The Best TV Shows on NRK1

Every NRK1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Discover the best of NRK1 with our list of over 20 series, meticulously updated for September 2026. Showcasing over 20 shows from 1956 up until 2026, NRK1 stands as a beacon of television excellence. Leading the pack on NRK1 are Eurovision Song Contest and Brødrene Dal, with their initial broadcasts in 1956 and 1979.

  • Humoretaten
    Humoretaten (2025)8.3

    A cast of star comedians joins forces to deliver sharp, fast-paced sketches that lampoon current events and the quirks of everyday life.

  • Brødrene Dal
    Brødrene Dal (1979)8.0

    Brødrene Dal is a Norwegian comedy/sketch-comedy series by Norwegian humour trio KLM, that originally aired as four series in 1979, 1982, 1994 and 2005. A fifth adventure, originally performed on stage in 1997, was edited and released as a movie in 2010. The series bears many similarities to Monty Python's Flying Circus, as the three actors play nearly all the different roles in the series, often multiple roles in each episode. Usually, the series would have a main plot keeping the story and episodes together, but most of the content being semi-related or unrelated sketches. This is especially true for the first series Professor Drøvels Hemmelighet, where the story frequently diverges from the main plot for entire episodes, only to jump back to the plot in the last minute. In the other series, the story is more centered around the actual plot.

  • Brille
    Brille (2013)8.0

    Brille is a humor-based quiz show where some of Norways best known comedians get to work on seemingly impossible tasks and questions. The answers are often as unexpected and funny as the panel's train of thought.

  • Side by Side
    Side by Side (2013)8.0

    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.

  • Underholdningsavdelingen
    Underholdningsavdelingen (2013)8.0

  • Mesternes mester
    Mesternes mester (2009)7.5

    Retired athletes compete for the title of "Mesterens Mester".

  • Norges tøffeste
    Norges tøffeste (2013)7.5

  • Eurovision Song Contest
    Eurovision Song Contest (1956)7.4

    The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.

  • Exit
    Exit (2019)7.4

    Exit is based on the true stories of four men in their mid-30s, who all became multi-millionaires before the age of thirty. Attempting to escape from their obligations, expectations and families, they employ drugs, prostitutes, and their very own set of morals.

  • Lilyhammer
    Lilyhammer (2012)7.3

    After Frank The Fixer Tagliano testifies against his Mafia boss in New York, he enters the Witness Protection Program and makes an unusual demand: he wants to be set up with a new life in the Norwegian small town of Lillehammer or as he calls it, Lilyhammer.

  • Norsemen
    Norsemen (2016)7.2

    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.

  • XLTV
    XLTV (1998)7.0

    Mediocrity from P3's radio studio.

  • Nytt på nytt
    Nytt på nytt (1999)7.0

    Nytt på nytt is a Norwegian version of the British comedy programme Have I Got News for You, by the production company Hat Trick Productions. The programme is aired weekly on Friday nights. The show is a competition between two panels, where one panelist is permanent, and the other is a guest. The goal is to solve several tasks. The element of competition is largely ignored in favour of the witty remarks and the banter between panelists. The scores are generally overlooked, and have only a brief mention at the end of the show. The host is Jon Almaas, with permanent panelists Knut Nærum and Ingrid Gjessing Linhave. Linhave replaced Linn Skåber from the autumn of 2013. Since the start in the spring of 1999, it has grown to become the most popular weekly show on Norwegian television, with more than a million viewers every week.

  • LIS
    LIS (2026)6.8

    LIS follows four ambitious medical interns working at a struggling Norwegian hospital. Facing the harsh realities of an overstretched medical system, with rising patient numbers and dwindling resources, the young interns grapple with the complex ethical dilemmas of providing care in a system stretched to its limits. They will learn that compassion alone may not be enough, and they are forced to grow in ways they never expected.

  • Conscription
    Conscription (2019)6.1

    A war enthusiast, a spoiled brat, a female male chauvinist and an identity-confused guy from Oslo east. Are these to protect Norway?

  • Snowfall
    Snowfall (2016)5.8

    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.

  • Skavlan
    Skavlan (2009)5.0

    Skavlan is a Norwegian-Swedish television talk show hosted by Norwegian journalist Fredrik Skavlan. It premiered in Sweden on Sveriges Television in January 2009, and the first guests to appear on the show were former Prime Minister of Sweden Göran Persson and his wife Anitra Steen. On 8 May 2009, it was announced that Skavlan had been renewed for a second season. It was also announced that the show would no longer only be produced by SVT in Sweden; Skavlan would now be partly produced in Norway by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. The first twelve episodes of Skavlan's second season were produced by SVT in Sweden, and the remaining twelve by NRK in Norway. Skavlan speaks Norwegian and his dialog is therefore subtitled in Swedish in Sweden, even though the two languages are quite similar and mutually intelligible. If the persons being interviewed by Skavlan are Swedish, he often tells them to let him know if they do not understand what he is saying. Swedish novelist Jan Guillou has criticized SVT for subtitling the program, stating "there is no need for that. If the host had been Danish, subtitling would have been necessary, but with a Norwegian host it does not make any sense."

  • Lindmo
    Lindmo (2012)4.0

    Anne Lindmo invites guest for a chat and some live music on her weekly talk show.

  • Children's Super Christmas
    Children's Super Christmas (2007)N/A

    Waiting for Christmas can be fun!

  • Skimmer
    Skimmer (2026)N/A