--- name: "Jussi Adler-Olsen" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jussi-adler-olsen" fi1m_id: "jussi-adler-olsen" imdb_id: "nm0647695" tmdb_id: 1305379 wikidata_id: "Q930301" roles: ["Writer"] born: "8 February 1950" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "writer" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T21:12:32.840266+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." --- # Jussi Adler-Olsen ## Identity Jussi Adler-Olsen - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jussi-adler-olsen - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** jussi-adler-olsen - **IMDb ID:** nm0647695 - **TMDB ID:** 1305379 - **Wikidata ID:** Q930301 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jussi_Adler-Olsen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q930301, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0647695/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1305379 Writer. Born 8 February 1950 in Copenhagen, Denmark. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 8 February 1950, Copenhagen, Denmark - **Also known as:** Carl Valdemar Jussi Henry Adler-Olsen, Jussi Henry Olsen - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jussi_Adler-Olsen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q930301, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0647695/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1305379 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Dept. Q*](https://film.one/tv/dept-q.md) (74) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Jussi Adler-Olsen, also credited as Carl Valdemar Jussi Henry Adler-Olsen, is a Danish crime fiction writer. Born on 2 August 1950 in Copenhagen, he is best known for his Department Q series of novels, which began with *The Keeper of Lost Causes* (also known as *Mercy*) in 2007. The series has been adapted into several Danish feature films and the 2025 Netflix television series *Dept. Q*. Adler-Olsen made his debut as a nonfiction writer in 1984 and as a fiction writer in 1997. He has also worked as a publisher, editor and entrepreneur. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Dept. Q* (2025), Fi1m 74, Writer, Novel — [page](https://film.one/tv/dept-q.md) ## Complete filmography (10) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Dept. Q* (2025), series, Novel, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dept-q.md) - *Boundless* (2024), Novel, Writer, Author - *The Marco Effect* (2021), Novel, Writer, Author - *The Purity of Vengeance* (2018), Novel, Writer, Author - *A Conspiracy of Faith* (2016), Novel, Writer, Author - *The Absent One* (2014), Novel, Writer, Author - *The Keeper of Lost Causes* (2013), Novel, Writer - *Kender du typen* (2011), series, as Sig selv - *Valhalla* (1986), Original Music Composer - *Geist, Geschäft und Party - 75 Jahre Frankfurter Buchmesse*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Jussi Adler-Olsen](https://film.one/media/person/46411/gallery-fc9f5e2c1cb7.jpg) Jussi Adler-Olsen — Lesekreis, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Jussi_Adler-Olsen.jpg/1280px-Jussi_Adler-Olsen.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Erfolgsautor Jussi Adler-Olsen zu Gast im Kulturforum DanAustria. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/46411/gallery-c5f709a65331.jpg) Erfolgsautor Jussi Adler-Olsen zu Gast im Kulturforum DanAustria. (2012) — Gregor Tatschl from Österreich, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/2012_Jussi_Adler-Olsen_%287992720851%29.jpg/1280px-2012_Jussi_Adler-Olsen_%287992720851%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Der dänische Erfolgsautor Jussi Adler-Olsen zu Gast im Kulturforum DanAustria. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/46411/gallery-187fa6f0ab0a.jpg) Der dänische Erfolgsautor Jussi Adler-Olsen zu Gast im Kulturforum DanAustria. (2012) — Gregor Tatschl from Österreich, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/2012_Jussi_Adler-Olsen_%287992806903%29.jpg/1280px-2012_Jussi_Adler-Olsen_%287992806903%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Erfolgsautor Jussi Adler-Olsen zu Gast im Kulturforum DanAustria. Prof. Dr. Sven Hakon Rossel, Obmann der DanAustria moderierte das Gespräch. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/46411/gallery-102c6b020a1a.jpg) Erfolgsautor Jussi Adler-Olsen zu Gast im Kulturforum DanAustria. Prof. Dr. Sven Hakon Rossel, Obmann der DanAustria moderierte das Gespräch. (2012) — Gregor Tatschl from Österreich, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/2012_Jussi_Adler-Olsen_in_Wien_%287992744641%29.jpg/1280px-2012_Jussi_Adler-Olsen_in_Wien_%287992744641%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![20190204_Palladium_9467](https://film.one/media/person/46411/gallery-2c8f16ff3696.jpg) 20190204_Palladium_9467 — Ray Swi-hymn from Sijhih-Taipei, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/20190204_Palladium_9467_%2840497399633%29.jpg/1280px-20190204_Palladium_9467_%2840497399633%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Jussi Adler-Olsen and Peter Lohmeyer in Lünen, Germany, in November 2010](https://film.one/media/person/46411/gallery-0b43a88eb998.jpg) Jussi Adler-Olsen and Peter Lohmeyer in Lünen, Germany, in November 2010 — Krimidoedel Dr. Jost Hindersmann, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Adler-Olsen_Lohmeyer.jpg/1280px-Adler-Olsen_Lohmeyer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 6 won, 1 nominated - European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2019: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *The Purtity of Vengeance* - Honorary craftsman 2017: Honorary craftsman (won) - Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog 2015: Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog (won) - Barry Award for Best Novel 2012: Barry Award for Best Novel (won), for *The Keeper of Lost Causes* - De Gyldne Laurbær 2010: De Gyldne Laurbær (won), for *The Purity of Vengeance* - Glass Key award 2010: Glass Key award (won) - Harald Mogensen Prize 2010: Harald Mogensen Prize (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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