Jana asks Tronte where he was last night
Jana presses her husband about his midnight absence and gets a thin story about bushes and a gas station, then says it all feels exactly like Mads.
Tronte Nielsen
Every Dark moment featuring Tronte Nielsen, in story order. Played by Felix Kramer.
14 moments · 22 min
A stranger checks into the Forest Hotel
A hooded man asks for a room at the near-empty hotel; a grieving grandfather is told the whole town will find the boy and answers with quiet doubt.
Tronte begs Claudia not to leave him hanging
Under cover of an interview request, Tronte tells Claudia he misses her and needs her; she wants him gone but does not quite say no.
Ulrich asks his father where he was the night Mads disappeared
Ulrich visits Tronte, floats that the dead boy from the forest links to 1986, then turns the question on his own father.
1953: Agnes Nielsen and her boy Tronte arrive in Winden
A newcomer asks the way to the Tiedemann house and introduces her son Tronte; the man she asks is visibly shaken by the names.
1953: Agnes and Tronte meet little Claudia Tiedemann
The Tiedemanns rent rooms to Agnes; young Claudia and Tronte are introduced, along with the family dog Gretchen.
Agnes tries on a dress and admits she is glad her husband is dead
Claudia teases Tronte about his haircut while Doris gives Agnes a dress; Agnes confesses her pastor husband was not a good man.
Peter finds Mads's body and Claudia steps out of the dark
2019, the day Mikkel vanished: a praying Peter calls Tronte to the bunker over a boy's body, then an older Claudia arrives with a plan.
1987: Jana outs Tronte's affair at Mads's empty-coffin funeral
At a burial with no body in 1987, Jana turns bitter condolences into a public accusation that Tronte was with Claudia when Mads vanished.
1987: Tronte learns of an old woman and a dog before Claudia vanished
Posing as a reporter, Tronte gets Claudia's assistant to recall how an old woman with a dog changed her boss in her final week.
1987: Tronte gives Regina a ride and dodges her questions
Regina, walking her missing mother's dog, asks Tronte if Mads and Claudia's disappearances are linked and whether Claudia ever spoke of her.
1987: Tronte is told to choose a side
Pressed to decide for or against them, Tronte confesses he has wondered whether Regina is his daughter.
Noah meets young Tronte and hands over his mother's name
1954: a nameless stranger tells the boy Tronte he knew his mother and chose his name long ago.
Young Tronte confesses to Jana he is glad his mother is gone
1954: Tronte tells Jana about the stranger who may be his father and shares a dark secret.