Best Norwegian TV shows

This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Norwegian TV shows" contains films with the following parameters. Style: captivating, atmospheric, tense, suspense, detective and disturbing. Plot: nordic, murder, investigation, murder mystery, danger, police, family relations, police investigation, police officer and police detective. Genre: Drama, Crime and Thriller. Country: Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
Best Norwegian TV shows
Best Norwegian TV shows
TOP TV Shows: Skam (2015), For Life (2020), Exit (2019), Lilyhammer (2012), The Killing (2007), Wisting (2019), Home for Christmas (2019), Ragnarok (2020), Pernille (2021), Twin (2019), Borderliner (2017), Occupied (2015), The Investigation (2020), Beforeigners (2019), Millennium (2010), Trapped (2015), The River (2017), Acquitted (2015), Eyewitness (2014), State of Happiness (2018).

List of Best TV Shows

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 8.6
 38K
Skam (2015)
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, teenage sexuality, friendship, gay relationship, teenage protagonist, teenage boy, teenager, high school student, high school, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship between girls ...
Place: oslo norway, scandinavia
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 6.3
 424
For Life (2020)
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, psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot: murder investigation, detective inspector, murder, homicide detective, murderer, police detective, murder mystery, investigation, forensics, sleuth, uncover truth, memories ...
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 8.2
 14K
Exit (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 30 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, captivating, psychological, dark comedy
Plot: drug abuse, finance, narcissism, rivalry, businessman, marriage, friendship, erection, society, friends, love, danger ...
Place: oslo norway
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 7.9
 32K
Lilyhammer (2012)
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, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, culture clash, dark humor, lifestyle change, blackmail, starting over, middle aged, business venture, small town life, businessman, fish out of water, gangster ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: europe
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 8.4
 30K
The Killing (2007)
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: gloomy, tense, detective, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: murder, policewoman, cold case, serial killer, murder mystery, police investigation, murder investigation, murderer, police detective, investigation, politician, uncover truth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, europe, copenhagen, scandinavia, afghanistan ...
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 7.3
 8K
Wisting (2019)
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: detective, captivating, disturbing, exciting, clever ...
Plot: murder mystery, private detective, investigation, serial killer, murder, police, riddles and clues, danger, prodigy, eccentricity, rivalry, parents and children ...
Time: future, 2010s
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Home for Christmas (2019)
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, feel good, humorous, melancholic ...
Plot: christmas, 30 year old, love, new year's eve, fall in love, couple relations, couples, dialogue, family relations, feeling, nordic, lesbian ...
Time: future
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 7.3
 49K
Ragnarok (2020)
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, end of the world, good versus evil, climate change, uncover truth, salvation, forces of nature, catastrophe, superhero, viking, society ...
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
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 8.1
 3K
Pernille (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
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: captivating, psychological, thought provoking, disturbing, sincere
Plot: teenage daughter, parents and children, lifestyle, family relations, family life, relationship problems, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, coping, problem solving, social problems, single parent ...
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 7.1
 2K
Twin (2019)
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, hidden identity, family secret, pretense, relationships, husband wife relationship, pretending to be someone else, twin brother, stolen identity, new identity, murderer, brother brother relationship ...
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 6.7
 5K
Borderliner (2017)
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, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: nordic, husband wife relationship, investigator, police detective, investigation, law enforcement, law enforcer, evidence, haunted by the past, testimony, uncover truth, who done it ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.6
 10K
Occupied (2015)
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, suspense, disturbing, serious, exciting ...
Plot: oil, occupation, alternate reality, infiltration, danger, greed, anxiety, resistance, invasion, spy, nordic, save the world ...
Place: europe, russia
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The Investigation (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Copenhagen Police's Homicide unit, headed by Jens Møller, tries to solve the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, intellectual ...
Plot: police, journalist, true crime, law enforcement, murder mystery, female journalist, police investigation, murder investigation, brutal murder, uncover truth, investigation, murder of a woman ...
Time: 2020s, year 2017, 21st century
Place: copenhagen
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 7.7
 12K
Beforeigners (2019)
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: captivating, atmospheric, non-linear, enigmatic, detective ...
Plot: time travel, viking, police detective, imaginary, time traveler, mentor, culture clash, police, social relations, drug, parent child relationship, unsupportive coworkers ...
Place: oslo norway, eastern europe
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 8.3
 10K
Millennium (2010)
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, hacker, life is a bitch, uncover truth, journalism, amateur detective, partner, danger, nordic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe, scandinavia
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 8.0
 25K
Trapped (2015)
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, bleak ...
Plot: murder investigation, police, murder, snowstorm, small town, coastal town, winter, nordic, investigation, ex wife, danger, voodoo ...
Place: iceland
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 5.6
 593
The River (2017)
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: enigmatic, suspenseful, captivating, bleak, atmospheric
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: murder, secrets, small town, missing girl, society, nordic, missing child, airplane crash, conspiracy, cold war, deception, anti communism ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.4
 5K
Acquitted (2015)
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: psychological, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: crime investigation, nordic, investigation, murder, uncover truth, getting home, private investigation, false accusation of murder, frame up, family relations, who done it, businessman ...
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 7.4
 2K
Eyewitness (2014)
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, gay teenager, murder, police corruption, lgbt, nordic, secret, witnessing a crime, teenager, friendship, pursuit ...
Place: oslo norway
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State of Happiness (2018)
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: captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, period piece
Plot: oil, oil industry, politics, class differences, financial problem, intrigue, coastal town, changing lives, port, post war, women, secretary ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 20th century
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 7.1
 5K
Jordskott (2015)
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: suspenseful, tense, gloomy, detective, atmospheric ...
Plot: missing child, uncover truth, police investigation, family problems, haunted by the past, riddles and clues, small town, nordic, folk horror, female protagonist, investigation, poor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
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 7.1
 3K
Furia (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
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, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense
Plot: undercover agent, terrorism, election, police investigation, fighting crime, working undercover, teamwork, political conspiracy, police investigator, forensics, writers, police detective ...
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 8.6
 76K
The Bridge (2011)
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, multiple suspects, police investigation, murder, police detective, cop, twists and turns, mind game, partners against crime, murderer, murder investigation, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, scandinavia, copenhagen, europe, eastern europe
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 6.0
 1K
Monster (2017)
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, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: policewoman, serial killer, investigation, police, murder investigation, murder, uncover truth, who done it, evidence, society, law enforcement, police detective ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.7
 21K
Norsemen (2016)
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: medieval, norse mythology, viking, barbarian, battles, violence, survival, ambition, adventurer, society, myth, massacre ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 8th century
Place: scandinavia
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 8.5
 5K
Dag (2010)
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, humorous, realistic, funny, captivating ...
Plot: loner, love and romance, marital problem, dark humor, therapy, antisocial behavior, dating, doctors and patients, friends, therapist, alienation, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.9
 2K
Home Ground (2018)
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: realistic, captivating, psychological, inspirational
Plot: football, coach, soccer, new job, mother daughter relationship, sexism, small town, contests and competitions, sport team, rivalry, chance, religion ...
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 8.2
 612
Snowfall (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Selma, a 9 year old girl who lost her parents in an accident, is now living with Ruth, a quite strict neighbour who was just supposed to temporarily look after Selma and her dog Casper.
Style: fairy tale, sincere, captivating, disturbing
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, girl, changing lives, dream, daydreamer, lifestyle change, dream come true, magic, lesbian couple, northern lights, orphan, christmas calendar
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 7.8
 2K
Side by Side (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Norway
TV show
Story: Norwegian sitcom about life on an idyllic street in Granli Norway, where the fences are low and neighborly relations close. Here we meet the residents who struggle with life's challenges big and small, trials all of us can relate to.
Style: sitcom, entertaining, semi serious, feel good, funny ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: family life, eccentric family, satire, lifestyle, humour, neighborhood, family relations
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 7.4
 2K
Witch Hunt (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Ida Waage is a dynamic woman, working as the CFO at a prestigious law firm. One day, she spots a suspicious invoice and soon traces it back to a money laundering operation linked to the firm’s biggest client, Peer Eggen. She alerts her executive ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating
Plot: money laundering, law firm, corruption, whistleblower, female protagonist, workplace, money, organized crime, co worker co worker relationship, insurance scam, stolen money, caper ...
Place: oslo norway
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