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The Valhalla Murders

★ 7.1 18K votes 2019–2020 1 season · 8 episodes Ended RÚV
Nordic noirScandinavian-style crime: somber, procedural and socially aware.This show: 9/10Detective mysteryCrime-solving from the investigator's side of the table.This show: 8/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 7/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 7/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Aldís Amah HamiltonNína Dögg FilippusdóttirBjörn ThorsGunnar Bersi BjörnssonArndís Hrönn EgilsdóttirBergur Ebbi Benediktsson
Written by
Þórður Pálsson
Starring
Aldís Amah HamiltonNína Dögg FilippusdóttirBjörn ThorsGunnar Bersi BjörnssonArndís Hrönn EgilsdóttirBergur Ebbi Benediktsson
Written by
Þórður Pálsson
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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"Icelandic gloom digs up a buried institutional horror"

A brutal murder in Reykjavik pulls in a local detective and a colleague newly returned from Norway, and their investigation soon uncovers ties to a decades-old boys' home scarred by abuse. The show is a slow-burn Nordic noir: bleak skies, muted colors, and a mood of buried institutional guilt rather than flashy twists. It moves deliberately, leaning on atmosphere and the two leads' uneasy partnership more than shootouts or cliffhangers. If you like your crime dramas quiet, cold, and morally heavy, it delivers, but it never rushes toward answers.

Watch it for

the moody Icelandic setting and slow unraveling of a decades-buried institutional abuse scandal.

Maybe skip if

you want fast-paced twists rather than a somber, unhurried character-driven investigation.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12019
7.35K86h 13m
An ambitious Icelandic detective teams up with a cop from Norway to investigate a series of murders that may be connected to a heinous trauma.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Never Before Seen7.0
71945 min
▶2The Return7.1
64648 min
▶3Valhalla7.2
60448 min
▶4Scars7.2
58247 min
▶5In Plain Sight7.1
57445 min
▶6Hidden Place7.2
56648 min
▶7Crossroads7.7
58246 min
▶8Monster in the Dark7.6
60446 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Aldís Amah Hamilton Dísa
Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir Kata
Björn Thors Arnar
Gunnar Bersi Björnsson Police officer, Swat
Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir Hugrún
Bergur Ebbi Benediktsson Erlingur
Tinna Hrafnsdóttir Helga
Edda Björgvinsdóttir Svava
Sigurður Skúlason Magnús
Ottó Gunnarsson Tóti

Crew

Þórður Pálsson

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