Season 8 now available on MHz Choice! Since joining the Beck cast in 2015, Norwegian actor Kristofer Hivju (Game of Thrones, TWIN) has certainly made his mark, kickstarting a new era for the series which has seen it reaching new heights popularity in Sweden and around the world.

In this 2017 interview, conducted on-set during filming of Season 6, Kristofer talks about how his character, Steinar Hovland, is a “Viking in a police uniform” – and why Steinar and Martin Beck make such a great team.