Best Scandinavian Christmas Movies and TV Shows
Best Scandinavian Christmas Movies and TV Shows
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- DirectorRúnar RúnarssonStarsSigurmar AlbertssonBent Kingo AndersenSif ArnarsdóttirEveryday life in Iceland around Christmas time: 56 vignettes full of joy, sorrow and thought-provoking situations.2020 Edda Awards Best Film nominee
DVD [FR Jour2fete: 5.1 Dolby Digital (IS), ENG subs]
DVD [DK Angel Films: 5.1 Dolby Digital (IS), No ENG]
Streaming [UK Mubi]
Iceland - DirectorJalmari HelanderStarsJorma TommilaOnni TommilaPeeter JakobiIn the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 meters deep, lies the closest ever guarded secret of Christmas. The time has come to dig it up. This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus.Won 6 2011 Jussi Awards, Best Film nominee
Blu-ray [Oscilloscope Pictures: 5.1 DTS-HD MA (FIN), ENG subs, Making of, "Rare Exports Inc." & "Official Safety Instructions" shorts, "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" (1964) (SD)]
Finland - DirectorJalmari HelanderStarsOtso TarkelaTommi KorpelaJorma TommilaAn elite trio of expert hunters venture into the woods to track and capture an especially rare and dangerous prey for the Christmas season.Blu-ray [Oscilloscope Pictures (Rare Exports)]
Finland - DirectorJalmari HelanderStarsOtso TarkelaOnni TommilaTommi KorpelaIn this sequel to 'Rare Exports Inc' we are shown the horrendous results of abusing Father Christmas.Blu-ray [Oscilloscope Pictures (Rare Exports)]
Finland - StarsEwa FrölingJarl KulleBörje AhlstedtThrough the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden.95 (5)
Won 3 1983 Guldbagge Awards, Best Film winner
1984 Oscar winner, Won 4 Academy Awards
Blu-ray [Criterion: Original TV version and Theatrical Cut, ENG subs]
Sweden - CreatorPer-Olav SørensenStarsDennis StorhøiOddgeir ThuneIda Elise BrochWhen the constant comments on her single status and society's expectations of the perfect family Christmas finally get to 30-year-old Johanne, she starts a 24-day hunt for a partner to bring home for Christmas.TV series: 2 seasons, 12 episodes
Streaming [Netflix]
Norway - StarsDennis StorhøiMaibritt SaerensJan Gunnar RøiseFollows a group of people who arrive at Oslo airport, some to welcome their loved ones, some to fly home to their families, and others who want to fly away and escape Christmas.TV series: 6 episodes
Streaming [Netflix]
Norway - DirectorKjell SundvallStarsKatarina EwerlöfPeter HaberJessica ZandénSara plans a Christmas party with ex-husbands, current husband Janne, and their families. Booze flows, guests fight and mention sex with Sara. She shockingly announces pregnancy despite Janne's vasectomy. The party descends into chaos.Won 1 2000 Guldbagge Award (Best Actress)
DVD [SWE Sandrew Metronome: 4:3, 1.85:1, 2.0 Dolby Digital (SWE), No ENG, BTS (SWE)]
DVD [HK Universe & Laser: 4:3, 1.66:1, 2.0 Dolby Digital (SWE), ENG subs]
Sweden - DirectorGunnar VikeneStarsKristoffer JonerMaria BonnevieKim BodniaReidar is a resident at Solihøgda psychiatric institution. He is expecting the Earth to be hit by a huge meteor any time now, but until then he is busy trying to keep his fellow patient, Juni, from killing herself. And it doesn't happen often. But maybe one is allowed to hope. That when the quarks in the ball are correctly aligned with the quarks in the wall that you throw it at, there won't be a collision. But a moment of harmony when everything is balanced. And that moment could be now.Nominated for 1 2003 Amanda Award (Best Actress)
Maria Bonnevie
DVD [NOR Sandrew Metronome: 16:9, 1.85:1, 5.1 Dolby Digital (NOR), ENG subs]
Norway - DirectorMona J. HoelStarsSvein ScharffenbergGørild MausethZbigniew ZamachowskiA large family is going to the mountain for their Christmas vacation, in a rented cabin. But when father alcohol problem comes to show, old secrets are revealed, and it all evolves into a Chritmas tragedy.Won 1 2001 Amanda Award (Best Actor)
Dogme 95 #19
DVD [NL Total Film Home Entertainment: 4:3, 1.60:1 (cropped), 2.0 Dolby Digital (NOR), No ENG]
Norway - DirectorArild Østin OmmundsenStarsPia TjeltaKristoffer JonerGeir Vegar HoelPia is coming home for Christmas after traveling in England for about 6 months. She wants to catch up with her boyfriend Kristoffer, who was supposed to join her on the trip, but backed out at the last minute. Finding him turns out to be quite a task. While searching, she meets several more or less disgruntled and dissatisfied people. And when Santa turns up, things start happening.Won 1 2001 Amanda Award (Artistic Achievement)
Blu-ray [NOR Norsk Filmdistribusjon: 1080i/50fps, 1.66:1, AVC, 2.0 DTS-HD MA (NOR), ENG subs, "Before the Sun Raises" (1999) short (NOR), Making of (NOR), Deleted scenes (NOR)]
DVD [NOR SF Norge: 16:9, 1.85:1, 5.1 Dolby Digital (NOR), 2.0 Dolby Digital (NOR), ENG subs]
Norway - DirectorJuho KuosmanenStarsTeppo MannerAuli MantilaTuomas AirolaIt's almost Christmas but these three people are still on the road. The products don't sell, the car is a wreck and the weather is freezing. There is an issue: how to cope with an emerging friendship?2011 Jussi Awards Best Film nominee
DVD
Finland - DirectorPaprika SteenStarsPaprika SteenJacob LohmannMikas Maximus Dalhoff ChristiansenDeep-rooted grievances can rip families apart--and the ties that bind them together.Won 1 2019 Bodil Award (Best Screenplay), Best Film nominee
Nominated for 6 2019 Robert Awards
Blu-ray [DE Lighthouse Home Entertainment: 1080i, 5.1 DTS-HD MA (DK), No ENG]
Denmark - DirectorTia KouvoStarsRia KatajaElina KnihtiläLeena UotilaAn annual family Christmas get-together that sees the usual tensions rise.2024 Jussi Awards Best Film nominee
Finland/Sweden co-production - DirectorJari HalonenStarsJorma TommilaAntti ReiniRauno JuvonenMike is getting out of prison after serving four years for a bank robbery. Bona is arranging the party of all parties for him: a Christmas party.Won 2 1997 Jussi Awards (Best Actor, Supporting Actor)
Finland - DirectorElla LemhagenStarsPeter JöbackJohannes KuhnkeSuzanne ReuterSimon, a world-renowned artist, is coming home to Sweden to celebrate Christmas. His brother Anders still lives in the small town where they grew up. Anders is arranging a concert in the local church; Simon will perform in it. The concert is very important to Anders, who has always lived in his talented brother's shadow. Simon takes everything with ease until old memories surface and buried family secrets confront him.Won 1 2020 Guldbagge Award (Audience Award)
Blu-ray [SWE SF Studios: 5.1 DTS-HD MA (SWE), No ENG]
Sweden - DirectorBent HamerStarsNina Andresen BorudArianit BerishaJoachim CalmeyerThe film looks at those who are desperately trying to connect or reconnect with their families, friends, or anyone who will listen.Nominated for 3 2011 Amanda Awards (Supporting Actor, Cinematography, Sound Design)
Blu-ray [NOR Norsk Film: BD-25, 5.1 DTS-HD MA (NOR), ENG subs]
Norway - DirectorInari NiemiStarsMilka AhlrothAnna PaavilainenMari RantasilaHelena's husband has gone off with a younger woman. Christmas is coming, life is slow and nothing is as it used to be. Helena is getting anxious about spending Christmas alone. Her best friend invites her to spend Christmas on a farm - only place she can afford.2018 Jussi Awards Best Film nominee
Blu-ray [FIN Nordisk Film: BD-50, 5.1 DTS-HD MA (FIN), ENG subs, Region free]
Finland - DirectorAnders Thomas JensenStarsMads MikkelsenNikolaj Lie KaasAndrea Heick GadebergMarkus goes home to his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a train crash. All appears to be a tragic accident until a mathematics geek, who was also a fellow passenger on the train, and his two colleagues show up.Won 1 2021 Bodil Award (Best Supporting Actor), Best Film nominee
Won 4 2021 Robert Awards, Best Film nominee
Christmas adjacent
Blu-ray [Magnolia Pictures: 5.1 DTS-HD MA (DK), ENG subs]
Denmark - DirectorEirik SvenssonStarsInes Høysæter AssersonNicolai Cleve BrochIngrid OlavaThe evening before Christmas eve Vilde is hanging out with her friends at the central station, when she learns that her mother has been in an accident. She is forced to contact her biological father, but wants to run away to Tokyo.Won 2 2019 Amanda Awards, Best Film nominee
Norway - DirectorRike JokelaStarsAntti HolmaRiku NieminenEedit PatrakkaA young girl and her two friends from the exceptionally strange land of Oddsville make plans to celebrate Christmas together, but when she is late to pick them up from the train station, the pair wander out on their own leading to a delightful series of hilarious mishaps, inventions, and flights of fancy - until they find their little friend, who finally shows them the true meaning of Christmas.Nominated for 2 2017 Jussi Awards (Best Actor, Music)
Blu-ray [FIN Nordisk Film: 5.1 DTS-HD MA (FIN), ENG subs]
Finland - DirectorArild FröhlichStarsPetrus Andreas ChristensenJørgen FossRobert Lindahl HaugThe only friend Jim can get is the only friend he really doesn't want, the fat boy called Pitbullterje. But for the first time in life he will experience that a friend can be both easy and difficult to cope with.Won 1 2006 Amanda Award (Best Children’s Film), Best Film nominee
DVD
Norway - DirectorNiels Arden OplevStarsMartin BuchAnders W. BerthelsenSidse Babett Knudsen2 slow brothers rent a house next to their landlord in the Danish countryside. A young woman stays for Christmas. A creditor living there makes some spiked candy, resulting in chaotic Xmas days for all.Won 1 2002 Bodil Award (Best Supporting Actor)
Won 2 2002 Robert Awards (Best Supporting Actress, Production Design)
Denmark - DirectorHenrik Martin DahlsbakkenStarsAnne Marit JacobsenOtto JespersenNils Jørgen KaalstadWhen the Eide family is gathered to celebrate Christmas together for the first time in years, it doesn't take long for old secrets to surface.Norway
- DirectorTaru MäkeläStarsMartti SuosaloChristoffer StrandbergPirkko HämäläinenTwo diverse families meet for the first time over Christmas dinner. The evening goes off the rails right from the start when the male host couple reveal a closely guarded secret: there's also a hostess in the house, and she's very pregnant. Of course, the frantic group of relatives don't take the news lightly and demand the paternity to be confirmed - which is no simple task. A series of misunderstandings drives the Christmas guests to the brink of a nervous breakdown, and as the evening progresses, Santa Claus himself is forced to look in the mirror. Their Christmas together seems doomed to failure until, to everyone's surprise, the evening culminates in a heart-melting Christmas miracle.Nominated for 1 2023 Jussi Award (Star of the Screen)
Finland