The Best TV Shows on NRK

Every NRK Show Ranked From Best To Worst

With its programming history stretching from 1972 to 2022, NRK offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows. Our curated list, current as of August 2025, showcases over 20 of NRK’s highest-rated series. Leading the pack on NRK are Agaton Sax and Jul i Skomakergata, with their initial broadcasts in 1972 and 1979.

  • 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.

  • 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

    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...

  • Fredrikssons fabrikk
    Fredrikssons fabrikk (1990)6.5

  • Amalies jul
    Amalies jul (1995)6.5

  • Borgen skole
    Borgen skole (1989)5.0

    «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.

  • Bamse och tjuvstaden
    Bamse och tjuvstaden (2020)5.0

  • Agaton Sax
    Agaton Sax (1972)N/A

  • Ta sjansen
    Ta sjansen (1983)N/A

    «Ta sjansen» was a popular Norwegian TV show broadcast on NRK from 1983 to 2002. It was a light-hearted, annual summer event filmed outdoors at the Homenkollen ski jump in Oslo. The show featured contestants competing in two main types of humorous and often chaotic challenges: Homemade boats racing down a steep ramp into the water, and creative bicycles racing on floating docks. Participants often wore silly costumes and built wildly imaginative contraptions, making the spectacle part game show, part variety show, and part slapstick comedy. «Ta sjansen» was known for its fun, festive atmosphere, and it became a beloved summer tradition in Norway. Though not officially competitive, winners were awarded prizes, and the emphasis was always on entertainment rather than serious sportsmanship.

  • 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.

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

  • Dødelig kjemi
    Dødelig kjemi (1992)N/A

    Nordic crime TV miniseries.

  • O.J. - ute på prøve
    O.J. - ute på prøve (1994)N/A

  • Vestavind
    Vestavind (1994)N/A

    Norwegian drama TV series.

  • Newton
    Newton (1995)N/A

  • Eides språksjov
    Eides språksjov (2017)N/A