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''This is the entry for the Danish-language TV series known in English as ''The Killing''. If you're looking for the American remake, go [[The Killing|here]]''.
{{quote|''This is the entry for the Danish-language TV series known in English as ''The Killing''. If you're looking for the American remake, go [[The Killing|here]]''.}}


A tale of murder, politics and knitwear, ''Forbrydelsen'' (first season 2007, second 2009, third and final scheduled for 2012) is the best Danish TV series you'll probably ever see<ref>unless you happen to watch ''[[Borgen (TV)|Borgen]]''</ref>. [[Overly Narrow Superlative|While this may seem like damning with faint praise]], it's genuinely brilliant. It was a massive hit in Denmark (a third of the population turned in for the first season finale and the second half of the season was brought forward) and when shown in the UK on [[BBC 4]], got rave reviews, huge audiences for the channel and won the 2011 International BAFTA.
A tale of murder, politics and knitwear, ''[[Forbrydelsen]]'' (first season 2007, second 2009, third and final scheduled for 2012) is the best Danish TV series you'll probably ever see.<ref>unless you happen to watch ''[[Borgen]]''</ref> [[Overly Narrow Superlative|While this may seem like damning with faint praise]], it's genuinely brilliant. It was a massive hit in Denmark (a third of the population turned in for the first season finale and the second half of the season was brought forward) and when shown in the UK on [[BBC 4]], got rave reviews, huge audiences for the channel and won the 2011 International BAFTA.


The first season, set in Copenhagen, ''[[Useful Notes/Denmark|Denmark]]'' focuses on the murder of Nanna Birk Larsen, a 19-year-old Danish schoolgirl. Each episode of twenty focusses on one day in the investigation, from three different perspectives:
The first season, set in Copenhagen, ''[[Denmark]]'' focuses on the murder of Nanna Birk Larsen, a 19-year-old Danish schoolgirl. Each episode of twenty focusses on one day in the investigation, from three different perspectives:


Detective Inspector Sarah Lund (Sofie Gråbøl), a dour moody woman who likes wearing Faroese sweaters, is about to move to Sweden with her boyfriend, but decides to stick around and work with her replacement, Jan Meyer, to solve the crime.
Detective Inspector Sarah Lund (Sofie Gråbøl), a dour moody woman who likes wearing Faroese sweaters, is about to move to Sweden with her boyfriend, but decides to stick around and work with her replacement, Jan Meyer, to solve the crime.
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Theis and Pernille Birk Larsen, Nanna's parents, have to come to terms with the murder of their daughter... Their decisions will shape their lives and those of others.
Theis and Pernille Birk Larsen, Nanna's parents, have to come to terms with the murder of their daughter... Their decisions will shape their lives and those of others.

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The second season is set two years later and revolves around the Danish military. Lund, having been exiled to a passport control job, is called back to Copenhagen when Afghanistan veterans start getting bumped off in gruesome ways, creating a panic over Islamist terrorism. Meanwhile, new Justice Minister Thomas Buch is trying to get a new anti-terror bill through parliament, while trying to find out just what was going on with his ill predecessor.
The second season is set two years later and revolves around the Danish military. Lund, having been exiled to a passport control job, is called back to Copenhagen when Afghanistan veterans start getting bumped off in gruesome ways, creating a panic over Islamist terrorism. Meanwhile, new Justice Minister Thomas Buch is trying to get a new anti-terror bill through parliament, while trying to find out just what was going on with his ill predecessor.


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This show contains examples of:
* [[Alas, Poor Yorick]]: {{spoiler|The scene where Sarah holds a skull in an Afghan house. It is clearly that of a child and has a prominent bullet hole in it}}
* [[Alas, Poor Yorick]]: {{spoiler|The scene where Sarah holds a skull in an Afghan house. It is clearly that of a child and has a prominent bullet hole in it}}
* [[Big Bad Friend]]: {{spoiler|Vagn. And Strange. The show likes this.}}
* [[Big Bad Friend]]: {{spoiler|Vagn. And Strange. The show likes this.}}
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* [[Exposition Victim]]: {{spoiler|Not really}}
* [[Exposition Victim]]: {{spoiler|Not really}}
* [[External Combustion]]: {{spoiler|with a boat, rather than a car}}
* [[External Combustion]]: {{spoiler|with a boat, rather than a car}}
* [[Gunman With Three Names]]: There are a lot of people with three names {{spoiler|although none of them are the murderers}}
* [[Gunman with Three Names]]: There are a lot of people with three names {{spoiler|although none of them are the murderers}}
* [[Hot for Teacher]]
* [[Hot for Teacher]]
* [[I Never Said It Was Poison]]
* [[I Never Said It Was Poison]]
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* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Lund often wears the same clothes three or four days straight.
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Lund often wears the same clothes three or four days straight.
* [[Man On Fire]]
* [[Man On Fire]]
* [[Married to The Job]]: Lund doesn't have much time for romance or family.
* [[Married to the Job]]: Lund doesn't have much time for romance or family.
* [[Memetic Outfit]]: Lund's Faroese sweater in the first season. The ''[[Radio Times]]'' promoted the second season in the UK with a knitting pattern.
* [[Memetic Outfit]]: Lund's Faroese sweater in the first season. The ''[[Radio Times]]'' promoted the second season in the UK with a knitting pattern.
* [[No Badass to His Valet]]: The scene when Lund meets Meyer's wife for the first time says it all, really.
* [[No Badass to His Valet]]: The scene when Lund meets Meyer's wife for the first time says it all, really.
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* [[Poisonous Friend]]: {{spoiler|Morten}}
* [[Poisonous Friend]]: {{spoiler|Morten}}
* [[Reassigned to Antarctica]]: After the foul-up of the first season, Lund is demoted and packed off to do passport control in a remote Danish port.
* [[Reassigned to Antarctica]]: After the foul-up of the first season, Lund is demoted and packed off to do passport control in a remote Danish port.
* [[Riddle for The Ages]]: Whether {{spoiler|Vagn was really a [[Serial Killer]], or whether he was only guilty of the first murder linked to him in addition to those in the main action.}}
* [[Riddle for the Ages]]: Whether {{spoiler|Vagn was really a [[Serial Killer]], or whether he was only guilty of the first murder linked to him in addition to those in the main action.}}
* [[Sacrificial Lion]]: {{spoiler|Meyer}}
* [[Sacrificial Lion]]: {{spoiler|Meyer}}
* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]: Raben in the second season.
* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]: Raben in the second season.

Latest revision as of 19:44, 20 March 2018

This is the entry for the Danish-language TV series known in English as The Killing. If you're looking for the American remake, go here.

A tale of murder, politics and knitwear, Forbrydelsen (first season 2007, second 2009, third and final scheduled for 2012) is the best Danish TV series you'll probably ever see.[1] While this may seem like damning with faint praise, it's genuinely brilliant. It was a massive hit in Denmark (a third of the population turned in for the first season finale and the second half of the season was brought forward) and when shown in the UK on BBC 4, got rave reviews, huge audiences for the channel and won the 2011 International BAFTA.

The first season, set in Copenhagen, Denmark focuses on the murder of Nanna Birk Larsen, a 19-year-old Danish schoolgirl. Each episode of twenty focusses on one day in the investigation, from three different perspectives:

Detective Inspector Sarah Lund (Sofie Gråbøl), a dour moody woman who likes wearing Faroese sweaters, is about to move to Sweden with her boyfriend, but decides to stick around and work with her replacement, Jan Meyer, to solve the crime.

Troels Hartmann is trying to become Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, when his campaign gets connected to the murder and his own activities come under scrutiny.

Theis and Pernille Birk Larsen, Nanna's parents, have to come to terms with the murder of their daughter... Their decisions will shape their lives and those of others.

The second season is set two years later and revolves around the Danish military. Lund, having been exiled to a passport control job, is called back to Copenhagen when Afghanistan veterans start getting bumped off in gruesome ways, creating a panic over Islamist terrorism. Meanwhile, new Justice Minister Thomas Buch is trying to get a new anti-terror bill through parliament, while trying to find out just what was going on with his ill predecessor.

Tropes used in Forbrydelsen include:
  1. ↑ unless you happen to watch Borgen
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