Approaches to Scandinavian Crime Fiction

The working paper discusses some of the
major approaches to Scandinavian crime fiction in
the light of the dominant features of crime culture,
e.g. the broad exposure of crime fiction via different platforms and media. In this connection, the
concept of mediatization is considered as well as
the approach of genre typology and the concept of
evil – seemingly disparate concepts and approaches,
but all related to the complex processes in the borderlands between crime fiction and society. Using
examples from Scandinavian crime fiction, I discuss
whether the growing proximity to international genres, ways of production and standards increasingly
removes Scandinavian crime fiction from its original attractions or not.