---
name: "Erik Richter Strand"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/erik-richter-strand"
fi1m_id: "erik-richter-strand"
imdb_id: "nm1360920"
tmdb_id: 109918
wikidata_id: "Q17106795"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "17 September 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T20:15:29.956671+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Erik Richter Strand

## Identity

Erik Richter Strand

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/erik-richter-strand
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** erik-richter-strand
- **IMDb ID:** nm1360920
- **TMDB ID:** 109918
- **Wikidata ID:** Q17106795
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17106795, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1360920/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/109918

Director. Born 17 September 1974 in Bergen, Norway.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 17 September 1974, Bergen, Norway
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17106795, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1360920/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/109918

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Crown*](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md) (78)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*I Fought the Law*](https://film.one/tv/i-fought-the-law.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Erik Richter Strand is a Norwegian director and writer. He was born on 17 September 1974 in Bergen.

Strand directed four episodes of the Netflix series *The Crown* across its fifth and sixth seasons. He also directed the six-part Netflix series *Behind Her Eyes* (2021). He created, wrote and directed the Norwegian series *Valkyrien* (2017), which was later remade in the UK as *Temple*. Earlier credits include directing and writing episodes of *Occupied* (2015) and the feature film *Sons* (2006). More recently, he directed and executive produced the ITV series *I Fought the Law* (2025).

*Sources: imdb.com, curtisbrown.co.uk, nrk.no.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *I Fought the Law* (2025), Fi1m 74, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/i-fought-the-law.md)
- *The Crown* (2016), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *I Fought the Law* (2025), series, Director, Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/i-fought-the-law.md)
- *Behind Her Eyes* (2021), series, Director
- *Valkyrien* (2017), series, Writer, Director
- *The Crown* (2016), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *Occupied* (2015), series, Writer, Director
- *Varg Veum - The Dead Have It Easy* (2012), Director, Writer
- *Varg Veum - Yours Until Death* (2008), Director
- *Varg Veum - Sleeping Beauty* (2008), Director
- *Sons* (2006), Director, Writer

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