What is Nordic Noir?
Nordic Noir is also known as Scandinavian noir, is a genre of crime fiction usually written from a police point of view and set in Scandinavia or Nordic countries like Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The plain language usually depicts dark settings and a morally complex mood. Stories from this genre often relate to social issues experienced in these countries and around the world such as rape, murder, misogyny.
The themes usually have brutal crimes in safe communities, a bleak setting, a tortured protagonist, strong plot.
The setting is normally in urban citiesNordic Noir is a subsection of the crime fiction genre that is typically set in bleak urban settings and centers around a tortured protagonist who is typically a police figure. The themes generally include brutal crimes in otherwise safe communities and a conventional crime drama plot. Much as Neale's genre theory suggests, the repetition of themes within the genre means that Nordic Noir is a popular and successful genre of crime fiction.
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