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Arctic Circle

2018 to present Drama, Crime 5 seasons

TMDB rating 6.3/10 Between seasons

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?

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Seasons5

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    TMDB rating 8.2/10

  • Nina Kautsalo has moved to Rovaniemi in northern Finland, where her daughter has started special school and her mother is undergoing cancer treatment. Nina joins a new Finnish-Russian police team and is partnered with the mysterious Viktor. A new investigation leads them to Murmansk on the trail of a mysterious hunting club. The case also involves an unsolved old murder whose prime suspect has disappeared.

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    TMDB rating 5.1/10

  • Nina Kautsalo returns to Ivalo, where she starts investigating the murder of a local pharmacist as chief of police. Meanwhile, an attempt is made to hijack a top-secret test car. Soon the murder investigation led by Nina also points in the direction of the international car business.

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    TMDB rating 6.0/10

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    TMDB rating 5.3/10

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Cast and details

  • Iina KuustonenNina Kautsalo
  • Pihla ViitalaMarita Kautsalo
  • Venla RonkainenVenla Kautsalo
  • Elena LeeveAlma Hamari
  • Mikko LeppilampiEsko Kangasniemi
  • Taneli MäkeläReino Ylikorpi
  • Janne KatajaNiilo Aikio
  • Susanna HaavistoElina Kautsalo
  • Kari KetonenJaakko Stenius, KRP
  • Anna AckermanIrina Nikolajev
  • Maximilian BrücknerThomas Lorenz
  • Anu SinisaloNurse Ella
Created by
Olli Haikka, Petja Peltomaa, Joona Tena
Network
Elisa Viihde Viaplay, Elisa Viihde, Ruutu
First aired
Dec 21, 2018
Latest episode
May 6, 2026

Cross

2024

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