Norska serier 2020
Stuck for something to do? How about enjoying some of the best TV Norway has to offer? In most cases, you don't even need to understand Norwegian! With more than a billion people around the world presently facing some form of home quarantine , quality TV has never been more in-demand. Have you ever considered watching a Norwegian show?
The last few years has seen a load of genuinely good series make it onto the international stage. Best of all? They are all either filmed, dubbed, or subtitled in English. Norwegian TV has always been made primarily for a domestic audience. If there were any international aspirations, it was to near neighbours Denmark and Sweden. But the rise of streaming services combined with the unexpected worldwide success of Skam more on that later!
All of a sudden, TV executives realised that shows filmed in a native language could break out after all.
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The popularity of Netflix has persuaded many people to try out foreign shows for the first time. The network has invested huge sums in producing original foreign shows, including in Norway. Now, let's take a look at some of the most popular Norwegian TV shows available for you to watch right now. Some of these are on Netflix and others are on other services.
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Availability also varies by region. As we're based in Norway, we can't tell you if and where shows are available in your country. But you've heard of Google, right? Viking movies and TV shows are nothing new, yet very few of them are comedies. Introducing Norsemen! This is one of the few series ever maybe the only one? Yes that's right, every single scene was shot twice, once in English and once in Norwegian.
The show itself?
Set in a Norwegian village in the early days of the Viking Era , Norsemen offers international audiences a rare glimpse of Norwegian dry humour. Played by Kåre Conradi, the self-delusional Orm takes on the role of village chieftain while his brother Olav leads a raid. Hilarity ensues! While the show is charming, there is a fair amount of violence and gore packed into the six episodes.
Two seasons deep with the third and final on its way, Ragnarok on Netflix has nothing in common with the Marvel movie, nor the Norwegian black metal band of the same name. I'm sure most readers of this site will know that Ragnarok is an old Norse legend about the world's end. This show addresses that mythology, wrapped up in a high school drama with an environmental message.
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If that sounds confusing, well, that's because it is. The show does indeed seem to leap around in focus a bit and the pacing of the six episodes is a little off. That being said, it's a fascinating concept and an entertaining show. There are a few plot flaws, but that's the same with most fantasy shows so I'm happy enough to overlook those. Beforeigners is the first Norwegian language production from HBO Europe and is attracting critical acclaim from far and wide.