge watch on Netflix – The Glass Dome! Continue reading Netflix’s The Glass Dome Review – A Tense New Crime Thriller
Nordic Watchlist review: The Ugly Stepsister offers a dark, fresh twist on the Cinderella tale, told from the stepsister’s view. Continue reading The Ugly Stepsister Review: A Dark Twist on Cinderella
For a country that frequently tops the ‘world’s happiest place to live’ charts, Finland can certainly produce dark drama, and in season two of Bordertown, there’s darkness upon darkness. Lappeenranta, on the Finnish/Russian border, is a city wrapped in darkness, … Continue reading Bordertown Season Two – TV Series Review
In times of tragedy, it is often said that having a community around you – be it family members, loved ones, friends or neighbours – is one of the most important things. Having a hub of people around you who … Continue reading The Street Where I Live – Viaplay’s New Six Part Series
Discover the latest Nordic New Releases in our April Monthly Guide and find out which titles to add to your Nordic Watchlist this month. FILMS & TV SERIES The Street I Live On | TV Series | Viaplay USA (4th … Continue reading Nordic New Releases: April Monthly Guide
Discover the best Nordic films, TV series, and books with Nordic Watchlist’s Nordic Spotlight. This month’s roundup features standout reviews, including a film adaptation, gripping series, and a festival highlight. Continue reading Nordic Spotlight: Best in Screen and Page – March | Monthly Roundup
