The Story of Scandinavian Crime Fiction

The following video, produced by BBC, gives an excellent overview of the development of Scandinavian Crime Fiction. A number of contemporary crime fiction writers from the Scandinavian countries are interviewed as well. Enjoy!

Sjowall & Wahloo

An excellent video about the great crime fiction writing duo Maj Sjowall (Sjöwall) and Per Wahloo (Wahlöö), featuring (among others) Maj Sjowall and Hakan Nesser (see also reviews of books by Sjowall & Wahloo):

Most recent Scandinavian movies on DVD reviewed:

A Somewhat Gentle Man - Stellan Skarsgård at his very best

The Killing - an excellent Danish crime fiction TV series

Arn: Templar Knight - based on the Crusades trilogy by Jan Guillou

Jar City, excellent Icelandic crime movie based on a book by Arnaldur Indridason

Troubled Water - an extraordinary Norwegian movie

Pusher Trilogy. Hard, violent Danish movies about gangsters.

As it is in Heaven. Charming Swedish movie, romantic, funny, warm.

Max Manus - about a hero in the Norwegian resistance during WWII

Flame and Citron - about the Danish resistance during WWII

Evil (Ondskan), based on a novel by Jan Guillou

Antichrist and other movies by Danish Lars von Trier

The Van Veeteren collection (Hakan Nesser)

Kurt Wallander series (Henning Mankell)

Irene Huss movies (Boxed set) Helene Tursten

The 10 most recent books reviewed on Scandinavian Books:

The Caller, by Karin Fossum

The Howling Miller, by Arto Paasilinna

The Dwarf, by Pär Lagerkvist

The Ice Palace, by Tarjei Vesaas

The Summer Without Men, by Siri Hustvedt

Doctor Glas, by Hjalmar Soderberg

The Quarry, by Johan Theorin

The Keeper of Lost Causes, by Jussi Adler-Olsen

Dina's Book, by Herbjorg Wassmo

Death in Oslo, by Anne Holt