Michael Fassbender starts filming The Snowman in Norway

The Snowman features troubled police officer Harry Hole – played by Fassbender – originally created by Norwegian novelist Jo Nesbø. The novel of The Snowman is in fact the seventh in a series of ten.

Location filming for The Snowman will take place in the capital Oslo, in Bergen on the south-west coast and in Rjukan, which lies inland between the two cities. The majority of the crew is being hired locally.

Norway has long struggled to attract high-profile international productions owing to its lack of a national filming incentive, so The Snowman will help boost its profile.

For more on filming in Norway see our production guide.