Best Finnish crime series

Rikospoliisi Maria Kallio (2003)

Finnish police series based on novels by Leena Lehtolainen

Poliisit (2009)

Poliisit is a documentary series depicting real police work in Finlands largest cities.

Arman ja Suomen rikosmysteerit (2017)

Arman Alizad and top finnish criminal investigators tell of ten exceptional cases in finnish criminal history. Each episode follows one case from start of the investigation to final court judgment.

The Police - House Call (2013)

In the series, you get to follow the Finnish police forces responding to house calls. The re-enacted cases are based on true events, but details have been changed to protect the privacy of those involved.

The Girl Who Disappeared (2025)

True crime story about the 9 year old Therese who disappears from Fjell in Drammen, Norway, July 1988. She has never been found. How could this happen? The family and two investigators are still looking for answers.

Evilside (2023)

After her friend is found murdered in a small fisher village in Northern Finland and the collective suspicion points toward her, bullied outcast Johanna must prove her innocence.

Deadwind (2018)

When Sofia Karppi, a detective in her 30's who is trying to get over her husband's death, discovers the body of a young woman on a construction site, she triggers a chain of events that threatens to destroy her life again.

Arctic Circle (2018)

During a routine search of an old cabin in the remote and wintery back country, Finnish policewoman, Nina Kautsalo, discovers two dead prostitutes, with a third still fighting for her life. The ensuing investigation takes a surprise twist when an extremely rare and deadly virus is discovered in the surviving woman’s bloodwork. When the Finnish Bureau of Investigation takes over the case, German virologist, Thomas Lorenz is called in to assist in identifying and containing the virus. Set within the endless white expanse of the arctic circle, Nina and Thomas must rely on each other to have any hope of saving the ones they love. But what takes precedence? A deadly virus or an active serial killer?

All the Sins (2019)

Cold-blooded murders in the Laestadian community of Varjakka take criminal investigators to the heart of guilt and forgiveness over three decades.

Bullets (2018)

An ex-terrorist, Madina Taburova, who was presumed dead, turns up in Helsinki seeking political asylum. Using a fake identity, the Intelligence Agency officer Mari Saari has to befriend this ex-terrorist to find out why she’s here. In order to uncover the mystery, Mari Saari has to form an unlikely partnership with an older streetwise narcotics cop. But everything is not as it seems.

Codename: Annika (2023)

Finnish art fraud investigator, Emma, goes undercover to infiltrate an auction house in Stockholm to investigate the firm’s connection to a notorious money launderer known as Blanko. To go undetected, Emma chooses the cover identity Annika, a hot-headed socialite who lives for wild parties, drugs and alcohol and is the opposite of the cool, calm, and collected Emma. By adopting this wild persona, doors begin to open to the hidden world of high-class art fraud. However, becoming Annika means Emma must confront memories from her past that she has tried to forget.

Helsinki Crimes (2022)

Helsinki in the summer is shown differently through the eyes of the homicide unit detectives, Timo Harjunpää and Onerva Nykänen; painting a picture of the city where people are not safe in the streets or not even in their own homes. In the midst of the hard crimes it is impossible not to feel the constant worry about your own family while being afraid of losing touch with your children.

Enemy of the People (2022)

Journalist calls down the wrath of her readers by trying to uncover the connection between the murder of a local football hero and a cryptocurrency. Searching for the truth she risks not only her reputation, but her life.

Helsinki Syndrome (2022)

Family man Elias Karo takes four journalist hostage at their newspaper’s headquarters, in a desperate attempt to get them to reveal the wrongdoing wreaked on his family during the 90's recession.

The Paradise (2020)

Two murders shake the Finnish community of Fuengirola, a group that made this tiny corner of Málaga their own little Finnish paradise on the shores of the Mediterranean. Hilkka Mäntymäki, a veteran crime detective aged 60, is travelling from Helsinki to help the local police on a case that will soon claim new victims. Because escaping the cold and the dark is much easier than leaving your own past behind.

Detective Maria Kallio (2021)

Maria Kallio is a Finnish police series based on the novels of the same name by Leena Lehtolainen.

Tellus (2014)

As a group of Finish ecoterrorists escalate their attacks, they are pursued by an environmentally conscious detective who's less radical about his activism and tries to save the earth in his own personal way.

Port Poison - Santeri's Deal (2023)

Student Santeri Manni accidentally finds a bag of amphetamines. To help his alcoholic mother get clean, Manni decides to keep the drugs and sell them. Unfortunately for Manni, a motorcycle gang and the narcotics police are also interested in the drugs.

Cold Courage (2020)

Two young Finnish women in London are drawn inexorably together via the Studio - a clandestine group dedicated to bringing justice to those beyond the law. But, as their battle against exploitation, violence and corporate greed intensifies, will the Studio's ends continue to justify its means?

Raid (2000)

Raid is based on detective stories by author Harri Nykänen and made into a 12-part series.The story tells about a police officer who has been investigating white-collar crimes is shot dead in a TV-studio. Another policeman takes his own life at his summer home. A young woman, an executive with a powerful electronics concern, also commits suicide. Her embittered father suspects foul play and he invites Raid, the woman's former boyfriend to "make inquiries".Meanwhile, the police are looking for the first killer - and the trail leads inexorably to Raid. Very soon, however, they realise that the guilty party is somewhere else, and the interests of the police and the avenging angel Raid converge. The unholy alliance shows that even those with morals may, to some extent, use immoral means to achieve an end.The Raid series was voted the best TV-programme in Finland year 2000. Tapio Piirainen received an award for best script and best direction.

Hooked (2015)

Drug Crime Detective Oskari is the envy of his colleagues. His connections to underworld and informants is unrivaled. What they don't know is the mother of his child, Krista, is a drug addict who lives in that world. And now she's back in his life, shaking his home life on one hand, and offering new connections to knocking down the rise of drug imports. If only he could trust her.

Lakeside Murders (2021)

The series follows Inspector Sakari Koskinen and his team in the Violent Crimes Unit as they try to solve murders in a Finnish lakeside city of Tampere.

Ratamo (2018)

A fast-paced action-thriller about the Finnish Security Intelligence Service detective Arto Ratamo who is assigned a very delicate case that threatens the national security of Finland. The investigation gets complicated as it seems that the Prime Minister of Finland is either being blackmailed by a Russian oligarch - or has he leaked the classified information himself?

Welcome to Texas (2017)

A married couple leading a criminal organization specialized in smuggling ends up in the middle of the international crime business while trying to protect their family.

Cargo (2021)

The story of the international refugee crisis, depicting a world where greed, violence and exploitation compete with hopes and dreams amid a constant fight for survival.

Karkurit (2021)

Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood (2000)

Kylmäverisesti sinun (Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood) is a Finnish true crime drama television series. All episodes are based on real life cases. The show follows Helsinki central police department investigator Veli Miettinen and lawyer Mira Kataja as they tackle with personal life problems and try to keep their relationship purely professional.

Siege 55 (2023)

Just three years earlier, Ilpo Larha was an ordinary taxi driver who had just met the love of his life. A fascination with danger prompts the young man to try his hand at driving a getaway car and his criminal career takes off. A couple of years later, he escapes from prison after being sentenced to life imprisonment for a contract murder, leading to a 55-hour siege.

Underworld Trilogy (2010)

An uncompromising glimpse into transnational organized crime through the lives of three people - a prisoner, a cop and a lawyer - who find themselves caught up in circumstances beyond their control.

Piece of My Heart (2021)