RVK Studios provided most of the funding, while Creative Europe also supported the project with 75,000,000 ISK. Before this, most Icelandic television series rarely exceeded production costs of 100–200,000,000 ISK. Dagblaðið Vísir reported on that Trapped is the most expensive television series ever made in Iceland, with overall costs estimated to be about 1,000,000,000 ISK (€6,500,000 EUR). Sigurjón Kjartansson acted as executive producer, alongside Kormákur and Magnus V. Golden Globe winner Jóhann Jóhannsson with Hildur Gudnadóttir and Rutger Hoedemaekers composed the music. The series was directed by Kormákur, Baldvin Z, Óskar Thor Axelsson and Börkur Sigthorsson. Co-written by Sigurjón Kjartansson and Clive Bradley, the first series of ten episodes follows Andri Ólafsson ( Ólafur Darri Ólafsson), the chief of police in a remote town in Iceland, solving the murder of a former townsman whose mutilated corpse is recovered by fishermen. Broadcast in Iceland on RÚV started on 27 December 2015. Trapped ( Icelandic: Ófærð) is an Icelandic television mystery drama series, created by Baltasar Kormákur and produced by RVK Studios.
