The Snowman is a 2017 psychological thriller film directed by Tomas Alfredson and written by Peter Straughan, Hossein Amini, and Søren Sveistrup. The story is based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Jo Nesbø. The film stars Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Val Kilmer, and J. K. Simmons, and follows inspector Harry Hole as he tracks a serial killer who builds snowmen at his crime scenes. Principal photography began on 18 January 2016 in Norway, before moving to London and Sweden.


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Atlantic Ocean Road

Atlantic Ocean Road

Vevang • Norway

The Atlantic Ocean Road is a popular filming location best known for the scene in the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021), and in The Snowman (2017).

Oslo City Hall

Oslo City Hall

Oslo • Norway

Oslo City Hall (Rådhuset) is the administrative headquarters of the city council and municipal government in Oslo, Norway, inaugurated in 1950.

Restaurant Schrøder

Restaurant Schrøder

Oslo • Norway

Restaurant Schrøder appears in Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole (2026) and The Snowman (2017). In both productions, the restaurant is used in by Harry Hole.

Vigeland Sculpture Park

Vigeland Sculpture Park

Oslo • Norway

Vigeland Sculpture Park appears in Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole, The Snowman, Himmel og helvete, Oslo, 31. august, Elling, and many more.

Villa Borgen

Villa Borgen

Drammen • Norway

Villa Borgen is a protected manor villa at Sommerfrydveien 28 in the Bragernes district of Drammen. Situated on Bragernesåsen, with views over…