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Old 03-09-2011, 01:50 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by carpetmojo View Post
Can't believe Henning Mankel not mentioned yet.

In UK we had a TV series based on the marvellous Wallander detective novels, which our family thought was pretty good, with Kenneth Brannagh - but then we got the original Swedish series, and have had 3 series so far, with subtitles, and they are BRILLIANT, miles better.
If you liked the Wallander series you might want to have a look at the Varg Veum series. It's in the same genre as Wallander but about a Norwegian private detective. The films have gotten immensely popular here in Norway:
http://www.imdb.com/list/IdBH9Zc_LWI/

The films are based on books from a Norwegian crime author named Gunnar Staalesen. Here's an interview with him from The Scotsman:
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/inte...hor.6649595.jp
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