Barry Forshaw is the author of the authoritative guide Nordic Noir (2013) and also runs the Crimetime website. In this video he gives a quick tour of the Scandinavian crime fiction scene, from Sweden to Iceland.
The big names include:
- Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö - the Martin Beck stories
- Henning Mankell - Wallander ("Sweden's trojan horse")
- Håkan Nesser - including the Inspector Van Veeteren stories and Inspector Barbarotti series
- Karin Fossum ("the Scandinavian Ruth Rendell")
- Stieg Larsson - the Lisbeth Salander trilogy
- Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström
- Jussi Adler-Olsen - the Department Q series
- Jens Lapidus - the Stockholm series
- The Danish dramas The Killing and Borgen, and The Bridge
- Arnaldur Indriðason - the Icelandic series featuring Detective Erlendur
- Yrsa Sigurðardóttir - the Thóra Gudmundsdóttir series, and this year's winner of the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel
- Anne Holt - the Hanne Wilhelmsen and Vik/Stubø series
- Jo Nesbø - Inspector Harry Hole
