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While modern viewing habits are often criticised as products of shrinking attention spans and a reluctance to commit to long-form storytelling, the feverish anticipation surrounding returning shows or renewals proves that the collective enthusiasm for prestige TV is far from dead. Take, for instance, The Chestnut Man: Hide and Seek on Netflix.

After five long years, The Chestnut Man returned with its second chapter, serving a fresh round of mysterious murder cases cold on ice. And the hype that followed suggests that the audience engagement is as robust as ever.

In the second season of the Nordic noir thriller series, police detectives Naina Thulin and Mark Hess reunite to investigate a new string of gruesome murders, this time, involving a sinister stalker who leaves a disturbing trail of text messages based on Danish children’s counting rhymes.

While the crime thriller doesn’t lose its core intrigue, even after all this time, it does leave a void that can only be filled by allies of the genre. So, if you’re finished with the second season, here are the five best Nordic noir thrillers on Netflix to watch after The Chestnut Man: Hide and Seek.

Five Nordic noir thrillers to stream after The Chestnut Man: Hide and Seek

The Åre Murders (Joakim Eliasson and Alain Darborg, 2025)

The Åre Murders, based on Viveca Sten’s murder mystery novels Hidden in Snow and Hidden in the Shadows, shares the same gritty atmospheric energy that The Chestnut Man: Hide and Seek evokes. Set in the eerie, frozen landscapes of a Swedish ski resort, the Nordic noir series centres on two detectives who are just as complex and flawed as Thulin and Hess. So, if you like the tense and layered cop dynamic, you should go for this without a second thought.

The Åre Murders follows police officer Hanna, who moves into her sister’s vacation home in a Swedish ski resort called Åre, after taking a leave of absence following a break-up. Despite seeking some solace, Hanna becomes more and more restless with each passing day. But when a young woman is reported missing on the eve of the Swedish holiday, due to the lack of bandwidth at the local police department, she’s put back to work with Officer Daniel, who unwillingly accepts her as a partner.

The Nurse (Kasper Barfoed, 2023)

From the producers of The Chestnut Man, The Nurse, based on a shocking true story, follows Pernille Kurzmann just as she settles into her new nursing job at Nykøbing Falster Hospital in Denmark. Although, as someone who has just got out of nursing school, she faces trouble befriending health workers with more experience, that only stands true until she meets Christina Aistrup Hansen, the top nurse of the hospital.

But something keeps telling Kurzmann there’s more to Hansen’s story than meets the eye because whenever she works a night shift, chaos is inevitable. With more than one instance of eyebrow-raising incidents such as stable patients nose-diving to near-death, only for Hansen to heroically revive them back to life, leaves Kurzmann more than convinced that there’s something wrong with her. And The Nurse follows her journey to uncover the truth.

Land of Sin (Peter Grönlund, 2026)

Another Swedish crime drama that could serve as the perfect follow-up to The Chestnut Man: Hide and Seek is the Land of Sin, created, written, and directed by Peter Grönlund. The Nordic noir thriller follows Dani, a cynical investigator, and her rule-following police partner Malik as they investigate the murder of a teenager named Silas in the Swedish countryside, specifically in the Bjäre Peninsula. Since Dani has her own history with the town, it creates a conflict of interest in the investigation.

But does that mean she sits back? No! Determined to uncover the truth and unmask the perpetrator, Dani keeps investigating with Malik, confronting deep-seated, generations-old family conflicts that are linked to a patriarchal power struggle in the community. Land of Sin revolves around Dani’s resilience against all odds, as she embarks on a relentless pursuit to put an end to the trail of crimes while navigating the hostility of the local community.

Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole (Øystein Karlsen and Anna Zackrisson, 2026)

The most recent addition to Netflix’s Nordic noir catalogue is Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole, based on the titular writer’s Harry Hole novels, specifically adapting the fifth book in the series, The Devil’s Star. The nine-episode series follows the brilliant but self-destructive detective Harry Hole investigating a serial killer in Oslo, who leaves behind a severed finger and a pentagram-shaped diamond at every crime scene.

While Harry has his own fair share of struggles, what adds to his headache is the deep-seated corruption within the police department as he tries to expose Detective Tom Waaler. Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole follows Harry’s dual-edged pursuit of preventing more crimes from taking place while battling police corruption and dangerous foes.

The Glass Dome (Lisa Farzaneh and Henrik Björn, 2025)

Lastly, to wrap up The Chestnut Man-like marathon on Netflix, there’s The Glass Dome. The Nordic noir thriller follows Lejla, a criminologist, who returns to her small hometown after the death of her adoptive mother, only to find herself deep into the investigation of a local girl’s disappearance, which awakens her own childhood trauma. As a child, she was abducted and held captive in a glass enclosure.

Retired police officer Valter, who investigated the case, eventually adopted Lejla. While the new disappearance forces her to go knee-deep, uncovering dark secrets in the town, what shakes the ground beneath her is the similarity between her own abduction and the recent one, which also comprises a glass enclosure. The Glass Dome follows Lejla’s pursuit of truth as she overcomes the psychological effects of her captivity in a town drowning in its own secrets.