This article addresses the production, distribution and global expansion of the online teen
drama, SKAM/SHAME (2015–2017), produced by the Norwegian public service broadcaster …

This article takes a closer look at the recent success of Nordic noir in the United Kingdom
considering especially the ways in which this particular aesthetic or popular cultural form …

This article combines analysis of form, platform and audiences for a holistic understanding of
how Danish series entered the global trade in TV fiction. Building on existing research on …

In this article, I study transnational crime TV through a key recurring textual element—serial
narrative—to understand how it creates terms of transnational legibility in a major import …

As television production becomes increasingly global, television studies must advance its
understanding of how the global and the local intersect and impact upon the cultures of …

Deutschland 83 and Babylon Berlin were late bloomers within a wider European trend of
producing internationally recognized, high-end quality television drama serials. This chapter …

This chapter focuses on the mix of political criticism and spectacular, mythical landscapes in
the Swedish Arctic crime series Midnatssol (Midnight Sun, 2016–). Arctic noir not only …

Taking its point of departure in existing proximity theories, in relation to the transnational
flows and reception of audiovisual content, this chapter shows how three types of proximity …

During the 2010s, Danish TV drama series unexpectedly achieved global success. A vital
role in this journey by a small European country into the world is occupied by the German …

Scandinavian television drama series have achieved international success during the past
decade. Since the success of Forbrydelsen (The Killing) the American and European …