Gåten i Isdalen - Season 1

Most Bergens know the mystery of the Isdal woman, and there are many theories as to why she died in Norway. NRK has gone through the case again - here you will find out more about the mysterious case, and about the police investigation.

She was found dead in a pile of stones in 1970. In the course of 46 years, the police have never been able to identify who the mysterious Isdalskvinnen is. But in a basement warehouse in Bergen, NRK has hunted for clues that may finally provide an answer to the riddle.

The mystery of the Isdalskvinnen has haunted Bergen for many decades. Who was the beautiful woman who died under such mysterious circumstances in 1970? Well-known Bergens tell about their relationship with the Isdalssaken.

NRK has found new and possibly decisive clues in the 46-year-old criminal mystery about the Isdalskvinnen. The traces may reveal who the mysterious woman was - and has never before been investigated by the police. Now the investigation begins.

This summer, NRK found biological material from the Isdalskvinnen in a warehouse in Bergen. Now Kripos and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health have analyzed these tissue samples and made an attempt to extract a DNA profile, which may help identify the woman. Did they succeed? You get the answer here.

46 years after the Isdal woman was found dead, the crime scene has been forgotten. Two of Norway's leading forensic experts, Per Angel from Kripos and Nils Jarle Gjøvåg from the Vest police district, are looking for the place where the Isdal woman was found in 1970, using old photographs. There they discuss what may have happened and how she died.

Somewhere in the Isdalskvinnen's teeth - either in the hard enamel or deep inside - perhaps lies the answer to where in the world the mysterious woman came from. The first investigations have now been completed. Is it possible to find information in the 46-year-old material, or has time erased all traces?

DNA expert Walther Parson from Austria has examined the remains of Mozart and the Russian Tsar family. Now he has analyzed the Isdal woman's DNA - and found out which part of the world she came from. The first piece in the puzzle about Isdalskvinnen's identity is in place.

The enamel on the Isdal woman's teeth may be a key to finding out even more precisely where she grew up. Isotopes from the food she ate and the water she drank when she was little are stored there. Now the University of Bergen and the police have managed to measure these isotopes with a completely new method. What answers can they give?