The Killing is a 20-episode Danish drama series written by Søren Sveistrup and produced by DR (Danish Radio). Kristoffer Nyholm directed 12 episodes and was conceptualizing director on The Killing 2

The series premiered on 7 January 2007 and was shown over 20 Sundays in 2007 on DR1. 

The crime episodes 1–10 were nominated in 2007 for an Emmy award in the category Best International Drama Series. In 2008, the episodes were 11–20, and in addition Sofie Gråbøl was nominated in the category of best female actor in the international Emmy. Winning BAFTA  in 2011.