9 Best Icelandic TV series + movies on Netflix
Netflix has some excellent Scandinavian shows that are worth binge-watching. We absolutely love Icelandic TV shows and dramas (and also the scenery which sometimes does steal the limelight). If you’re planning to visit Iceland, these shows will provide inspiration for some of the must-visit places!
In this article, you will find the best Icelandic TV series and movies available on Netflix including information about where in Iceland they were made.
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Best Icelandic TV series on Netflix
Katla
Year of release โ 2021
Number of seasons – 1
Number of episodes –
Genre โ Mystery thriller, Supernatural
Synopsis โ An underground volcano that has been erupting for over a year starts to affect a local community in ways they could not predict when naked people start to emerge covered in ash. This is all the more horrifying when people who have been missing or died start to appear.
The series explores the impacts of loss and grieving.
Starring? Guรฐrรบn รr Eyfjรถrรฐ, รris Tanja Flygenring, Ingvar Sigurรฐsson, and Sรณlveig Arnarsdรณttir.
Where was it filmed in Iceland? It was filmed in Vรญk in Iceland
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Trapped (รfรฆrรฐ)
Year of release – 2015
Number of seasons – 2
Number of episodes – 20
Genre โ A crime drama series.
Synopsis โ In season one the body of a murder victim appears just as a major snowstorm is about the hit. Police officers Hรถgni (Jรณhannes Haukur Jรณhannesson) and รrni (รlafur Darri รlafsson), Polar Patrol, uncover how the body ended up there as a storm rages around them.
In season two the crime thriller follows an investigation into a young girl’s disappearance and how it connects to a series of murders around the town.
Starring? – รlafur Darri รlafsson, Jรณhannes Haukur Jรณhannesson, Ingvar E. Sigurรฐsson
Where was it filmed in Iceland? Season one was filmed predominantly on location around Egilsstaรฐir and Hรถfn – including the Mรฝvatn area. Season two was filmed in Reyรฐarfjรถrรฐur.
Entrapped (รfรฆrรฐ – Eftir รst)
Year of release – 2017
Number of seasons – 1
Number of episodes โ 6
Genre โ A crime drama series.
Synopsis โ The series follows a serial killer, who leaves victims in an unusual manner: he locks them into specially adapted rooms filled with water, and they need to find ways to escape before they drown.
Starring? – รlafur Darri รlafsson, Bjรถrn Hlynur Haraldsson
Where was it filmed in Iceland? Filmed on location around Reyรฐarfjรถrรฐur and Akureyri.
The Valhalla Murders (Brot)
Year of release – 2016
Number of seasons – 1
Number of episodes – 6
Genre โ A crime thriller.
Synopsis โ A detective embarks upon a blood-soaked mission to solve the disappearance of his wife and son in this dark Icelandic mystery series, following six all-new mysteries set during the final days leading up to Yule, the day when spirits roam the world of the living.
Starring? โ Georgina Haig, Elliot Cowan and Hugo Petterson
Where was it filmed in Iceland? โ The first two episodes were set and filmed on location at various areas around Iceland while the remaining four are shot in stages at Pinewood Studios in Reyรฐarfjรถrรฐur.
Case
Year of release โ 2015
Number of seasons – 1
Number of episodes – 9
Genre โ An award-winning Icelandic crime drama that is best described as a Nordic Noir.
Synopsis โ The series is about a chief detective investigating the murder of a young woman. As he delves into the case, his own life begins to unravel.
Starring? โ รorsteinn Bachmann and Helgi Bjรถrnsson
Where was it filmed in Iceland? – The series was mainly shot in southeast Iceland, including Hveragerรฐi, Selfoss and around Reykjanes peninsula. Some scenes were also shot in Reykjavik.
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Out of thin air
Year of release โ 2017
Number of seasons – 1
Number of episodes – 8
Genre โ A true crime mini-series.
Synopsis โ This documentary series explores the unsolved murder of two drug dealers, in Iceland’s most notorious prison, Litla Hraun. The story is told, for the first time by inmates and prison guards and is still one of Iceland’s most controversial cases.
Where was it filmed in Iceland? โ The shooting locations are mainly near Hรณlmur and Reyรฐarfjรถrรฐur, West Iceland.
And Breathe Normally
Year of release – 2018
Genre โ Drama
Synopsis โ An Icelandic couple have to decide how far they will go when faced with an impossible dilemma: to save the lives of their young children, should they use every means at their disposal? Or are there moral limits that even parents shouldn’t cross? This searingly honest portrayal was written and directed by รsold Uggadรณttir whose own experiences as a parent inspired this deeply personal story.
Starring – Kristรญn Thรณra Haraldsdรณttir (Breathe), Bjรถrn Hur Haraldsson (Breathe), Sรณley Huld Sigurรฐardรณttir, Steinn รrmann Magnรบsson, Hlynur Pรกlmason
Where was it filmed in Iceland? – It was shot on location around Reykjavik.
Heartstone
Year of release – 2016
Genre โ Drama
Synopsis โ In a remote Icelandic farming valley, two orphaned boys vie for the affection of their beautiful foster mother while struggling to come to terms with their own parents’ abandonment and betrayal.
Starring – Steinรพรณr Hrรณar Steinรพรณrsson (Heartstone), Jรณhannes Haukur Jรณnsson (Reykjavik-Rotterdam), Sรฆvar รsgeirsson (Brennuflรถt).
Where was it filmed in Iceland? – The movie was filmed on location in Skagafjรถrรฐur
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