Codename: Annika

Codename: Annika (Finnish: Koodinimi: Annika; Swedish: Kodnamn: Annika) is a Finnish-Swedish neo-noir crime drama television series. It was released on SkyShowtime on 30 September 2023 as one of the platform's first original series.

Codename: Annika
SkyShowtime poster
Finnish	Koodinimi: Annika
Genre	Crime drama Neo-noir
Created by	Aleksi Bardy Mia Ylönen
Written by	Mia Ylönen
Directed by	Antti-Jussi Annila
Starring	Sannah Nedergård Ardalan Esmaili Eva Melander Pekka Strang Clarisse Lhoni-Botte Miro Lopperi Moa Gammel
Composer	Panu Aaltio
Country of origin	Finland Sweden
Original languages	Finnish Swedish French
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Aleksi Bardy Steve Matthews Christian Wikander Mia Ylönen
Cinematography	Sari Aaltonen
Editor	Tambet Tasuja
Running time	39–51 minutes
Production company	Helsinki-Filmi
Original release
Network	SkyShowtime
Release	30 September 2023 (2023-09-30)

Premise

Finnish art fraud investigator Emma Haka goes undercover to investigate money laundering in Stockholm. To do this, she assumes the identity of Annika Stormare, a socialite and party girl.^[1][2]

Cast

• Sannah Nedergård [fi] as Emma Haka/Annika Stormare
  • Lilja Kekkonen as young Emma Haka
• Ardalan Esmaili as Rasmus Ståhlgren
• Eva Melander as Rina Olander
• Pekka Strang as Raimo Korpi
• Clarisse Lhoni-Botte as Béatrice Joly
• Miro Lopperi [fi] as Sampio Raivio
• Moa Gammel as Annika Storm
• Kajsa Ernst as Nora Vacklin
• David Fukamachi Regnfors as Jens Holmström
• Helena Bergström as Agatha Torstensson
• Thomas Hanzon as Magnus Torstensson
• Jimmy Lindström [sv] as Micke Rask
• Fanni Noroila [fi] as Laura
• Naida Ragimova as Ivanka
• Jasir Osman as Ricky
• Carl-Kristian Rundman [fi] as Jouko Haka
• Fairuz Bhuiyan as Emma's friend
• Siiri Lehtiö as Emma's friend
• Catrin Kaitaro as Emma's friend
• Charles Martins as Denver Carpentier
• Omid Khansari as Sherwan Kamil

Episodes

No.	Title	Duration	Original release date
1	"Provenance"	42 min	30 September 2023 (2023-09-30)
2	"Impasto"	40 min	7 October 2023 (2023-10-07)
3	"Pentimento"	47 min	14 October 2023 (2023-10-14)
4	"Fauve"	46 min	21 October 2023 (2023-10-21)
5	"Trompe l'oeil"	39 min	28 October 2023 (2023-10-28)
6	"Chiaroscuro"	51 min	4 November 2023 (2023-11-04)

Production and release

In October 2021, HBO Europe commissioned the series under the working title ID, with production beginning in 2022.^[3] In January 2023, the series was acquired by SkyShowtime.^[4]

A teaser trailer for the series was unveiled at the Stockholm International Film Festival in August 2023.^[5]

Reception

Pia Ingström of Hufvudstadsbladet gave the series three out of five stars, calling it "a very competent and exciting thriller."^[6]