Have you read anything by Jo Nesbo? His books are set in Oslo and describe it so specifically you feel like you've been there. Reminiscent of Ian Rankin's Edinburgh.

>I've read most of the Mankell books. enjoyed them.
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>>The American book industry is also overrun with Scandinavian writers in the wake of the "Girl Who...." series by Stieg Larsson. Some of them were published here a decade or more after their original release dates. One of the more popular current guys is Henning Mankell, whose cover blurbs not so subtly describe as "Sweden's greatest living mystery writer."
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>>>LOL yes.
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>>>Our most popular foreign TV seems to have gone scandinavian. With The Killing and Borgen. I think The Killing is getting a US makeover.
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>>>>Wouldn't you need to watch the US remake for it to be foreign for you?
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>>>>>Or this
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>>>>>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1548850/