Endgame there will be a 3rd series of The Bridge later this year thank goodness.
I am love with Saga Noren (Sofia Helin). If I'm ever arrestep let it be by her.
Agree with what you said but in defence of USA you did make The Sopranos, The Wire, Homicide Life on the Street all of which I enjoyed. I suppose none of those are recent though.
PS another good Euro cop show is a Belgian series called Salamander - not quite as good as the Nordics but very nearly as good