We do have a while to wait, annoyingly; Young Wallander won’t be back until 2022. In the meantime, though, we’ve looked out some of the best Scandi noir series available to stream now on Netflix.

Each is filled to bursting with gritty social realism, complex characters, and covetable knitwear. Each takes place in a sombre (usually snow-battered) setting. And each promises to be a gripping watch from start to finish.

We’d say ‘happy viewing’ but… well, but that’s not really the point of these TV series, is it?

The Unlikely Murderer

The Unlikely Murderer is a fictional interpretation of how Stig Engström, the graphic designer who was named as the probable murderer of Sweden’s prime minister Olof Palme, managed to elude justice right up to his death through a combination of audacity, luck and a perplexed police force.

What do we know about Stig Engström? How could the police let him get away, despite being on his track? As this series (due out in autumn 2021) makes clear, the murder was not planned well, Engström did everything wrong from the beginning and almost no one believed his lies about what he actually did during that fateful night 1986 in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Scandi crime dramas: 19 deliciously dark Nordic noir series to stream on Netflix