Best Norwegian TV shows
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Best Norwegian TV shows
TOP TV Shows: Skam (2015), For Life (2020), Exit (2019), The Killing (2007), Home for Christmas (2019), Wisting (2019), Pernille (2021), Lilyhammer (2012), Ragnarok (2020), Acquitted (2015), Twin (2019), Beforeigners (2019), The Investigation (2020), Borderliner (2017), Furia (2021), Millennium (2010), The River (2017), Trapped (2015), Eyewitness (2014), State of Happiness (2018).
List of Best TV Shows
42K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of a young teenager group, born 1999, and a pupil on Hartvig Nissens upper secondary school in Oslo, and her friends and their life, troubles, scandals and every day life. Which of the members represented changes per season.
Style:
emotional, dramatic, realistic, sweet, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
lgbt, gay, high school student, friendship, teenage sexuality, teenage protagonist, teenage boy, gay relationship, teenager, high school, friendship between girls, gay teenager ...
Place:
oslo norway, scandinavia
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517
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Norway
TV show
Story:
A tough police investigator and her team are currently solving murder cases. 15 years later she's at a completely different and more dangerous place.
Style:
detective, crime drama, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
female detective, investigation, police procedural, character study, detective inspector, murder investigation, uncover truth, forensics, murder mystery, homicide detective, murderer, murder ...
Time:
near future
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16K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Exit are based on the true stories of four men in their mid-30s who all made became multi millionaires before the age of thirty an. Attempting to escape from their obligations, expectations and families, they employ drugs, prostitutes, and their ...
Style:
disturbing, sincere, psychological, captivating, dark comedy
Plot:
drug abuse, finance, businessman, narcissism, rivalry, erection, friendship, female nudity, marriage, society, friends, love ...
Place:
oslo norway
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
The Killing is a Danish police procedural set in the Copenhagen main police department and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her team, with each season series following a different murder case day-by-day and a one-hour episode ...
Style:
detective, gloomy, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, cold case, homicide detective, police detective, policewoman, murderer, unsolved crime, intelligence agency, serial killer, police investigation, who done it ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe, copenhagen, scandinavia, afghanistan ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story:
Tired of the constant comments on her relationship status, perpetually single Johanne starts a 24-day hunt for a boyfriend to bring home for Christmas.
Style:
light, entertaining, melancholic, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
christmas, 30 year old, family relations, love, new year's eve, christmas time, couples, fall in love, couple relations, dialogue, holiday, older woman younger man sex ...
Time:
future
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10K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Empathetic, meticulous and relentless - the only thing to escape Larvik detective William Wisting in his hunt for Norway's most notorious criminals is a happy family life. And when two mysterious deaths interrupt Wisting's Christmas, it is ...
Style:
clever, disturbing, captivating, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
private detective, murder mystery, investigation, serial killer, murder, riddles and clues, danger, rivalry, prodigy, parents and children, eccentricity, murder investigation ...
Time:
future, 2010s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Pørni is about the dilemmas that you end up in when you, to the best of your abilities, try to do the right thing for your loved ones, and yourself. In that order. Pørni has two daughters with a jerk of an ex who has moved to Copenhagen, who ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, sincere
Plot:
parents and children, family life, lifestyle, family relations, father daughter relationship, problem solving, social problems, coping, parent child relationship, mother daughter relationship, family problems, single parent ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Norway, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Frank Tagliano (Steven Van Zandt), is a former member of the New York mob. After testifying in a trial in the United States, Tagliano is relocated to Lillehammer in Norway through the FBI's witness protection program. Frank Tagliano was ...
Style:
witty, talky, stylized, humorous, dark comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, culture clash, dark humor, small town life, lifestyle change, blackmail, starting over, middle aged, business venture, fish out of water, gangster, shooting ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe
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54K
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Norway
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A small Norwegian town experiencing warm winters and violent downpours seems to be headed for another Ragnarök -- unless someone intervenes in time.
Style:
sincere, emotional, realistic, intellectual, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
norse mythology, supernatural power, teenage protagonist, uncover truth, end of the world, good versus evil, gay, climate change, forces of nature, catastrophe, salvation, superhero ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
After having success in Asia, businessman Aksel Borgen is asked back to his hometown in Norway to save an important local firm despite it being 20 years since he was sentenced and later acquitted for murdering his high school sweetheart.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
crime investigation, nordic, murder, investigation, uncover truth, getting home, private investigation, who done it, family relations, frame up, businessman, rivalry ...
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2K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
When a young mother is responsible for the accidental death of her husband, she persuades the dead husband's identical twin to take his identity.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating
Plot:
twins, pretense, twin brother, pretending to be someone else, hidden identity, husband wife relationship, relationships, family secret, stolen identity, couple relations, secret identity, murderer ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Norway
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In the near future a new phenomenon starts happening all over the world with powerful flashes of light occurring in the ocean and people from the past mysteriously reappearing. Called “beforeigners,” these people come from three separate time ...
Style:
non-linear, atmospheric, captivating, enigmatic, detective ...
Plot:
time travel, police detective, imaginary, viking, time traveler, mentor, culture clash, police, social relations, drug, unsupportive coworkers, parent child relationship ...
Place:
oslo norway, eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Copenhagen Police's Homicide unit, headed by Jens Møller, tries to solve the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, tense, intellectual, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police, murder mystery, true crime, law enforcement, female journalist, police investigation, murder investigation, brutal murder, forensic, uncover truth, investigation, murder of a woman ...
Time:
2020s, year 2017, 21st century
Place:
copenhagen
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
To protect his family, police detective Nikolai covers up a murder case. But when his co-investigator Anniken suspects foul play, he is trapped in a dangerous game on duty, blurring the line between right and wrong.
Style:
detective, atmospheric, serious, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
nordic, investigation, police detective, investigator, husband wife relationship, law enforcer, law enforcement, testimony, police investigation, evidence, interrogation, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
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4K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story:
Policeman Asgeir moves to an idyllic town in the west part of Norway. After a local conflict, he meets a mysterious woman named Ragna, and soon they are both trapped in a network of right-wing radical forces that threaten Europe.
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
undercover agent, terrorist, terrorism, election, teamwork, writers, conspiracy, working undercover, fighting crime, forensics, investigator, police investigation ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark
Duration: 540 min.
TV show
Story:
The paths of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and computer hacker Lisbeth Salander cross and they team up to reveal a dark and terrifying truth involving murder and sexual abuse, a story that has long been concealed in Swedish society.
Style:
tense, serious, intellectual, noir, atmospheric ...
Plot:
twists and turns, investigation, lesbian, journalist, amateur detective, hacker, journalism, uncover truth, partner, danger, nordic, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, scandinavia, eastern europe
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625
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A young girl playing by "Djupelv" finds the remains of a body. The family doesn't want to get involved and calls in an anonymous tip, but the same day the girl runs away from home.
Style:
suspenseful, enigmatic, bleak, atmospheric, captivating
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
missing girl, small town, secrets, murder, society, nordic, missing child, airplane crash, serial killer, anti communism, spy, deception ...
Time:
21st century
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27K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, France, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
As a ferry carrying 300 passengers from Denmark pulls into an Icelandic town’s small port, heavy snow begins to fall. The ferry can’t leave until the storm passes and the main road into town is impassable. A mutilated and dismembered body washes ...
Style:
atmospheric, detective, crime drama, scenic, enigmatic ...
Plot:
police, nordic, murder investigation, murder, small town, winter, coastal town, investigation, voodoo, ex wife, danger, forensic ...
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
Eyewitness is a gripping, fast-paced thriller seen through the eyes of two teenagers whose clandestine meeting unravels into a nightmare of murder, corruption and gang warfare.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay lead character, gay, gay teenager, murder, police corruption, lgbt, nordic, secret, witnessing a crime, friendship, pursuit ...
Place:
oslo norway
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Norway, Belgium
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The night before Christmas 1969, the gas flare at the Ocean Viking is lit. Phillips has found the largest sub sea oil basin in history. And everything is about to change.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
oil, oil industry, politics, class differences, financial problem, coastal town, changing lives, port, intrigue, secretary, post war, women ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, 60s
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
In the dark and remote landscape of northern Norway, a brutal murder reveals a mass grave which links old cases to missing people. Local police woman Hedda is put on the case with special investigator Joel Dreyer who comes from the metropolitan ...
Style:
detective, tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
policewoman, serial killer, police, investigation, murder investigation, murder, who done it, uncover truth, vengeance, danger, violence, society ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
7K
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Norway
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Lieutenant Erling Riiser is on his way back to Norway after a long stay in Afghanistan. Much has gone wrong, several soldiers are missing from the Hercelus-plane. After only one day in Norway, Erling receives a text message saying an old ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, tension, political thriller ...
Plot:
politics, nordic, military, soldier, political unrest, political intrigue, intrigue, ex military, ex soldier, political conspiracy, world politics, multiple storylines ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
afghanistan, scandinavia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Finland, UK, Norway
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective Inspector Eva Thörnblad returns to Silver Height seven years after her daughter Josefine disappeared by a lake in the woods. The body was never found and the girl was believed to have drowned. Now a boy has vanished without a trace and ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, gloomy, detective, stylized ...
Plot:
missing child, folk horror, small town, uncover truth, police investigation, family problems, nordic, haunted by the past, riddles and clues, forest, female protagonist, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, scandinavia
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, tense, suspenseful, gloomy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, multiple suspects, murder, murder investigation, cop, police detective, twists and turns, partners against crime, mind game, riddles and clues, heroine ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, scandinavia, copenhagen, europe, eastern europe
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10K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In the near future, Norway is occupied by Russia on behalf of the European Union, due to the fact that the newly elected environmental friendly Norwegian government has stopped the all important oil- and gas-production in the North Sea.
Style:
political, serious, disturbing, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
occupation, oil, alternate reality, infiltration, resistance, anxiety, danger, greed, invasion, save the world, spy, nordic ...
Place:
europe, russia
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23K
Genre: Comedy, History
Country: Norway
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Norsemen is an epic and humorous drama series set in the Viking Age. The residents of an 8th-century Viking village experience political rivalry, social change and innovations that upend their culture and way of life.
Style:
funny, stylized, atmospheric, captivating, epic ...
Plot:
norse mythology, barbarian, swords and armor, medieval, viking, battles, violence, myth, adventurer, ambition, escapades, danger ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 8th century
Place:
scandinavia
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Norway
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
When a newly promoted football club lose their trainer just before the start of the league season, a female, Helena Mikkelsen, gets the historic chance to coach the team, even before an ambitious retired professional.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
football, small town, rivalry, soccer, new job, mother daughter relationship, sexism, contests and competitions, female empowerment, coaching, sport team, chance ...
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6K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Meet Dag, a couple's therapist who holds a 90% divorce rate. His philosophy in life is that people should live alone and he's happy to share that with his patients. Dag leads a quiet life and the only thing he loves more than his solitude ...
Style:
cynical, realistic, humorous, funny, captivating ...
Plot:
loner, love and romance, dark humor, marital problem, therapy, therapist, dating, doctors and patients, friends, alienation, power relations, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Live Hallangen is declared dead but hours later she suddenly wakes up with a sudden urge for blood. Meanwhile, her brother Odd tries to keep the family driven funeral home afloat.
Style:
mysterious, suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
funeral home, funeral, survival, family secret, supernatural, violence, vampirism, family business, brother sister relationship, back from the dead, satire, murderer ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 33 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of people arrive at Oslo airport. Some to welcome their loved ones, some to fly home to their families, and some who want to fly away and escape Christmas. But in one way or another, their Christmas mission goes awry. They are all stranded ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
christmas, airport, xmas, christmas season, winter, family relations, love, problem, multiple storylines, satire, holiday, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
oslo norway
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