Scandanavian TV Shows/Movies

Here's a bunch that I really enjoyed. Feel free to add to the list. I saw most of these on Netflix over the last few years.


NORWAY

Occupied (TV Show)

"In the near future, Norway is occupied by Russia on behalf of the European Union, due to the fact that the newly elected environmental friendly Norwegian government has stopped the all important oil- and gas-production in the North Sea."


Lilyhammer (TV Show)

"A New York mobster goes into hiding in rural Lilyhammer in Norway after testifying against his former associates."


Nobel (TV Show)

"In NOBEL, two stories carefully intertwine as a returning soldier and family man becomes a pawn in a political international game. As the stakes grow higher he is forced to discover just how far one should go in the name of peace. "

Trollhunter (Movie)

"While investigating reports of illegal poaching, three student filmmakers encounter a man (Otto Jespersen) who slays trolls for the Norwegian government."

Dead Snow (Movie)

"A ski vacation turns horrific for a group of medical students, as they find themselves confronted by an unimaginable menace: Nazi zombies."

King of Devils Island (Movie)

"Inmates rebel at a Norwegian reform school for boys, where discipline is maintained through cruelty."

Oslo, August 31st (Movie)

"One day in the life of Anders, a young recovering drug addict, who takes a brief leave from his treatment center to interview for a job and catch up with old friends in Oslo."

The Wave (Movie)

"A Norwegian geologist (Kristoffer Joner) and his family (Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro) fight for survival when a massive landslide causes a 250-foot tidal wave."

Kon Tiki (Movie) 2012

"Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdal's epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times. "


SWEDEN

30 degrees In February (TV Show)

"Series about people escaping their cold winter homeland looking for happiness in sunny Thailand but getting more than they hoped for."

DENMARK

Land of Mine (Movie)

"In post-World War II Denmark, a group of young German POWs are forced to clear a beach of thousands of land mines under the watch of a Danish Sergeant who slowly learns to appreciate their plight."

The Salvation (Movie)

"After shooting the man who murdered his wife, a Danish settler (Mads Mikkelsen) incurs the wrath of the man's brother (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a ruthless land baron who rules their frontier town."