True Nordic Crimes (2015– ) User Reviews

What an interesting show

[cloudmerchant · 8/10 · 1 January 2023]

What a welcome change from the typical North American way of handling television. This show presents facts in an orderly, no-nonsense way; there's no attempt to overly dramatize the information, and no sign of the hyper, almost frenzied way that true crime shows are typically produced. The episodes are interesting, straightforward, succinct, and executed with an almost serene narration that makes each new case more fascinating than the last.

I'm sad to find that only one season was made. There definitely needs to be more television produced in Iceland.

And that theme music is incredibly catchy.

True Nordic Crimes Opening Theme

[bjburwinkel-66340 · 8/10 · 9 January 2023]

I've recently been watching the series True Nordic Crime on Prime Video. It's interesting especially considering the stereotype of Iceland being a sleepy, safe and quiet country. Yet humans live there, and humans commit crimes so there's no reason to believe that Iceland is some crime free utopia. It is not as vivid and lurid as an American true crime series which I don't mind. The show is a documentary and that is clear in terms of the production. What I've been trying to find out what is/ who performs the theme music to the series. It seems to me that the theme is almost exactly like the music in the song "Over" by Portishead. That opening guitar/bass lick is almost note for note to that song. Anyone know the answer to this?

"A Robbery in Broad Daylight"

[evening1 · 6/10 · 20 January 2024]

When I saw that this episode concerned the heist of a high-end watchmaker in Reykjavík, I wondered if I'd seen the establishment while strolling along the shopping district's Laugavegur.

It turns out that the target of the 2011 crime is actually Michelsen's, which has a 100-year-old tradition in Iceland, a country that fascinates me.

More interesting yet is that the robbers had made the trip especially from Poland, homeland of the largest ethnic minority in the Land of Fire and Ice. One made the trip with a car via the ferry from Denmark to Seydisfjordur, spotlighted in the recent Icelandic Nordic noir series "Trapped."

It was very cool to see two of the thieves soaking in an outdoor hot pool in Kopavagur. That's one of my favorite things to do when I'm at 66 degree latitude. Ah, bliss.

It turns out that three of holdup guys got five years in Icelandic prison, while the fourth remains at large, most likely back in Poland.

I'm excited to see the rest of the series for precious glimpses of Iceland and its intriguing ancient tongue.