Thin Ice (2020 TV series)

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Thin Ice
Tunn Is
Genre
Written byBirkir Blær Ingólfsson, Jónas Margeir Ingólfsson, Jóhann Ævar Grímsson
Directed by Cecilie A. Mosli, Thale Persen, Guðjón Jónsson
Country of originSweden
Original languagesSwedish
English
Greenlandic
Danish
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
Running time44 minutes
Production company C More TV4 Yellow Bird
Release
Original release3 February 2020 (2020-02-03)

Thin Ice is a 2020 television series set in Greenland and the Icelandic seas. A co-production between Icelandic, French and Swedish companies the first season was broadcast in 2020. [1] [2] It is the most expensive TV series ever produced in Iceland. [3] [4]

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Synopsis

An attack on a Swedish oil exploration vessel and the disappearance of its crew takes intelligence officer Liv Hermanson to the Greenland village of Tasiilaq to investigate. The cast includes Davíð Guðbrandsson, Lena Endre, Bianca Kronlöf and Guðjón Ragnarsson. [5] [6] [7]

Production

Although the series is mostly set in Greenland, filming largely took place in Iceland with the town of Stykkishólmur serving as one of the main settings. [3]

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