Bordertown (Finnish TV series)

Bordertown (Finnish: Sorjonen) is a Finnish crime drama and Nordic noir television series created by Miikko Oikkonen and starring Ville Virtanen as detective inspector Kari Sorjonen. The first season, which consisted of eleven episodes, premiered in Finland on 16 October 2016 on Yle TV1. Season two, containing ten episodes, premiered on 7 October 2018, and season three, containing another ten episodes, premiered in December 2019.

Bordertown
Finnish title card
FinnishSorjonen
Genre
  • Crime drama
  • Nordic noir
Created byMiikko Oikkonen
Directed by
  • Miikko Oikkonen
  • Jyri Kähönen
  • Juuso Syrjä
  • Marko Mäkilaakso
  • Jussi Hiltunen
Starring
Country of originFinland
Original languageFinnish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes31
Production
Running time58 minutes
Production companies
  • Fisher King Production
  • Federation Entertainment
Original release
NetworkYle TV1
Release16 October 2016 (2016-10-16) 
1 December 2019 (2019-12-01)

In addition to its home country, the series has received praise internationally; fans of the series include American author Stephen King, Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow, and Monty Python star Eric Idle.

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