The Best TV Shows on Stöð 2

Every Stöð 2 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Stöð 2 has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 1997 all the way to N/A. Notable series such as Fóstbræður and The Night Shift from Stöð 2 first graced the screens in 1997 and 2007. As of May 2025, our compilation of Stöð 2’s top-rated series boasts over 20 unique shows.

  • The Prison Shift
    The Prison Shift (2009)10.0

    Fangavaktin is the sequel to the Icelandic television series Dagvaktin and the final series in the trilogy. The three main characters from Næturvaktin, Georg Bjarnfreðarson, Ólafur Ragnar and Daníel, have become imprisoned in the infamous Litla-Hraun prison following the murder of the hotel owner in Dagvaktin. The story is continued, and brought to a conclusion, in the feature film Bjarnfreðarson. The first episode was broadcast on Stöð 2 on Sunday, 27 September 2009, and an episode was broadcast each following Sunday until the final seventh episode aired on 8 November 2009. The series has been released on DVD.

  • Fóstbræður
    Fóstbræður (1997)9.0

    Fóstbræður was a comedy sketch show which premiered on the Icelandic Stöð 2 in October 1997.

  • World's End
    World's End (2011)9.0

    Set in 1992, Heimsendir is an isolated mental hospital on the outskirts of Reykjavík. The hospital, referred to as ‘World’s End’ is a last resort for many mental patients, many of whom consider it a home. Elementary school teacher, Einar, is committed against his will after a severe nervous breakdown and is critical about how things are run at the hospital and before long he has most of the patients on his side, rooting for change. Einar, along with the other patients, stages a revolution and takes over the hospital, declaring its a state within a state, a Utopia for the mentally ill.

  • Domestic Violence
    Domestic Violence (2022)9.0

    Sindri Sindrason is now talking about domestic violence and we look into the world of victims who seem to have in common that they dare not tell for the longest time, are ashamed and want no one to know. Then we try to look into the minds of the perpetrators and try to understand what it is about their behavior that makes victims submit to their will.

  • The Night Shift
    The Night Shift (2007)8.0

    Næturvaktin revolves around the lives of three employees working at the Shell petrol station in Laugavegur, Reykjavík. The three man night shift is made up of eccentric supervisor Georg Bjarnfreðarson, a committed Marxist, vegan, who has an admiration for everything Swedish. Ólafur Ragnar, a regular employee and a simple, well-meaning guy who dreams of fame and wealth. And Daníel Sævarsson, who after dropping out of medical school joins the team. What the three men don't know is due to this job how profoundly their lives will be forever linked.

  • Case
    Case (2015)6.8

    A dramatic thriller about a broken lawyer who seeks redemption through his investigation into the suspicious suicide of a teenage ballet prodigy.

  • The Press
    The Press (2007)5.0

    When Lára, a journalist on maternity leave finds herself newly single and in deep financial trouble, her outlook is bleak. Enter handsome and notorious businessman Hrafn: aware of her intuitive skills as an investigator, he hires her to prove his innocence in a case involving the murder of a young woman. Lára is saved from her desperate financial situation, but at what cost?

  • Black Sands
    Black Sands (2021)4.0

    A troubled police officer is forced back to her hometown. Confronting her abusive mother is inescapable but the discovery of a body changes everything. She's forced to search for a dangerous serial killer while stuck in a dark pit.

  • The Day Shift
    The Day Shift (2008)N/A

    After the final events of Næturvaktin., Georg Bjarnfreðarson, Ólafur Ragnar and Daníel, find their paths cross again when they find work at a Hotel Bjarkarlundur in Icelands isolated Westfjords, owned and run by the formidable Gugga. Forced to work together again it's not long before Georg begins plotting ways to control everyone.

  • The Court
    The Court (2009)N/A

    Set in Reykjavik, this legal drama follows the professional and personal lives of three lawyers. Logi Traustason is one of Iceland’s most brilliant legal minds and the most troubled. After failing to make partner, he makes a deal to join Brynhildur and Hörður’s firm. All the while, Logi tries to get the truth about what really happened one night when he was 18 years old, when a young man died and he went to prison for manslaughter for 25 years.

  • The American Dream
    The American Dream (2010)N/A

  • Spurningabomban
    Spurningabomban (2011)N/A

  • Hindurvitni
    Hindurvitni (2015)N/A

    Follow Amazing episodes where we get to know well-known folktales around the country. Compare different sources, and put them in a theatrical costume. The episodes are hosted by Þorvaldur Davíð Kristjánsson.

  • The Asian Dream
    The Asian Dream (2017)N/A

  • Suður-Ameríski Draumurinn
    Suður-Ameríski Draumurinn (2018)N/A

    South-American Dream is a 30 minute comedy-reality-travel starring Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon as Himself, Steinþór Hróar Steinþórsson as Himself and Sverrir Þór Sverrisson as Himself.

  • Journey
    Journey (2021)N/A

    A buddy love story about two men going on a road trip to reshape their longtime friendship. The journey takes an unexpected turn which forces them to face their own feelings, manhood, and pride.

  • Idol
    Idol (2022)N/A

    Relaunch of the Icelandic version of the pop idol reality series.

  • Idiots
    Idiots (2022)N/A

    In these episodes, we cover everything related to sex, sex and other general sex education and open up a discussion that has so far not been touched on well enough and that young people have called for more information about.

  • As Long As We Live
    As Long As We Live (2023)N/A

    A struggling mom in a stale marriage, longs for thrills of her past life. When a young man enters her home and introduces her and her husband to flirting games, the couple's relationship gets rekindled. But can their marriage survive?

  • Viltu vinna milljón?
    Viltu vinna milljón? (N/A)N/A