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Stunt & Action Industry Directory

An independent, unranked guide to the stunt and screen-action world across the five Nordic countries — Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. It maps the national film institutes and commissions that bring blockbusters north (Mission: Impossible and Dune in Norway; No Time to Die, Interstellar and Game of Thrones in Iceland), the stunt teams that service those productions and the strong national industries, and the stage-combat societies and stunt schools that train the talent. No sponsorships, no rankings; social links where teams have no full website.

INDUSTRY BODIES · STUNT TEAMS · ACADEMIES

Norway · Sweden · Denmark · Finland · Iceland

Unions, Registers & Industry Bodies

Norwegian Film Commission

National Film Commission · Norway

Norway's national film commission, attracting and servicing international productions filming in Norway. Its filmography openly lists the big action shoots staged in Norwegian landscapes — Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning and more — making it the first port of call for incoming productions needing stunt-capable crew and locations. (The Norwegian Film Institute, nfi.no, is the separate funding body.)

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Swedish Film Institute

Svenska Filminstitutet

National Film Institute · Sweden

Sweden's national body for film, supporting production, distribution and the preservation of film heritage, and the top-level public institution for the Swedish industry. The relevant national agency behind the domestic features that employ Swedish stunt crews.

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Danish Film Institute

Det Danske Filminstitut (DFI)

National Film Agency · Denmark

The national Danish agency supporting film and cinema culture and administering production and co-production funding — the top-level public body for all Danish film labour. Denmark's stunt community is small, so formal representation is informal: the DFI and the Danish Actors' Association cover performers rather than a dedicated stunt guild.

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Finnish Film Foundation

Suomen elokuvasäätiö (SES)

National Film Foundation · Finland

The independent foundation supporting Finnish film production, distribution and exhibition and the main public body for the industry. Its accountability framework explicitly covers occupational health and safety on set — the area most relevant to stunt and action work — and it backs the larger-budget domestic features that employ Finnish stunt crews.

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Icelandic Film Centre

Kvikmyndamiðstöð Íslands

National Film Agency · Iceland

Established 2001, the public institution administering the Icelandic Film Fund and promoting Icelandic cinema internationally — the national funding counterpart to Film in Iceland's location-and-incentives role, and the key body behind the domestic productions that employ Icelandic stunt crews. (Iceland's locations carry Interstellar, Rogue One, Game of Thrones and the No Time to Die / Dune shoots.)

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Across the Nordics

Stunt Groups & Teams

Arctic Action

Stunt Team & Fight Choreography · Norway

“The world's northernmost stunt team, and the largest in Norway,” delivering full stunt packages, fight choreography, historical weapons and workshops from offices in Oslo and Tromsø, with 30 years in the business. Led by coordinator Kristoffer Jørgensen, who also teaches with the Nordic Stage Fight Society. The most established, web-verifiable stunt team in Norway. Social: @arcticactionstunt.

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Tangstad Stunt

Stunt & Precision Driving · Norway

A Norwegian stunt company run by Otto Tangstad, offering stunt coordination, performance, precision and stunt driving, fight choreography, fire stunts, water safety, rigging and previs for film, commercials and series shot in Norway, to international safety standards. Social: @ottotangstad, plus Facebook and YouTube.

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Svenska Stuntgruppen

Swedish Stunt Group

Stunt Company · Sweden

Founded 1974, Sweden's longest-running stunt company, credited on over 1,000 productions and run since 1998 by Seth Ericson. Offers wirework, fire, falls, fighting, vehicle stunts, rigging and safety, and owns SCAI 3D — a proprietary winch/flying system that moves a person or object in three dimensions. Also runs public “stuntman for a day” experiences.

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Scandinavian Stunt Group

Stunt Team & Action Design · Denmark

Founded 1997 and run by Deni Jordan — a three-time Taurus World Stunt Award nominee — Denmark's leading stunt outfit, working across Scandinavia and Europe. Full-service: fights, falls, car stunts and precision driving, wirework, explosions and fire, coordination, casting and doubles. Credits include Troll 2 (2025) and Viaplay's The Viking. Social: @scandinavianstuntgroup.

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Icelandic Stunts (Stunt.is)

Stunt Service & Team · Iceland

Iceland's leading dedicated stunt service, serving local and international cinema and TV for over a decade with a database of veteran stunt talent. Focuses on realism across fight coordination, special-forces/police action, weapons, falls and water stunts, and runs seminars. The go-to local stunt resource for the international productions that shoot on Icelandic locations. Social: @icelandicstunts.

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Academies & Training

Nordic Stage Fight Society

Stage/Screen Combat & Certification · Nordic Region

Founded 1995, the umbrella society uniting the national dramatic-combat organisations of the Nordic/Baltic region, offering workshops, personal training and certification tests in stage and screen combat. The single most relevant regional training and accreditation body for screen-fight skills, with teachers drawn from across the Nordics. The realistic Nordic pathway into fight choreography.

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Dramatic Combat Finland

Stage-Combat & Stunt Training · Finland

The largest professional group in Finland providing education in dramatic violence and stunt work, running workshops in stage and screen fighting since 2007 and forming the Finnish arm of the Nordic Stage Fight Society. The main organised training route for Finnish screen-action performers.

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Swedish American Stunt School

Svensk Amerikanska Stuntskolan

Stunt School / Workshops · Sweden

A Swedish stunt-and-film-action school whose chief instructor is veteran coordinator Lars Lundgren — cited as the only Swede in the Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall of Fame (credits include Licence to Kill and Total Recall). Offers one- and two-day workshops on how screen violence and action are built safely. Listed honestly: no live dedicated school domain was confirmed, so the link is an official Stockholm cultural-register entry.

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This directory is free and independent — no sponsorships, no rankings, no pay-to-list. Know a stunt team, body or school we've missed, or spot something out of date? Tell us and we'll take a look.

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