The Åre Murders (Swedish: Åremorden) is a 2025 Swedish Nordic noir television series starring Carla Sehn that premiered on Netflix on 5 February 2025. It is based on the Viveca Sten murder mystery novels Hidden in Snow and Hidden in the Shadows.
Contents
Premise
A detective, Hanna, leaves Stockholm for the remote city of Åre, and discovers a missing girl case.
Cast
Carla Sehn – Hanna Ahlander
Kardo Razzazi – Daniel Lindskog
Charlie Gustavsson – Anton Lundin
Francisco Sobrado – Raffe Herreda
Maxida Märak – Ylva Labba
Pia Johansson – Birgitta Grip
Cora Watson – Lydia
Cecilia von der Esch – Ida Lindskog
Linton Calmroth – Viktor Malm
Moa Gammel – Annika Risberg
Siham Shurafa – Mira Berg
Olle Sarri – Fredrik Berg
Freddie Mosten-Jacob – Amanda Halvorsén
Sofia Ledarp – Lena Halvorsén
Henrik Norlén – Harald Halvorsén
Frida Argento – Ebba Niemi
Robin Stegmar – Bosse Lundh
Fredrik Söderholm – Lasse Sandahl
Moa Stefansdotter – Karolina
Alva Kristiansson – Mimmi
Kid Angland – Kalle
Algot Tangen – Alice
Diana Gardner – Zuhra
Amalia Holm – Rebecka Nordhammar
Björn Elgerd – Ole Nordhammar
Viktor Åkerblom – Johan Andersson
Agnes Kittelsen – Marion Andersson
Baxter Renman – Leo Andersson
Jon Øigarden – Jens Wernolf
Samuel Astor – Carl Willner
Philip Oros – Linus Sundin
Production
The series is adapted from the Viveca Sten novels Hidden in Snow and Hidden in the Shadows. The series is directed by Joakim Eliasson and Alain Darborg, from an adapted script by Karin Gidfors and Jimmy Lindgren. It is produced by Brita H Lundqvist for SF Studios, with Tim King, Susann Billberg-Rydholm and Viveca Sten as executive producers.
The cast is led by Carla Sehn and Kardo Razzazi as Swedish detectives. Also featuring in the cast are Charlie Gustafsson, Francisco Sobrado and Amalia Holm.
The series was filmed on location in Åre, Jämtland County, Sweden.
Release
The series was released globally on Netflix on 6 February 2025.
Reception
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 86% of 7 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.5/10.
Writing for Forbes, Paul Tassi called it "best new crime show", stating: "As for The Åre Murders, you can either trust me that it’s quite good, or you’ll just have to give it a go and try it for yourself. As a big fan of foreign murder stories, I’m the target audience." Johnny Loftus of Decider also gave a positive review, noting: "The Åre Murders features all the hallmarks of the Nordic Noir genre as it turns two differently-wired cops loose on the mystery of a teen’s disappearance. Throw in some fantastic location shots of Sweden’s mountainous north, and we’re all the way in on this investigation."