'The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey') (2004-2006) is a Danish police procedural television series produced by Danmarks Radio, created and written by Peter Thorsboe and Mai Brostrøm.

The series was filmed on location in various parts of northern Europe, from Berlin (Germany) and Copenhagen (Denmark) to Stockholm (Sweden), Oslo (Norway) and Iceland.

Their cases cross the borders between Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Russia and various other countries; and involve biker gangs, former Russian KGB, possible terrorist threats and international fraud.

Throughout the series Hallgrimsson deals with recurring flashbacks and possibly post-traumatic stress from a childhood incident.

The episodes bear the names of the following entities from Greek mythology: Sisyphus, Scylla, Iphigenia, Ares, Nemesis, Hades, Cronus, Erinyes, Agamemnon, Keres, Calypso, Thanatos, Minos and Ithaca.