The best Nordic content to stream this summer

With the holidays rapidly approaching, this month’s column takes a look at the newly released Nordic streaming content that will make the rainy days almost as enjoyable as the sunny ones.

While most people prefer to be outside in summer, the unpredictability of the Nordic summer means that we can never rule out weather that will make the outside a no-go zone. Luckily, while the content release calendar is less packed in the summer months than the rest of the year, there are still some notable releases to make rainy days just as enjoyable as the rest.

Netflix

On 1 June, Netflix released the Danish romantic musical comedy A Beautiful Life. The film centres around a young Danish fisherman who was orphaned as a child. Cash-strapped, he seeks out a fortune as a musician.

The Norwegian crime TV series, released on 3 June, Mr. Good: Cop or Crook?, follows one of Norway’s best police officers who is accused of involvement in illegal drug trafficking, and follows investigators and journalists as they slowly piece together the enormity of his crimes.

On 5 June, Netflix released season two of the popular Swedish heist drama Barracuda Queens. The series takes place in the Stockholm suburb of Djursholm, where a group of four upper-class teenagers, after having spent all their money on partying, begin burgling homes.

BBC

It’s worth mentioning that the Danish drama Familier som vores (Families Like Ours), mentioned in the May column, was picked up by BBC Drama and premiered on BBC in May. The Danish drama series focuses on a life-changing extreme weather event that forces the Danish population to migrate due to an unprecedented flood.

Also on BBC, the respected author and travel TV journalist Simon Reeve, who is married to a Dane, explores Scandinavia and the Nordic region in Scandinavia with Simon Reeve. Over three episodes, Reeve examines the pros and cons of the region, and how distinct the countries are from one another.

Both series are available to stream on BBC iPlayer.