Cinema Ritrovato, the big Bologna event in early summer, has put out a teaser about their 2025 program, which will include a look at classic-era Scandinavian film noir (under the rubric NORDEN NOIR). Here's the text of their blurb:

From the vaults of Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish film archives come the original noirs of the North – the cinematic forerunners of today’s popular Nordic noir TV series. Rarely seen outside Scandinavia, this selection showcases the influence of the genre in melting the seemingly icy surface of life in some remarkable films, such as the Danish Murder Melody (Bodil Ipsen, 1944) and the Norwegian Death Is a Caress (1949). Speaking of the femme fatale, in the latter movie, the “femme” was also behind the camera, as it was directed by Edith Carlmar, whose style evoked the fatalism of the best of film noir. After the war, Scandinavian countries properly caught up with the Hollywood tradition, and low-key lighting, jarringly unbalanced compositions, and tales of desire and lust ending in disaster paved the way for the formation of Nordic noir. This programme celebrates that legacy by featuring archive 35mm prints and digital restorations.
Curated by Tora Berg, Mikael Braae, Sophie Engberg Sonne and Irene Torp Halvorsen

Of course most noir aficionados know DEATH IS A CARESS already, as it's been screened at Noir City. The teaser only provides us with other title, and of course there are many more out there--including a number that MCP showed in various series (the RARE NOIR IS GOOD TO FIND trilogy, the 44-film MIDCENTURy MADNESS series).

Here's a chance for ChiBob to dig through his vast storehouse and supply us with titles of other notable Scandinavian noirs that will hopefully flesh out the series when it plays at Bologna...