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The Best TV Shows on NRK

Every NRK Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Discover the best of NRK with our list of over 20 series, meticulously updated for February 2025. Leading the pack on NRK are Nynytt and Jul i Skomakergata, with their initial broadcasts in 1976 and 1979. From 1976 through to 2022, NRK has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows.

  • SK 917 har nettopp landet
    SK 917 har nettopp landet (1983)10.0

    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.

  • Untold Arctic Wars
    Untold Arctic Wars (2022)8.5

    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.

  • Nynytt
    Nynytt (1976)8.0

  • Skai TV - imitert fjernsyn
    Skai TV - imitert fjernsyn (1988)8.0

  • Ut i naturen
    Ut i naturen (1992)8.0

    Nature documentary series.

  • On the Inside
    On the Inside (2017)8.0

    Presenter Emma Clare Gabrielsen (25) takes you with her when she explores phenomena that challenges her generation. Join us as she tries braindrugs, gets her genitalia examined, takes a look at the modern sextrade industry and the new openness about mental health. Work involving a new investigative documentary series on NRK

  • Jul i Skomakergata
    Jul i Skomakergata (1979)7.6

    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.

  • Rød snø
    Rød snø (1985)6.6

    Rød Snø is a Norwegian/Swedish thriller television series made in 1985, directed by Bo Hermansson and written by Tony Williamson. It stars Tomas von Brömssen, Kjersti Holmen and Sven Nordin.

  • Fredrikssons fabrikk
    Fredrikssons fabrikk (1990)6.5

  • Amalies jul
    Amalies jul (1995)6.5

  • Teodors julekalender
    Teodors julekalender (1986)6.0

  • Borgen skole
    Borgen skole (1989)5.0

  • KLMs vorspiel
    KLMs vorspiel (1995)5.0

  • Den som henger i en tråd
    Den som henger i en tråd (1980)N/A

    Norwegian miniseries

  • Jul på Sesam Stasjon
    Jul på Sesam Stasjon (1992)N/A

  • Mysteriet om det levende lig
    Mysteriet om det levende lig (1992)N/A

    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.

  • Vestavind
    Vestavind (1994)N/A

    Norwegian drama TV series.

  • Newton
    Newton (1995)N/A

  • Eides språksjov
    Eides språksjov (2017)N/A

  • Mullaen og Meling
    Mullaen og Meling (2022)N/A

    Mulla Krekar was a danger to the Norwegian security, yet he lived in the country for 30 years. This documentary follows the hated mullah and his faithful lawyer from the beginning to the end of the case.