Nordic TV Shows on Netflix

A shocking turn of events puts Birgitte Nyborg in the Danish prime minister's seat as her country's first female leader in this landmark drama.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 70302482 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This miniseries created for Swedish television adapts the complete Millennium trilogy from Stieg Larsson's best-selling novels.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 70289508 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

An impending ISIS attack on Sweden entangles a group of women, including a mother in a bind, a spirited student and an ambitious cop.

Year: 2020
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix ID: 80240005 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In this sequel to “Utvandrarna,” the Nilssons begin their lives as new immigrants and become entangled in the contentious culture of a changing America.

Year: 1972
IMDb: 8
Netflix ID: 81244777 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In mid-19th-century Sweden, a group of pilgrims, led by the Nilsson family, voyage to America in search of fertile ground and a fresh start.

Year: 1971
IMDb: 8
Netflix ID: 81244776 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

While seeking to create value for pensioners, a star investor at Norway's Oil Fund reckons with big business, bureaucracy and an ethics committee.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix ID: 81233401 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In this quirky saga of a Norwegian family, an aspiring writer and his half brother try to transcend their beginnings and find their way in the world.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 7.4
Netflix ID: 70304285 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Amid a plan to strike a Scandinavian target, a member of a radical cell captures a drone engineer as a special agent scrambles to foil the plot.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.4
Netflix ID: 81473985 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

An Oslo detective with a painful past returns to his native Iceland to help a dedicated cop hunt a serial killer with a link to a mysterious photo.

Year: 2020
IMDb: 7.1
Netflix ID: 81043833 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

An incendiary hate crime stirs civil unrest, fast-tracking rookie cop Kurt Wallander to detective in this origin story for the popular character.

Year: 2020
IMDb: 6.7
Netflix ID: 81011098 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

As a crusty detective deals with a personal ailment, he discovers that some of his cases might have a connection that could impact the world.

Year: 2006
IMDb: 6.6
Netflix ID: 81233413 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Headed into battle, the soldiers of the Finnish Machine Gun Division face uncomfortable truths as war leaves its mark on them — and a nation.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 6.5
Netflix ID: 81286606 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

As a way to make friends, new girl in town Olivia volunteers to work at the Heartlake City World Petacular with four other girls.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 6.3
Netflix rating: 3.6/5
Netflix ID: 70304718 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Brooding private eye Varg Veum lends his services to the troubled and often finds himself entangled in deadly conspiracies and hidden corruption.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 6.2
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Netflix ID: 80154139 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a divorced mother of two moves to a new town, an eerie incident puts her in the center of a supernatural murder case.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 6.2
Netflix ID: 81233387 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A married consultant and a young IT tech kick off a flirty game that challenges societal norms — and leads them to re-evaluate their entire lives.

Year: 2020
IMDb: 6.1
Netflix ID: 81069541 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In a beautiful resort town, crime novelist Erica Falck feels compelled to join her husband, a police detective, in investigating a string of murders.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 5.8
Netflix rating: 3.8/5
Netflix ID: 80004900 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb