1. Introduction: A historiography of Nordic exploitation -- 2. Art as exploitation and the emergence of Nordic exploitation in the 1970s and early 1980s -- 3. The building of moral panic in the Nordic countries -- 4. The entertainment violence factory: mats Helge Olsson's action films of the 80s -- 5. When the raven flies: the ultra-violent Viking trilogy from Iceland -- 6. The seedy work of Visa Mk~inen -- 7. Banned and cut: Nordic VHS censorship in the 80s and 90s -- 8. Fan cultures and future professionals -- 9. Conclusion: contemporary movements in the 2000s.