Best Icelandic TV Shows
Best Icelandic TV Shows
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- CreatorBaltasar KormákurStarsÓlafur Darri ÓlafssonIlmur KristjánsdóttirBjörn Hlynur HaraldssonIn a remote town in Iceland, police desperately try to solve a crime as a powerful storm descends upon the town.Won 2 2020 Edda Awards, TV Show of the Year nominee
Won 1 2017 Edda Award, TV Show of the Year winner
Won 3 2016 Edda Awards, TV Show of the Year winner
Blu-ray: Season 1 [UK Arrow: 1080i/50fps, 5.1 DTS-HD MA (IS), ENG subs, Region B, Making of]
Blu-ray: Season 1 [DE Studio Canal: 1080i/50fps, 5.1 DTS-HD MA (IS), No ENG]
DVD: Season 2 [UK Arrow: 5.1 Dolby Digital (IS), ENG subs]
Streaming: Season 3 - Entrapped [Netflix: 5.1 Dolby Digital (IS), ENG subs] - StarsHeida ReedSara Dögg ÁsgeirsdóttirKristín Þóra HaraldsdóttirStella Blómkvist is a young, cute, libertine, tough, confident, intelligent, Icelandic lawyer with a flexible moral compass. A friend at the police calls her when there"s a criminal in need of a lawyer.Nominated for 4 2022 Edda Awards
Nominated for 7 2018 Edda Awards, TV Show of the Year nominee
Heida Reed, Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir
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Streaming [AMC+] - CreatorThordur PalssonStarsAldís Amah HamiltonNína Dögg FilippusdóttirTinna HrafnsdóttirPolice profiler Arnar is sent back home from Oslo to his native Iceland to investigate the country"s first serial killer case. He teams up with the local senior cop Kata.Won 2 2021 Edda Awards
Streaming [Netflix] - CreatorSigurjón KjartanssonBaltasar KormákurStarsGuðrún Ýr EyfjörðÍris Tanja FlygenringIngvar SigurdssonOne year after the violent eruption of the subglacial volcano Katla, the peace and tranquility in the small town of Vik is dramatically disturbed.Won 1 2022 Edda Award, TV Show of the Year nominee
Streaming [Netflix] - CreatorSigurjón KjartanssonStarsMagnús JónssonJóhanna Vigdís ArnardóttirVíkingur KristjánssonA legal drama, set in Iceland. Logi loves the gray zone of law.2011 Edda Awards TV Show of the Year winner
2010 Edda Awards TV Show of the Year nominee - StarsSteinunn Ólína ÞorsteinsdóttirMagnús JónssonBirna Rún EiríksdóttirA smart lawyer whose drinking and recklessness send him on a path of self-destruction finds new purpose investigating a teenager"s apparent suicide.Won 2 2016 Edda Awards, TV Show of the Year nominee
Elín Hall (Elín Sif Halldórsdóttir)
The Court (Season 3) - CreatorNína Dögg FilippusdóttirGísli Örn GarðarssonBjörn Hlynur HaraldssonStarsNína Dögg FilippusdóttirGísli Örn GarðarssonBjörn Hlynur HaraldssonChildhood friends restore an old trawler and build a fishing empire in Iceland. As the introduction of fishing quotas shake the country, their future is challenged by the battle for power, greed and betrayal. Inspired by real events.Won 9 2023 Edda Awards, TV Show of the Year winner
- CreatorNína Dögg FilippusdóttirUnnur Ösp StefánsdóttirStarsNína Dögg FilippusdóttirMaria Thelma SmáradóttirAldís Amah HamiltonLinda is sent to serve time in Iceland"s only women"s prison for a vicious assault that leaves her father in a coma. But no-one knows that she harbors a dark secret that could tear her family apart, a secret that could set her free.Won 7 2018 Edda Awards, TV Show of the Year winner
- StarsÓlafur Darri ÓlafssonAníta BriemThorvaldur KristjanssonA look into the life of the newly elected Prime Minister of Iceland, who starts losing his grip on reality and the effect that has on his family and the Icelandic nation.Won 3 2021 Edda Awards, TV Show of the Year winner
Anita Briem - StarsAníta BriemMartin WallströmMikael KaaberA struggling mom in a stale marriage, longs for thrills of her past life. When a young man enters her home and introduces her and her husband to flirting games, the couple"s relationship gets rekindled. But can their marriage survive?
- StarsAldís Amah HamiltonÆvar Þór BenediktssonLára Jóhanna JónsdóttirA troubled police officer is forced back to her hometown. Confronting her abusive mother is inescapable but the discovery of a body changes everything. She"s forced to search for a dangerous serial killer while stuck in a dark pit.2023 Edda Awards TV Show of the Year nominee
Anna Gunndís Guðmundsdóttir, Aldís Amah Hamilton - StarsBjörn Hlynur HaraldssonUnnur Birna Jónsdóttir BackmanAri Kapríus KristjánssonThe Cliff is a dramatic mystery that involves bizarre incidents and unexplained deaths, set against the backdrop of a controversial hydroelectric project. From Walter Presents, in Icelandic with English subtitles.Won 1 2010 Edda Award, TV Show of the Year nominee
- StarsAtli Rafn SigurðssonBjörn Hlynur HaraldssonHeida ReedThe Cliff is a dramatic mystery that involves bizarre incidents and unexplained deaths, set against the backdrop of a controversial hydroelectric project. From Walter Presents, in Icelandic with English subtitles.Won 1 2015 Edda Award, TV Show of the Year winner
Sequel to The Cliff (2009) - StarsVíkingur KristjánssonÓlafur Darri ÓlafssonÞórunn Arna KristjánsdóttirA buddy love-story about two men going on a road trip to reshape their longtime friendship. The journey takes an unexpected turn which forces them to face their own feelings, manhood and pride.2022 Edda Awards TV Show of the Year nominee
- CreatorÓskar JónassonSigurjón KjartanssonStarsSara Dögg ÁsgeirsdóttirAnnalísa HermannsdóttirKjartan GuðjónssonIcelandic thriller about a tabloid journalist, whose investigations often put her in the path of danger.Won 1 2013 Edda Award, TV Show of the Year winner
Won 1 2012 Edda Award, TV Show of the Year winner - StarsSólveig ArnarsdóttirSteinn Ármann MagnússonDavíð GuðbrandssonA story about four Icelandic detectives, working in the gloomy everyday life in Reykjavik where international crime rings are starting to operate.Won 1 2008 Edda Award, TV Show of the Year nominee
- StarsLilja Nótt ÞórarinsdóttirIlmur KristjánsdóttirJóhanna Friðrika SæmundsdóttirA fourteen year old vanishes without a trace at the turn of the millenium. Twenty five years later her body is discovered and three friends have to face the horror of their past.Won 3 2022 Edda Awards, TV Show of the Year winner
- StarsSara Dögg ÁsgeirsdóttirJoi JohannssonBaldur EinarssonThe ER doctor, Kristin, in the wake of her divorce moves to her home village with her teenage daughter. Completely out of her comfort zone as she deals with her old lover and her psychic mother, forcing her to face the ghosts of her past.Nominated for 2 2023 Edda Awards
- StarsIngvar SigurdssonSvandis Dora EinarsdottirSaga GarðarsdóttirMiddle-aged handball legend returns to childhood club to coach women"s team, clashing with post #MeToo generation after fall from grace.
- StarsJörundur RagnarssonJón GnarrPétur Jóhann SigfússonThree men working at a gas station in Reykjavik battle boredom, strange visitors and their own customers.Won 1 2007 Edda Award, TV Show of the Year winner
- StarsJón GnarrPétur Jóhann SigfússonJörundur RagnarssonThe comedy continues when the night shift is over and the three men go working on a day shift in a small district from outside the city.Won 1 2008 Edda Award, TV Show of the Year winner
Sequel to The Night Shift (2007) - StarsJörundur RagnarssonPétur Jóhann SigfússonLilja Guðrún ÞorvaldsdóttirLast but not least the comedy ends after finding out that one of the three men murdered a woman in the day shift and every single one of them go to prison but always a happy ending.Won 6 2010 Edda Awards, TV Show of the Year winner
Sequel to The Day Shift (2008) - CreatorRagnar BragasonStarsJörundur RagnarssonPétur Jóhann SigfússonHalldór GylfasonEinar, a charismatic history teacher is committed to a remote mental asylum in Iceland. During the bank holiday weekend he initiates an uprising that transforms into a proper revolution where the lunatics literally take over the asylum.Nominated for 4 2012 Edda Awards, TV Show of the Year nominee
- StarsNanna Kristín MagnúsdóttirSveinn Ólafur GunnarssonRegína Sjöfn SveinsdóttirKaren, a 38-year-old couples counselor and mother of three, has her life turned upside down when she discovers her husband"s infidelity. Suddenly single, she must say good-bye to the utopian vision of the perfect nuclear family, and the professional advice she gives her clients now seem absurd. Every other weekend, the so-called "daddy weekends", are what Karen no fears most.Won 1 2020 Edda Award, TV Show of the Year winner
- StarsGísli Örn GarðarssonBjörn ThorsCharlotte BøvingThis thriller series follows two detectives, Gunnar (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson) and Hinrik (Gísli Örn Garðarsson),as they attempt to track down a serial killer who has a penchant for murdering goose hunters.Nominated for 1 2008 Edda Award, TV Show of the Year nominee
