In a heavy Nordic market that slows down the recovery of the downfall of fishplay and streamers who return to commissions, Miso Film, the Fremantle-Nordic Powerhouse behind Tobias Lindholm’s ‘The Investigation’ and ‘Those who kill’ is not only hanging in there; It blooms.
The banner is still helped by the founding duo Peter Bose and Jonas Allen, who have produced a flurry of iconic series, including “Beck” and “Wallander”, as well as “those who kill”, “dictation” and “1864.” They now celebrate the 20th anniversary of Miso Film with a full series of high-end shows and films with top Scandinavian talent.
Miso recently premiered with Tomas Alfredson’s’ Faithless’, an adaptation of the film by Ingmar Bergman, in competition at the Toronto film festival, and they are now six-episodes based on Linn Ullmann’s best-selling novel ‘The Cold Song’ and ‘Royal Blood ‘, an extensive historical project completed in 1807 when Royal Families clashed over Denmark-Norway and Sweden.
The newest title that joins their production star, “uniform”, is a six-part primetime crime series commissioned by the Danish broadcaster that will be completely directed by Janus Metz (“Armadillo”, “True Detective”), and was written by Oscar Giese (“2 days”) and otherwise August (“Follow the money”).
The series starts to film in March on location in Copenhagen with Nordic superstars, including Lena Maria Christensen (“Face to Face”) and Jakob Cedargren (“The Guilty”), alongside Marco Ilsø (“Bullshit”), Clara Rosager (“1899 “) Gustav Giese (” The Quiet Ones “), Soheil Bavi (” Darkland “), Simon Sears (” Those who Kill “) and Sarah Barberg (” The Bridge “).
“Uniform” takes place in the aftermath of a case involving a trainee of the Police Academy who “shoots and kills an aggressive young man during a violent arrest. The case raises questions about the use of violence and police training. The pressure on the New director of the Academy, Sanne Hammerby, while internal affairs are investigating the truth.
Bose praised Augustus and Giese for having written a “fascinating and relevant story, will be beautifully articulated under the direction of Janus Metz with his unique style and creative vision.” Bose produces the series with Sofie Bergstein and Jonas Allen at Miso Film.
Metz meanwhile said that “the uniform” “works with many of the same themes that I dealt with in ‘Armadillo’.” The last one is the thriller of 2010 about Danish soldiers sent to Afghanistan in 2009.
“I look forward to bringing a series about the formation of the Danish police to life. What is special about the series is that it takes place at a school, “said Metz. “In this way we meet our characters during the training. It is police work that takes place in a coming-of-age setting that I have never seen on Danish soil. “Uniform” is expected to premiere at DR and has already been sold to public broadcasters SVT in Sweden, NRK in Norway, Yle in Finland and RUV in Iceland in early 2026.
Two years ago the Danish production sector was hit with a decrease in 50% decrease after Streamer’s committees froze due to a fight for a residue with Create Denmark, a guild that represents actors and filmmakers, among others. Viaplay, once the leading local streamer and commissioner of the Nordic Series, almost became bankrupt and now hardly does any originals. But Bose says that it was not only Visplay didn’t fall, it was also “HBO who withdrew from the market and Schonney shielded back to doing local things,” he says.
Being part of Fremantle helped to float Miso and to develop a series of projects during the crisis. As such, all says that he and Bose could finance the development with the support of Fremantle. That means that by the time streamers started buying again, Miso already had some good titles in sleeves.
“At that time, many people were just running panic and Peter and I just sat together and decided to go back to projects in which we believed, to the core of our company that is all about high-end dramas and great creative talent on board , “All, adds that they are now” more diverse in terms of (their) customers, including public broadcasters, commercial networks and the streamers who are still on the market. ”
The silver line of these tumultuous years is that Nordian broadcasters have boarded the record, says the duo. Taking risks on original stories is also part of the DNA of Miso Film and all says that a large part of their work is as producers to find the right partners for each project, even those who need some ‘courage’.
Bose says that ‘Royal Blood’ also underline the ambition of Miso Film to tell stories that are relevant to the Nordic region, but can also resonate universally. “Royal Blood” is Scandinavian in tone and in relevance and in substance, “he says. In recent years, the company has also dived into romantic comedies and dramedies. The company, one of Netflix’s largest suppliers of the Nordic series, recently produced “A Copenhagen Love Story” about a young couple about a mission to come up with a child and navigate fertility treatments for the streamer.
Ultimately, Miso’s success is largely for the relationship with creative talent. “Having access to these talented filmmakers and actors is a large part and has also been a large part of our strategy since the founding of our company 20 years ago. The producers also keep their slate on a manageable size of 10-15 projects to “ensure that we can fully concentrate on realizing our vision for each,” says Bose.
“Peter and Jonas have built a wonderful culture at Miso for pushing creative boundaries with a flawless taste for finding flagship IP with great local talent that competes on a worldwide stage and makes a difference,” says Christian Vesper, CEO Global Drama And film. “In a challenging market with considerable changes, they have demonstrated enormous leadership in supplying exceptional shows for streamers and PSBs, stabilizing the company and restructuring for a strong international growth in what a historic moment is, because they have 20 years of Miso -Magie Make, “Vesper continued.