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, Jani Volanen, and

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. It premiered in Finland in March 2018 on Yle TV2 and in August 2018 on

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. The show follows Sofia Karppi, a detective of the Finnish police who is recently widowed in her 30s with two children. She returns to police work in

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, and her first case is the murder of Anna Bergdahl, a social affairs consultant. Season 1 received strong reviews after airing in Finland and was compared to the Danish '' The Killing'' and to the Danish-Swedish '' The Bridge''. Season 2 of the show premiered on Yle TV on April 5, 2020 and was added to Netflix on July 1, 2020. Season 3 of the show premiered on Yle TV on October 29, 2021. Netflix has announced October 29, 2022, as its release date for the third season.

Synopsis

Sofia Karppi ( Pihla Viitala) returns to her work as a homicide detective in the Helsinki Police Department while taking care of two children after the accidental death of her husband. Rookie detective Sakari Nurmi (

) is transferred from the financial crime unit to the homicide unit as Karppi's partner. Their first case begins as a routine disappearance. Women's clothes found at a construction site lead the detectives to the body of social affairs consultant Anna Bergdahl (

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research firm Tempo. Anna has been murdered, and her husband, Usko Bergdahl ( Jani Volanen), is confused after hearing about the incident. Karppi and Nurmi start investigating Anna's background, such as her job with the Tempo company and its critical construction project.

Cast

* Pihla Viitala as Sofia Karppi *

as Sakari Nurmi * Jani Volanen as Usko Bergdahl *

as Anna Bergdahl * Eedit Patrakka as Armi Bergdahl * Elsa Brotherus as Isla Bergdahl *

as Alex Hoikkala * Pirjo Lonka as Julia Hoikkala * Riku Nieminen as Roope Hoikkala * Jonna Järnefelt as Linda Hoikkala *

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as Tapio Koskimäki * Mimosa Willamo as Henna Honkasuo *

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as Emil Karppi * Mikko Nousiainen as Jarkko Vaahtera * Marjaana Maijala as Maria Litma * Tobias Zilliacus as Rannikko * August Wittgenstein as Andreas Wolf *

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as JP *

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as Raisa Peltola * Kari Hietalahti as Louhivuori * Antti Virmavirta as Lennart * Ylermi Rajamaa as Kiiski *

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as Stig Olander * Eero Ritala as Leo Rastas *

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as Laura * Alina Tomnikov as Iiris * Sulevi Peltola as Tuomas * Lilga Kovanko as Saara *

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as Paavali Pusenius * Eero Milonoff as Jyränkoski * Minna Suuronen as Arjatsalo * Rabbe Smedlund as Fredrik Hoikkala *

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as Filippa

Episodes

Season 1 (2018)

Season 2 (2020)

Season 3 (2021)

The third season aired in Finland from late October 2021. The season starts after Karppi has been on one year of leave for obfuscating her daughter's drug smuggling. The two detectives will be pursuing a brutal murderer who leaves an odd symbol on their victims. Over the course of the murder investigation, Karppi begins to unravel that her husband's death may not have been an accident – but a crime.

Production

The series was co-written by director

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with Jari Olavi Rantala and Kirsi Porkka. ''Deadwind'' is produced for Yle by Dionysos Films' Producers Riina Hyytiä and Pauliina Ståhlberg, and co-produced by the German company H&V Production.

Release

''Deadwind'' season 1 premiered in Finland in spring 2018 on

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and in the autumn on

. Season 2 was shown by Yleisradio and Netflix in 2020, and Season 3 aired from October 2021. It was distributed by the French About Premium Content and .

Reception

Season 1 of ''Deadwind'' received strong reviews and ratings in Finland after it aired on Yle TV2. It was compared to the Danish crime series '' The Killing'' and was nominated at the 2018 Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize in the Best Nordic Screenplay category. Noel Murray of ''

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'' described the series as "realistically grim, but also offers the simple satisfaction of watching smart professionals bring some order to a chaotic world, one case at a time."

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magazine's Rebecca Patton compared the show, for example, to the Danish-Swedish '' The Bridge'' series. She summarized, ''Deadwind'' is "just as compelling and addictive as its predecessors. After all, no one does brooding crime shows like the Scandinavians."

References

External links

* * {{Rotten Tomatoes, tv/deadwind, Deadwind
Dionysos Films
Finnish drama television series Finnish police procedural television series Television shows set in Finland 2010s Finnish television series 2018 Finnish television series debuts Yle original programming