The Best TV Shows on NRK

A Danish policeman convalescing in Norway is reluctantly drawn into dramatic events at a high mountain hotel.

Norwegian miniseries. The story takes place in a jumbo jet on a route between Copenhagen and New York. SAS route 917 takes off from Copenhagen Airport with 350 passengers on board. Among the passengers in first class are four Nordic directors of an American cosmetics group. The atmosphere between them is tense. Shortly after departure, a business manager dies of a heart attack. Later on the journey, someone discovers a dead man in the toilet room. A ruthless murderer is on board the plane.

Three families camp on the Danish island of Endelave. The children find the body of a Greek worker on the beach. They decide to find out what happened. The holiday is turned upside down, and the children are involved in a number of exciting and eerie events.

A six-part documentary series about the least known events of World War II. The series reveal a little-known picture and countless unknown details of the events of World War II in the north.

Dagsrevyen is the daily evening news programme for the Norwegian television channel NRK1, the main channel of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, broadcast at 19:00. In 2007, the programme started airing simultaneously on NRK's dedicated news channel NRK2, but this arrangement ended that same year. Dagsrevyen's first newscast was broadcast in 1958 and it has kept its name since. It is Norway's most viewed programme, with daily ratings of around one million. Around 200 people are involved in its production, with headquarters at Marienlyst in Oslo. Dagsrevyen aims at fewer, but longer and more extensive stories than its competitors. NRK hosts a tight network of domestic journalists in addition to international correspondence offices, though NRK also uses footage acquired through the European Broadcasting Union. There are always two anchors, one male and one female. The Saturday and Sunday broadcasts are dubbed Lørdagsrevyen and Søndagsrevyen, respectively. The editor of television news is Solveig Tvedt and the lead news editor is Stein Bjøntegård. Other news-related broadcasts on NRK include Dagsrevyen 21, Kveldsnytt, Standpunkt, RedaksjonEN, Urix and Dagsnytt, plus the radio shows Ukeslutt, Dagsnytt 18 and Her og Nå. NRK also broadcasts daily newscasts from most regional offices.

Jul i Skomakergata is a Norwegian TV-show produced in 1979. It is a televised advent calendar, meaning it is broadcast from December 1 to December 24. It has been broadcast several times in Norway by NRK and is one of the most treasured programs in Norwegian television history. The story revolves around shoe repairer Jens Petrus Andersen, played by Henki Kolstad, and his shop. He is visited by friends and townspeople who need their shoes repaired before Christmas. A part of the show consists of showing a clip from Sandmännchen which tells children about the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child. In 2006, the Norwegian comedian Zahid Ali created an advent calendar show called Jul i Tøyengata, a parody of Jul i Skomakergata which shows a multicultural street in Oslo and deals with problems such as racism and cultural clashes.

November, 1942, during the war. Anne Eriksen, a young Norwegian woman living in Gothenburg, is on her way to visit good friends in Dalsland – a visit that will have unexpected consequences. The destination of her journey is Linds Pensionat in Nössemark. She is welcomed by Ruth Lind, her son Evert, and the guests at the guesthouse. Peace and idyll reign in the remote guesthouse. But its proximity to occupied Norway makes the tranquility fragile...

A classic Norwegian sitcom set in a small Oslo clothing factory run by the uptight yet well-meaning director Peder Fredriksson. Surrounded by a group of outspoken seamstresses and quirky staff, Fredriksson struggles to maintain order amid everyday chaos, gossip, and comic misunderstandings. The show blends workplace humor with sharp social observation and became a beloved portrait of Norwegian working life in the early 1990s.

«Borgen skole» is a Norwegian TV series aimed at children and teens. The show follows a group of students at the fictional Borgen School in Oslo. The series presents an honest and realistic look at school life in the late 1980s. It explores typical growing-up themes such as friendship, first love, and conflicts with classmates.

Lille Lørdag was a Norwegian sketch comedy television program that ran on the Norwegian state channel NRK from 1995 till 1996. The show was significant in launching the careers of comedians Harald Eia and Bård Tufte Johansen. The name reflects the fact it was aired on Wednesday, or "Little Saturday" in the Scandinavian week.

«Teodors julekalender» is a Norwegian children's Christmas series that aired on NRK in December 1986. It was the first televised Christmas calendar produced by NRK and featured the popular puppet character Teodor from the children's show «Halvsju». In the series, Teodor and his friends prepare for Christmas with one episode each day in December, leading up to Christmas Eve. The show blends humor, music, and heartwarming moments, all centered around the excitement of the holiday season. With its charming mix of puppetry and storytelling,

Norwegian drama TV series.