Best Swedish action movies
A curated collection of popular action movies from Sweden.
Beyond the Border (2011)
Beyond the Border (2011)
December 1942. Two young soldiers leave their posts at checkpoint 83 in North Värmland, Sweden and make their way through the ice cold winter night towards the Nazi-occupied Norwegian border. Sweden stands on the brink of invasion and they want to see the enemy everybody's talking about. But the adventure ends in disaster and soon thereafter Lieutenant Aron Stenström finds out that his brother Sven is one of the missing soldiers. With the odds stacked against him he is forced to go behind enemy lines on a secret rescue mission. Deep inside the Norwegian forests Aron realizes that a completely different kind of line must be crossed if they're to come out alive.
The Unthinkable (2018)
The Unthinkable (2018)
Sweden faces a mysterious attack while Alex tries to reunite with his youth love, Anna.
Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973)
Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973)
Madeleine, rendered mute after being sexually assaulted as a youth, accepts a lift from a wealthy and sadistic pimp who soon enslaves her into his prostitution racket. Despite her limited means, Madeleine embarks on a bloody road to revenge against her captors.
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation (2012)
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation (2012)
Carl Hamilton manages to infiltrate an international gang that has stolen advanced Swedish GPS-guided missiles. But the league is subjected to a sudden deadly attack by a well drilled group of mercenaries of unknown clients. Hamilton escapes the massacre, but the rockets have disappeared without a trace.
Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter (2012)
Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter (2012)
Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton's 7-year-old goddaughter Nathalie is kidnapped. When the kidnapping's underlying motive becomes known, the Swedish authorities assume a passive role, forcing Hamilton to action. With the help of international contacts, Hamilton manages to get them on track. Hamilton, along with some military colleagues, plans a daring rescue mission.
Johan Falk: Kodnamn: Lisa (2013)
Johan Falk: Kodnamn: Lisa (2013)
Five men break into Frank Wagner's apartment. Frank is able to escape and seeks out the help of Johan Falk. Has someone leaked that Frank is working with the police? Frank and John don't know who knows what and whom to trust.
Johan Falk: Silent Diplomacy (2015)
Johan Falk: Silent Diplomacy (2015)
When Johan and his colleagues are watching Seth and his gang member Jack, they stumble on a larger case than they expected. Seth is selling arms to terrorists, but without Jack's knowledge, in a car where Johan's old colleague Pernilla mysterious appears. While Johan begin researching what Pernilla and SÄPO is doing, Jack suspects that everything is not right with Seth and that he's working with the police.
Johan Falk: From the Ashes into the Fire (2015)
Johan Falk: From the Ashes into the Fire (2015)
Falk is blackmailed into smuggling a truckload of guns from Latvia.
Johan Falk: GSI - Gruppen för särskilda insatser (2009)
Johan Falk: GSI - Gruppen för särskilda insatser (2009)
Johan works in tandem with the GSI organized crime unit to bring in a cadre of armored car robbers
Johan Falk: Lockdown (2015)
Johan Falk: Lockdown (2015)
The police station is locked down. A snitch is compromised. Drastic and unexpected events take place. Both inside and outside the police station.
Johan Falk: Spelets regler (2012)
Johan Falk: Spelets regler (2012)
It's been two years since John Falk and Frank Wagner broke their cooperation and Frank started working undercover with the police. Frank's search for Kevin crosses Johan's investigation and opens up a new collaboration between them - with the big difference that this time it's personal for Frank.
Man on the Roof (1976)
Man on the Roof (1976)
Detective Martin Beck investigates the grisly murder of a police Lieutenant in his hospital room, he soon realises the urgency of the case when it turns out the killer may hold a hatred for all policemen.
Zero Tolerance (1999)
Zero Tolerance (1999)
Johan is a two-fisted Gothenburg cop who finds himself in a shoot-out with jewel robbers. After the smoke has cleared, one robber, shot by his accomplice, and an innocent bystander, are dead. Three witnesses, including Helen, identify thug extraordinaire Leo Gaut as being the dead crook's trigger-happy colleague. Gaut soon threatens the three witnesses, and only Johan, the badge-wearing hero, can save them.
Johan Falk: Blodsdiamanter (2015)
Johan Falk: Blodsdiamanter (2015)
GSI follow up a weapon trail that leads right into Kavkaz mafia headquarters on the west coast. GSI member Niklas Saxlid is the one in the group who is specialized in undercover operations, and he has penetrated Kavkaz' activities. But suddenly something happens and Niklas disappears.
Johan Falk: Vapenbröder (2009)
Johan Falk: Vapenbröder (2009)
John Falk is on a routine mission with the Gothenburg police special unit GSI. With the help of a Norwegian undercover police and a civilian infiltrator in one of Gothenburg's heaviest criminal gangs, the GSI are trying buy six assault rifles and thus get them off the street. But suddenly everything changes when a new unknown player suddenly and immediately wants to buy not only those weapons but even more, including armor-piercing shells. GSI realizes that this can not be any ordinary robbers. Someone will start a war on the streets of Gothenburg. At the same time as the situation gets more and more complicated for John Falk's infiltrator Frank Wagner when the leader of the gang he infiltrated realize that one of his own leaking to the police.
Johan Falk: Organizatsija Karayan (2012)
Johan Falk: Organizatsija Karayan (2012)
Johan Falk's stepdaughter Nina has gotten in contact with her biological father, Orjan, discovering that he is in debt to an Estonian construction company in Gothenburg, leading to Nina's kidnapping.
Johan Falk: The End (2015)
Johan Falk: The End (2015)
The unknown, large mafia organization is now showing its true face. The pressure that GSI and John Falk and his family have put on the organization, makes them fight back on all fronts. The rule book is thrown out. But to go after Johan Falk's family and trying to kill his wife could be the biggest mistake the organization has ever made. GSI closes up around Johan's family and the final battle begins ...
Johan Falk: National Target (2009)
Johan Falk: National Target (2009)
Frank Wagner goes deeper undercover to infiltrate Europe's most dangerous Mafia, the Russian-est, consisting of ex - KGB officers.
Johan Falk: De 107 patrioterna (2012)
Johan Falk: De 107 patrioterna (2012)
It's a beautiful day in Slottsskogen, Gothenburg idyllic city park, when suddenly the unthinkable happens - gunfire amidst all people. Two gangsters shooting game against each other and a large police operation starts. The conflict grows rapidly to involve several gangs from Gothenburg underworld. GSI switched to try to identify a new thread which proves to be both larger and better armed than any other. The only clue is a tattoo on one of the killed gang members.
Johan Falk: Alla råns moder (2012)
Johan Falk: Alla råns moder (2012)
GSI second in command, Sophie Nordh, flips gangster leader Seth Rydell and convinces him to infiltrate a rogue military group. For the first time GSI Chief Patrick Agrell realizes that he is using a ruthless psychopath as an infiltrator. Can Seth be trusted or does he have his own agenda?
Johan Falk: The Outlaws (2009)
Johan Falk: The Outlaws (2009)
Johan is a two-fisted Gothenburg cop who finds himself in a shoot-out with jewel robbers. After the smoke has cleared, one robber, shot by his accomplice, and an innocent bystander, are dead. Three witnesses, including Helen, identify thug extraordinaire Leo Gaut as being the dead crook's trigger-happy colleague. Gaut soon threatens the three witnesses, and only Johan, the badge-wearing hero, can save them.
Johan Falk: Barninfiltratören (2012)
Johan Falk: Barninfiltratören (2012)
A group of young robbers, specializing in robbing shopping center security guards, are raging through out Gothenburg. A robbery goes awry when an innocent passerby is killed. Ricky, the gang's young leader, tries to quickly find an expert who can clean the money of the dye pack that exploded while Johan Falk, and his colleagues at GSI, accelerate their hunt.
The Third Wave (2003)
The Third Wave (2003)
Johan Falk hasn't been working for over a year since he resigned from the police. Most of all he wants to move out to the countryside, but fate has a different thought.
Johan Falk: Leo Gaut (2009)
Johan Falk: Leo Gaut (2009)
A car explodes in front of a primary school where GSI boss Patrick Agrell has just left his children. The event reunites Johan Falk with Leo Gaut, a former criminal restaurant owner who Johan put behind bars a decade ago.
Johan Falk: Operation Näktergal (2009)
Johan Falk: Operation Näktergal (2009)
Johan Falk and his colleagues at the GSI go after sex traffickers importing young women from the East and forcing them into prostitution.
Executive Protection (2001)
Executive Protection (2001)
After causing a commotion with his last assignment, Falk has been given a desk job, which hardly agrees with his personality, and he ends up accepting an offer from an old friend to buy into a private investigation agency. Another friend of Falk's, Sven, purchased a business in Estonia, and when local gangsters attempted to pressure him into paying protection money, Sven retained the services of Nikolaus Lehmann, a burly private eye, to throw them off his trail. However, Lehmann does his job all too well, murdering the racketeers, and then threatening Sven and his family. With no where else to turn, Sven asks Falk to help him deal with the crazed Lehmann; Falk agrees, but soon realizes he's dealing with a more dangerous man than he imagined when Lehmann kidnaps Falk's wife Jeanette, and then releases her with a time bomb locked around her neck, demanding that Falk hand over ownership of his detective agency to Lehmann.
