{ "id": "epabw8dac2", "slug": "codename-annika", "title": "Codename: Annika", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv", "label": "Scripted television and comedy series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series", "label": "Drama and prestige series (individual series)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series.crime-and-thriller-series", "label": "Crime and thriller series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series.crime-and-thriller-series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series.crime-and-thriller-series.police-and-detective-procedurals", "label": "Police and detective procedurals", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series.crime-and-thriller-series.police-and-detective-procedurals" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series.crime-and-thriller-series", "label": "Western Europe · 2021 and later: Crime and thriller series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series.crime-and-thriller-series", "path": [ { "id": "geo.weu", "label": "Western Europe", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2021", "label": "Western Europe · 2021 and later", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2021.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021.culture" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv", "label": "Scripted television and comedy series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series", "label": "Drama and prestige series (individual series)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series.crime-and-thriller-series", "label": "Crime and thriller series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series.crime-and-thriller-series" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Codename: Annika (Koodinimi: Annika) is a 2023 Finnish-Swedish SkyShowtime Nordic noir series, not the UK show Annika. Detective Emma Haka goes undercover as Annika Stormare in Stockholm's art world against launderer Blanko; six episodes, directed by AJ Annila.", "snippet": "Codename: Annika (Koodinimi: Annika) is a 2023 Finnish-Swedish SkyShowtime Nordic noir series, not the UK show Annika. Detective Emma Haka goes undercover as Annika Stormare in Stockholm's art world against launderer Blanko; six episodes, directed by AJ Annila.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series.crime-and-thriller-series.police-and-detective-procedurals", "markdown": "# Codename: Annika\n\n**Codename: Annika** (Finnish: *Koodinimi: Annika*; Swedish: *Kodnamn: Annika*) is a 2023 Finnish-Swedish crime thriller series in which a Finnish detective still completing her undercover training infiltrates Stockholm's art trade under the alias of a woman named Annika Stormare[1](https://rights.mediawan.com/worldwide/DRAMA/65592). It was the first Nordic original production commissioned by the streaming service [SkyShowtime](https://www.edgepedia.org/skyshowtime)[2](https://www.lbaanijakuva.fi/nyheter/uusi-suomalaissarja-skyshowtimelle-koodinimi-annika).\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Original titles | *Koodinimi: Annika* (Finnish), *Kodnamn: Annika* (Swedish); working title *ID*[1](https://rights.mediawan.com/worldwide/DRAMA/65592) • [2](https://www.lbaanijakuva.fi/nyheter/uusi-suomalaissarja-skyshowtimelle-koodinimi-annika) |\n| Format | Six episodes of about 46 minutes; thriller/crime drama, 2023[1](https://rights.mediawan.com/worldwide/DRAMA/65592) |\n| Creators | Created and written by Aleksi Bardy and Mia Ylönen; directed by Antti-Jussi (AJ) Annila[1](https://rights.mediawan.com/worldwide/DRAMA/65592) |\n| Production | Helsinki-Filmi; Finnish-Swedish co-production in Finnish, Swedish, and English[1](https://rights.mediawan.com/worldwide/DRAMA/65592) • [3](https://www.axn.co.jp/programs/codename_annika/) |\n| Broadcast | SkyShowtime, from 30 September 2023[4](https://www.allente.se/aktuellt/intervju-kodnamnannika/) |\n| Lead cast | Sannah Nedergård as Emma Haka and Annika Stormare, with Ardalan Esmaili, Helena Bergström, Eva Melander, Pekka Strang, Clarisse Lhoni-Botte, and Charles Martins[1](https://rights.mediawan.com/worldwide/DRAMA/65592) • [2](https://www.lbaanijakuva.fi/nyheter/uusi-suomalaissarja-skyshowtimelle-koodinimi-annika) |\n| Audience rating | 6.8/10 on IMDb from about 1,000 user ratings[5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28688874/ratings/) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise\n\nEmma Haka is a Finnish police detective specializing in art fraud who is sent to Stockholm while still finishing her training as an infiltrator[1](https://rights.mediawan.com/worldwide/DRAMA/65592) • [6](https://yle.fi/a/7-10042324). Her target is the corrupt world of the fine art trade: she takes a position at a Stockholm auction house to investigate its links to a notorious money launderer known as Blanko, and to get close to the gallerist Rasmus Ståhlgren, the suspect in the case being built against him[1](https://rights.mediawan.com/worldwide/DRAMA/65592) • [7](https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/codename-annika).\n\nFor cover, Emma adopts the identity of the freelance art historian Annika Stormare, an expert in testing the provenance of paintings[8](https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/codename-annika-blends-high-art-with-high-stakes-thrills/s5qqve5xs). The two personas are opposites: Emma is calm, collected, and reserved, while Annika is fiery, eloquent, self-assured, and a party-loving socialite fond of drugs and alcohol[1](https://rights.mediawan.com/worldwide/DRAMA/65592) • [4](https://www.allente.se/aktuellt/intervju-kodnamnannika/). As the investigation draws her deeper into the underworld, the boundary between Emma and Annika begins to blur, and playing Annika forces Emma to confront memories from her own past, including unprocessed childhood trauma she has never shared with anyone[1](https://rights.mediawan.com/worldwide/DRAMA/65592) • [4](https://www.allente.se/aktuellt/intervju-kodnamnannika/).\n\nThe criminal network behind the laundering is called [Carpentaria](https://www.edgepedia.org/carpentaria), and it is responsible for, among other things, a shipping container full of corpses[8](https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/codename-annika-blends-high-art-with-high-stakes-thrills/s5qqve5xs).\n\n### Characters and cast\n\n**Emma Haka / Annika Stormare** is played by Sannah Nedergård, for whom this was the first leading role in a drama series[2](https://www.lbaanijakuva.fi/nyheter/uusi-suomalaissarja-skyshowtimelle-koodinimi-annika). Her Finnish superior is Raimo Korpi, played by Pekka Strang[8](https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/codename-annika-blends-high-art-with-high-stakes-thrills/s5qqve5xs) • [6](https://yle.fi/a/7-10042324). In Stockholm, her handler from the Swedish police is Rina Olander (Eva Melander), who guides Emma through the mission, helps her build the Annika character, and stays in her earpiece throughout; Rina herself lives a double life between family life as a football mother and the world of serious crime in her police work[4](https://www.allente.se/aktuellt/intervju-kodnamnannika/).\n\n[Ardalan Esmaili](https://www.edgepedia.org/ardalan-esmaili) plays Rasmus Ståhlgren, the owner of the auction house, a sophisticated but cold and frightening figure who trains his breathing underwater in a large tank on his property[4](https://www.allente.se/aktuellt/intervju-kodnamnannika/). Helena Bergström plays the mysterious Agatha Torstensson, and Thomas Hanzon appears opposite Bergström as a couple, as they have been in earlier work[4](https://www.allente.se/aktuellt/intervju-kodnamnannika/) • [6](https://yle.fi/a/7-10042324). Clarisse Lhoni-Botte plays the enigmatic French figure Béatrice Joly, whom Annika seduces while trying to determine whether she is an art thief or something more dangerous[1](https://rights.mediawan.com/worldwide/DRAMA/65592) • [8](https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/codename-annika-blends-high-art-with-high-stakes-thrills/s5qqve5xs). Charles Martins, known from *Emily in Paris*, is also in the cast[2](https://www.lbaanijakuva.fi/nyheter/uusi-suomalaissarja-skyshowtimelle-koodinimi-annika).\n\n### Episodes\n\nThe six episodes carry art-historical titles, each naming a painting technique or concept that mirrors the story's themes of authenticity and concealment[10](https://watch.mhzchoice.com/codename-annika):\n\n1. \"Provenance\" (44:01) – Emma dives headfirst into her first undercover mission.\n2. \"Impasto\" (41:28) – Emma spars with a suspect while going deeper into her undercover life in Stockholm.\n3. \"Pentimento\" (48:21) – Emma takes a calculated risk that awakens Rasmus' suspicions.\n4. \"Fauve\" (47:59) – Worlds collide as Annika's past catches up with Emma's present.\n5. \"Trompe l'oeil\" (40:14) – A visit home puts Emma in her toughest spot yet.\n6. \"Chiaroscuro\" (53:05) – Emma's grip on reality starts slipping as the investigation nears its climax.\n\n## Production and release\n\nThe series was created by Mia Ylönen and Aleksi Bardy and directed by AJ Annila, whose earlier films include *Sauna* and *Ikitie*[1](https://rights.mediawan.com/worldwide/DRAMA/65592) • [9](https://www.seiska.fi/katso/suomalainen-nordic-noir-sarja-julkaistaan-skyshowtimella-tallainen-on-koodinimi-annika/102507). It was produced by Helsinki-Filmi as a Finnish-Swedish co-production and was known under the working title ID[1](https://rights.mediawan.com/worldwide/DRAMA/65592) • [9](https://www.seiska.fi/katso/suomalainen-nordic-noir-sarja-julkaistaan-skyshowtimella-tallainen-on-koodinimi-annika/102507). It was originally planned for [HBO Max](https://www.edgepedia.org/hbo-max), but HBO Max announced it would stop producing Nordic, Central European, and Turkish original series, and the show moved to SkyShowtime, which released it as its first Nordic original[9](https://www.seiska.fi/katso/suomalainen-nordic-noir-sarja-julkaistaan-skyshowtimella-tallainen-on-koodinimi-annika/102507) • [2](https://www.lbaanijakuva.fi/nyheter/uusi-suomalaissarja-skyshowtimelle-koodinimi-annika).\n\nTo give the story a realistic basis, the writers interviewed a former undercover police officer and forgery experts[2](https://www.lbaanijakuva.fi/nyheter/uusi-suomalaissarja-skyshowtimelle-koodinimi-annika). Ylönen described the central device: Emma jumps fully into undercover work without realizing that playing Annika will ultimately expose her own darkest secrets[2](https://www.lbaanijakuva.fi/nyheter/uusi-suomalaissarja-skyshowtimelle-koodinimi-annika). The Finnish association of theater and film screenwriters named Ylönen its screenwriter of the year for 2023, citing the series' brisk dialogue and fresh depiction of the criminal world[3](https://www.axn.co.jp/programs/codename_annika/).\n\n## Themes and reception\n\nReviewers have described the series as elegant [Nordic noir](https://www.edgepedia.org/nordic-noir), moving between police offices and fashionable auction houses rather than staying in police cars[6](https://yle.fi/a/7-10042324). The visual contrast between the two countries is deliberate: the Finnish settings are dark, low, and bare, while the Swedish scenes are more open, light, and beautiful[4](https://www.allente.se/aktuellt/intervju-kodnamnannika/).\n\nThe art-forgery subject is woven into the show's central question of identity. Provenance research, which reconstructs a painting's chain of ownership to find the moment an original could have been swapped for a fake, doubles as the method the viewer is invited to apply to Emma herself: which is the real person, Emma or Annika?[8](https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/codename-annika-blends-high-art-with-high-stakes-thrills/s5qqve5xs) Nedergård herself hoped audiences would take it as Nordic noir \"with a twist\"[4](https://www.allente.se/aktuellt/intervju-kodnamnannika/).\n\nOn IMDb the series holds a 6.8/10 rating from about 1,000 users, with episode ratings rising from 7.4 for the premiere to 7.9 for the finale[5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28688874/ratings/). It has since been distributed beyond the Nordic region, including on SBS On Demand in Australia and MHz Choice in the United States and Canada[7](https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/codename-annika) • [10](https://watch.mhzchoice.com/codename-annika).\n\n## Not to be confused with *Annika*\n\nA separate British crime series, *Annika*, stars [Nicola Walker](https://www.edgepedia.org/nicola-walker) as Detective Inspector Annika Strandhed of a fictional Glasgow Marine Homicide Unit; it was adapted from the [BBC Radio 4](https://www.edgepedia.org/bbc-radio-4) drama *Annika Stranded*, produced by Black Camel Pictures, and aired on UKTV's Alibi channel[11](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/clips/annika-s1-who-is-annika/) • [12](https://www.screen.scot/binaries/content/assets/screen-scot/funding--support/support/content-london-brochure-2023-final.pdf). The two shows share only the name of their protagonists and have no production connection.\n\n## References\n\n1. [Codename: Annika, Mediawan Rights catalog](https://rights.mediawan.com/worldwide/DRAMA/65592)\n2. [Uusi suomalaissarja SkyShowtimelle – Koodinimi: Annika, Ääni & Kuva (17 August 2023)](https://www.lbaanijakuva.fi/nyheter/uusi-suomalaissarja-skyshowtimelle-koodinimi-annika)\n3. [潜入捜査官アンニカ～北欧美術の陰謀～, Action Channel (AXN Japan)](https://www.axn.co.jp/programs/codename_annika/)\n4. [\"Vad är äkta och vad är falskt?\" – interview, Allente](https://www.allente.se/aktuellt/intervju-kodnamnannika/)\n5. [Codename: Annika – Ratings, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28688874/ratings/)\n6. [Skådespelaren Sannah Nedergård spelar huvudrollen i ny finsk-svensk polisserie, Svenska Yle (30 September 2023)](https://yle.fi/a/7-10042324)\n7. [Codename: Annika, SBS On Demand](https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/codename-annika)\n8. ['Codename: Annika' blends high art with high stakes thrills, SBS What's On (9 January 2025)](https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/codename-annika-blends-high-art-with-high-stakes-thrills/s5qqve5xs)\n9. [Suomalainen nordic noir -sarja julkaistaan SkyShowtimella, Seiska (23 May 2023)](https://www.seiska.fi/katso/suomalainen-nordic-noir-sarja-julkaistaan-skyshowtimella-tallainen-on-koodinimi-annika/102507)\n10. [Codename: Annika, MHz Choice](https://watch.mhzchoice.com/codename-annika)\n11. [Annika | Who is Annika? – Masterpiece, PBS](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/clips/annika-s1-who-is-annika/)\n12. 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