Is Nordic humour too dark for the rest of the world?

If you've seen the kind of stuff in most comedies now (especially quite a few animated ones), then the answer is probably no. Some of the 'shock' humour programs on Adult Swim and other networks make just about any live action comedy seem tame by comparison.

And let's not even get into some of the comedies and stuff you can find online... There are some audiences out there who would find your average gallows humour tame and boring by comparison.

As for whether any of that stuff would be as popular with mainstream critics or audiences... that's a bit more debatable. But this sort of stuff (like anything else) can find a niche.

Try living somewhere you don't see the sun for three months and see what happens to YOUR sense of humor.

The Scandinavians I've met and worked with have a very good sense of humour. Utterly dry, you have to be tuned in to realise they are being funny.

Great film making nations though. Bergman, Dreyer, Sjöström etc.

So they don't make comedies as well or in enough numbers as other types. BFD.

Any Nordics here who can comment on this? I can't say I notice any difference between the Nordic/UK/American sense of humor. Of course "Americans don't understand irony" so I'm probably missing a lot of nuances.