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* ''Series/TrueDetective'': Season 4 (titled ''Night Country''), though set in the Alaskan High Arctic rather than an actual Nordic country, has many of the hallmarks, including the DefectiveDetective (2 of them, both women to boot), the social themes, and the murder implicating both the personal lives of the perpetrator and the victim on one hand and wider issues on the other. The setting during polar night also adds to the noirness. However, it's distinguished from most other examples by including (somewhat ambiguous) supernatural elements. (Also for what it's worth, much of it was ''filmed'' in Iceland.)
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* ''Series/TrueDetective'': Season 4 (titled ''Night Country''), though set in the Alaskan UsefulNotes/{{Alaska}}n High Arctic rather than an actual Nordic country, has many of the hallmarks, including the DefectiveDetective (2 of them, both women to boot), the social themes, and the grisly murder implicating both the personal lives of the perpetrator and the victim on one hand and wider issues on the other. The setting during polar night also adds to the noirness. However, it's distinguished from most other examples by including (somewhat ambiguous) supernatural elements. (Also for what it's worth, much of it was ''filmed'' in Iceland.)
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* ''Series/TrueDetective'': Season 4 (titled ''Night Country''), though set in the Alaskan High Arctic rather than an actual Nordic country, has many of the hallmarks, including the DefectiveDetective (2 of them, both women to boot), the social themes, and the murder implicating both the personal lives of the perpetrator and the victim on one hand and wider issues on the other. The setting during polar night also adds to the noirness. However, it's distinguished from most other examples by including (somewhat ambiguous) supernatural elements.
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* ''Series/TrueDetective'': Season 4 (titled ''Night Country''), though set in the Alaskan High Arctic rather than an actual Nordic country, has many of the hallmarks, including the DefectiveDetective (2 of them, both women to boot), the social themes, and the murder implicating both the personal lives of the perpetrator and the victim on one hand and wider issues on the other. The setting during polar night also adds to the noirness. However, it's distinguished from most other examples by including (somewhat ambiguous) supernatural elements. (Also for what it's worth, much of it was ''filmed'' in Iceland.)
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* ''Series/True Detective'': Season 4 (titled ''Night Country''), though set in the Alaskan High Arctic rather than an actual Nordic country, has many of the hallmarks, including the DefectiveDetective (2 of them, both women to boot), the social themes, and the murder implicating both the personal lives of the perpetrator and the victim on one hand and wider issues on the other. The extra-Arctic setting--a small fishing and mining town north of the Arctic Circle during polar night--adds to the Nordic mood. Even the presence of Alaska Natives only adds to the atmosphere (after all, Greenland has Inuit). No, what makes Night Country ''influenced'' by Nordic Noir but perhaps not quite in the genre is the possible if not likely influence of ghosts....
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* ''Series/True Detective'': ''Series/TrueDetective'': Season 4 (titled ''Night Country''), though set in the Alaskan High Arctic rather than an actual Nordic country, has many of the hallmarks, including the DefectiveDetective (2 of them, both women to boot), the social themes, and the murder implicating both the personal lives of the perpetrator and the victim on one hand and wider issues on the other. The extra-Arctic setting--a small fishing and mining town north of the Arctic Circle setting during polar night--adds to the Nordic mood. Even the presence of Alaska Natives only night also adds to the atmosphere (after all, Greenland has Inuit). No, what makes Night Country ''influenced'' noirness. However, it's distinguished from most other examples by Nordic Noir but perhaps not quite in the genre is the possible if not likely influence of ghosts....including (somewhat ambiguous) supernatural elements.
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* ''Series/True Detective'': Season 4 (titled ''Night Country''), though set in the Alaskan High Arctic rather than an actual Nordic country, has many of the hallmarks, including the DefectiveDetective (2 of them, both women to boot), the social themes, and the murder implicating both the personal lives of the perpetrator and the victim on one hand and wider issues on the other. The extra-Arctic setting--a small fishing and mining town north of the Arctic Circle during polar night--adds to the Nordic mood. Even the presence of Alaska Natives only adds to the atmosphere (after all, Greenland has Inuit). No, what makes Night Country ''influenced'' by Nordic Noir but perhaps not quite in the genre is the possible if not likely influence of ghosts....
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* ''Series/{{Shetland}}'' is a Scottish take on the genre, set in a region of Scotland that's very close to Norway.
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* ''Series/{{Shetland}}'' is a Scottish take on the genre, set in a region of Scotland that's the closest thing to a Nordic country that speaks English.[[note]]Yes, closer than Minnesota. It's very close to Norway.Norway, has significant Norse/Nordic influence on its culture (to wit: it was colonised by vikings from Norway and was ruled by Norway, or at least by Norwegian lords, for centuries), and to this day maintains cultural and economic contacts with both Norway and the Faroe Islands.[[/note]]
