Best Norwegian animation movies

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch animation films from Norway, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for The Remarkable Life of Ibelin

    The Remarkable Life of Ibelin 2024

    The secret life of a young World of Warcraft gamer is vividly reimagined when his online friends contact his family after his death.

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  • Poster for The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix

    The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix 1975

    100 miles north, a bit east and up, is Pinchcliffe, the home of bicycle repairman Reodor Felgen and his two assistants, Solan Gundersen and Ludvig. Sponsored by oil sheik Ben Redic Fy Fazan, they build the car "Il Tempo Gigante" to race against Reodor's former assistant Rudolf Blodstrupmoen, who has stolen one of Reodor's inventions to become a world racing champion.

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  • Poster for Free Jimmy

    Free Jimmy 2006

    Four stoners, five vegans, three mobsters, four hunters and a million reasons to free one junkie elephant.

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  • Poster for Louis & Luca and the Snow Machine

    Louis & Luca and the Snow Machine 2013

    The small town of Pinchcliffe is experiencing a great lack of snow, which is why the inventor Reodor Felgen is asked to create a snow machine. However, things do not go as planned.

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  • Poster for In the Forest of Huckybucky

    In the Forest of Huckybucky 2016

    In the woods there lives a mouse and his friends, and they are always scared of getting eaten by the fox or other predators who can't get food in a fair way. They have to make some laws so they all can live togheter in peace.

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  • Poster for Ella Bella Bingo

    Ella Bella Bingo 2020

    Ella Bella Bingo and Henry are best friends, but one day a new boy moves into the neighbourhood and everything changes.

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  • Poster for Captain Sabertooth and the Magical Diamond

    Captain Sabertooth and the Magical Diamond 2020

    Captain Sabertooth and his crew are up against a sunburnt vampire, a manipulating queen, a violent monkey army and two young pirates while on the hunt for the magical diamond.

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  • Poster for Louis & Luca: The Big Cheese Race

    Louis & Luca: The Big Cheese Race 2015

    Two rival villages, Flåklypa and Slidre, decide to re-launch their traditional Cheese Race after years of inactivity. The boastful bird Luca, the anxious hedgehog Louis and the kind-hearted inventor Reodor are sure they’ll come out on top in this adventurous showdown.

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  • Poster for Spermageddon

    Spermageddon 2025

    Two narrative threads - one is an emerging love story between two awkward teens, Jens and Lisa, who are having sex for the first time and the other is an eventful quest of Simon the Semen and his friends to reach the golden goal, the Egg.

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  • Poster for Just Super

    Just Super 2022

    11-year-old gaming enthusiast Hedvig finds her life turned upside down when she is forced to replace her father as the town’s superhero much earlier than expected. But Hedvig is no superhero, and the challenges are far greater than her coaching father anticipated.

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  • Poster for The Tower

    The Tower 2018

    Eleven-year-old Wardi’s great-grandfather leaves behind a will suggesting looking to the past to find the future. Searching the house, Wardi finds out about her Palestinian homeland from family memories.

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  • Poster for Karius and Baktus

    Karius and Baktus 1955

    The little tooth trolls Karius and Baktus tries to persuade Jens not to brush his teeth, and their picking wholes in his teeth can go on as planned. If the mother's plea to Jens is winning, the happy days of white bread and syrup is over.

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  • Poster for Louis & Luca: Mission to the Moon

    Louis & Luca: Mission to the Moon 2018

    In the international race to the moon, the Norwegian mission is led by brilliant inventor Reodor from the village of Pinchcliffe. With Luca the Magpie as the brave astronaut, what could possibly go wrong?

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  • Poster for Hocus Pocus, Alfie Atkins!

    Hocus Pocus, Alfie Atkins! 2013

    Albert thinks he is old enough to get a dog, as he's now seven. He tries to convince dad that he's not too young, even if he has an imaginary best friend to help him solve his problems. He gets new hope, when he gets to know a magician. But is magic what's needed to get father's understanding and a dog?

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  • Poster for Three Robbers and a Lion

    Three Robbers and a Lion 2022

    The three thieves Kasper, Jesper and Jonathan lives together with their always hungry lion in the little town of Kardemomme town, the home to a fair but kind police officer, and the strict Aunt Sofie.

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  • Poster for Bold Eagles

    Bold Eagles 2013

    In the second animation film about Ploddy the Police Car, he stumbles on environmental criminals threatening rare animals when he is to meet the Crown princess. She's there to open a national with a majestic rare breeds of eagles. In the area there's been more and mare animals missing from the wildlife. Now Ploddy has to guard the eggs of the eagle, awaiting the eagle mother to come, while he investigates.

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  • Poster for Two Buddies and a Badger

    Two Buddies and a Badger 2015

    A zany, musical road movie about two old friends and a badger who embark on an excessively grand adventure. Starring the musical duo Knutsen & Ludvigsen, world famous in Norway.

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  • Poster for The Fox's Widow

    The Fox's Widow 1962

    Ivo Caprinos animated adaption of the classical Norwegian folktale

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  • Poster for The Seventh Master of the House

    The Seventh Master of the House 1966

    Not until four years after The Fox's Widow was the third fairytale movie, The Seventh Master of the House, released – Caprino's personal favourite. This is a wonderful fairytale and a sharp satire on everyday bureaucracy. Caprino knew all about that – in fact, you might say that the movie was an indirect stab at the bureaucrats who had considered all his funding applications.

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  • Poster for Farce

    Farce 2019

    Romance doesn’t get much more perverse or deranged than the gory mayhem that transpires throughout this absurdist mixed media animation as it unravels a riotous tale of courtly love and meat grinders.

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  • Poster for Death at the Bus Stop

    Death at the Bus Stop 2022

    Four strangers are waiting on the bus on a cold morning in Norway. Then someone dies.

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  • Poster for Captain Sabertooth

    Captain Sabertooth 2003

    Captain Sabertooth's menacing ship, the Dark Lady, is the only one Tiny, the world's youngest priate has ever known. He dreams that one of these days Captain Sabertooth will come to see that Tiny is a real pirate and a brave one too! But Captain Sabertooth has only one thing on his mind, to discover the long lost, legendary treasure trove of Gory Gabriel. Tiny is mesmerized by the beautiful Veronica, a local girl from Luna Bay. Their destinies entwine and together they must fight fate, legend - and Captain Sabertooth.

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  • Poster for Reaping for Dummies

    Reaping for Dummies 2013

    A wily prospector gives a Grim Reaper-in-Training a run for his money.

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  • Poster for Cattle Hill

    Cattle Hill 2018

    The young calf Klara dreams of becoming a big star, and is invited to her father’s farm. The ox Mosk is a big rock star, according to her mother, which is revealed isn’t true at all.

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  • Poster for Ploddy the Police Car Makes a Splash

    Ploddy the Police Car Makes a Splash 2010

    A fallen electrical cable zaps Ploddy the Police Car and grants him special powers, but his newfound energy brings new found responsibilities. Ploddy now has what it takes to stand up to the Badger Brothers - a shady duo plotting to steal and bottle the towns water supply. With the help of his friend, Dottie the Otter, Ploddy must defeat the criminals to save the town and the environment.

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  • Poster for Anchors Up

    Anchors Up 2017

    After a brave rescue mission in stormy weather, a young rescue boat is headhunted to a larger harbor where he realizes that bigger is not always better.

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  • Poster for Elias and the Royal Yacht

    Elias and the Royal Yacht 2007

    Elias, a young rescue boat, signs on to a mission to find the Royal Ship. During the mission Elias has to prove his bravery.

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  • Poster for Noddy Saves Christmas

    Noddy Saves Christmas 2004

    Noddy decides to find out how Santa gets around the world in just one night, how he fits all the children's presents into his sack, and how he manages to squeeze into all the houses. He sets off for Big-Ears' house to ask his friend for help. But they are astonished when Santa Claus arrives asking for their help. Meanwhile, the naughty goblins have other ideas! When they try to steal Santa's sleigh it's up to Noddy to save Christmas!

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  • Poster for The Tomten and the Fox

    The Tomten and the Fox 2019

    It's Christmas time. The fox is starving and tries to kill the chickens in the henhouse. Animated short based on a book by Astrid Lindgren.

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  • Poster for The Ashlad and the Hungry Troll

    The Ashlad and the Hungry Troll 1967

    An exuberant story about Askeladden, the hero of Norwegian traditional fairy tales, outwitting the good-natured troll.

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  • Poster for PMXR - The Way

    PMXR - The Way 2018

    PMXR /we(:)gr/ are runes (elder futhark) meaning ways or paths. In this film, Runi Langum opened her archive of sketches, drawings, lithography, animations and texts dating back several decades. Lena Heggelund used this material without any limitations to develop a distinctive animation. «THE Way» is composed freely and independent of chronology and type of materials used. This film was produced in june 2018. The movie contains 84 original drawings, 84 sketches, and excerpts from 3 short animation films made by Runi Langum.

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  • Poster for But Milk Is Important

    But Milk Is Important 2012

    A man with social anxiety gets followed by a naive and clumsy creature. Terrified the man tries to escape, unaware that the creature is actually a helper with slightly unconventional methods.

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  • Poster for Gurin with the Foxtail

    Gurin with the Foxtail 1998

    A gnome named Gurin wakes up with a foxtail as punishment for his practical jokes.

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  • Poster for Ovary-Acting

    Ovary-Acting 2025

    A harried thirty-something woman is forced to decide whether she wants to be a mother after unexpectedly giving birth to her reproductive organs at her sister’s baby shower.

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  • Poster for Carpenter Andersen Meets Santa Claus

    Carpenter Andersen Meets Santa Claus 1973

    Norwegian short film about a carpenter trading places with Santa Claus on Christmas Eve.

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  • Noddy Politimann for en dag 2001

    When Noddy does a favor for Constable Salomonsen one day, he gets a strange idea. Because he has helped Salomonsen, he thinks he is part of the police force in Lekeland. And that he can therefore keep an eye on his friends and give them fines.

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  • Poster for Christmas at Cattle Hill

    Christmas at Cattle Hill 2020

    Klara the Calf is excited to spend her first Christmas on Cattle Hill with her Father, but when they arrive at the farm Klara is disappointed to see he has not attempted to decorate for the holidays. When her father is unexpectedly called away for work, Klara sees it as an opportunity to make Cattle Hill a Christmas paradise with the help of the cheeky christmas elf who lives on the farm, but as Klara finds out it is about being together at Christmas which is the most important.

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  • Poster for Threads

    Threads 2017

    In this spellbinding hand-drawn odyssey by the celebrated Oscar-winning animator Torill Kove, a bustling urban habitat becomes an enchanting web of human connection. Threads explores how fundamental attachment is to the experience of being human.

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  • Poster for Little Frick and the Fiddle

    Little Frick and the Fiddle 1952

    Meet the cheeky, but kind-hearted, Little Frick and his fiddle as he works for three years for three shillings and compassionately gives them away to every vagabond he meets. But the reward is immense.

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  • Poster for The Steadfast Tin Soldier

    The Steadfast Tin Soldier 1955

    This is the tale of the tin soldier with one leg who won the heart of a ballerina, but was swallowed by a fish before he found his way back to her. The film is a delightful presentation of Hans Christian Andersen's story, employing puppets and clever camerawork.

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  • Poster for Music in the Attic

    Music in the Attic 1950

    A musical fantasy adventure about Lise and Lotte, that finds out that all the instruments are living. The story continues in the short movie "Musikk på Loftet"

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  • Poster for Angry Man

    Angry Man 2009

    A film about secrets that shouldn't be secret. When the mommy-fish dies, Boj has had enough, and gets power from his own fantasy to go further.

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  • Poster for Two Buddies and a Badger 2: The Great Big Beast

    Two Buddies and a Badger 2: The Great Big Beast 2020

    Life goes on in the tunnel of the two buddies and the badger. A life with song, jam and friendly giggles. But one day they are visited by the strict Conductor who wants to throw them out. Tunnels are for trains, not people.

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  • Fishing with Sam 2009

    Catching fish on the North Pole can be challenging. Some have more luck than others. The unfortunate ones may totally need a different fishing approach.

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  • Poster for The Absence of Eddy Table

    The Absence of Eddy Table 2016

    Eddy Table, known from the comics of Dave Cooper, makes his screen debut in this animated short. One day, Eddy gets lost in a dark forest. There he meets an alluring girl infected by a mysterious parasite. Love and violence ensues.

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  • Poster for Little Grey Wolfy - Fall Travelers

    Little Grey Wolfy - Fall Travelers 2020

    Little Grey Wolfy also wants to travel in the autumn with the birds, to warmer regions. But he is a wolf and he cannot fly.

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  • Poster for Little Grey Wolfy - Spring and Icy Drift

    Little Grey Wolfy - Spring and Icy Drift 2017

    It is spring in the forest, and everything comes to life. The snow melts and the trees stretch after a long winter. The ice is cracking. Wolfy and Hare suddenly find themselves floating in the middle of the river on an ice floe, but good friends don't panic. Their imagination will come to their aid! And now they are not on an ice floe, but on a ship sailing on the seven seas for new exciting adventures!

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  • Poster for Little Grey Wolfy - Summer Party

    Little Grey Wolfy - Summer Party 2019

    Summer is here, nights are short and it’s full moon. Little Grey Wolfy’s birthday is also approaching. He dreams of a real birthday cake with candles and cream, but everyone knows that cakes do not grow on trees.

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  • Poster for The Little Grey Wolfy - The Winter Story

    The Little Grey Wolfy - The Winter Story 2016

    The film brings us into an imaginative world with a kind, curious and slightly naive wolf, his friends and their adventures.

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  • Poster for The Night Dad Brought Us Home

    The Night Dad Brought Us Home 2017

    A personal film by Steffan Strandberg about his adolescence with an alcoholic mother.

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  • Poster for Glenn the Great Nature Lover

    Glenn the Great Nature Lover 2023

    Glenn loves nature and the mountains! When he meets the love of his life it turns out she shares his interests and they start a new life together on a beautifully situated piece of land by a lake. Anna Erlandsson continues the story about the Guldbagge-awarded sports geek Glenn.

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  • Poster for Pl.ink!

    Pl.ink! 2011

    A fast-paced hair-raising ride through an inky world. A minimalist painter loses his toddler inside one of his own paintings and has to climb inside to rescue his mischievous toddler from the ink monsters, with the help of an inky flying machine.

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  • Poster for Pulsator

    Pulsator 2020

    Abstract animation using stop-motion and digital techniques.

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  • Poster for Captain Sabertooth and the Countess of Grel

    Captain Sabertooth and the Countess of Grel 2025

    Set sail for an exciting pirate adventure when Captain Sabertooth and Raven fight against Sibylla and her terrifying dragon in a battle that can only be won by courage, friendship and rat soup!

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  • Poster for The Brothers Gruff Go to Splash World

    The Brothers Gruff Go to Splash World 2023

    When The Billy Goats Gruff go on a chaotic adventure to Splash World instead of the dull meadow, the irate troll under the bridge has other ideas and sets out to capture the brothers at any cost.

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  • Poster for The Downfall of Santa Claus

    The Downfall of Santa Claus 2018

    Christmas is supposed to be a magical time, but instead it’s dire times for Santa Claus. His whole existence is fading, because the children have stopped believing in him. But there is one little boy called Vetle, that still believes, but for how long?

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  • Poster for The World's Middlest Fish

    The World's Middlest Fish 2017

    A young girl becomes instantly famous after she catches the most average-sized fish in the world.

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  • Deconstruction Workers 2008

    Two construction workers have a serious conversation about life.

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  • Poster for The Wesley Verbank Octagon

    The Wesley Verbank Octagon 2020

    A girl goes on the computer to download a shape

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  • Poster for A Dog's Life with Me

    A Dog's Life with Me 1958

    A Dog's Life is about Passopp, a troubadour and storyteller with a sense of the ridiculous, and his beloved Bella, who is both clever and sensible. Having spent all his money at the fun fair, Bella steers him in a different direction and he takes a job as a carpenter in the village of the dogs.

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  • One Day a Man Bought a House 1998

    A man buys a house on a hill. A rat was there first, and proves to be unusually difficult to remove; it seems to think all the man's attempts to kill it are actually gifts. It loves the taste of the poison, thinks the trap is a sculpture, and so forth.

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  • Poster for Pearl Diver

    Pearl Diver 2020

    This is a film about three couples that are drifting apart. A hedgehog falls in love with a balloon, but struggles to keep up his grooming routine. There is a coldness between an arctic/antarctic couple, and two naive oysters are longing to meet.

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  • Poster for The Marathon Diary

    The Marathon Diary 2015

    A marathonrace takes place in Lappland during the cold beutiful winter.

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  • Poster for Fiinbeck er rømt

    Fiinbeck er rømt 1927

    A Norwegian animated commercial for Tiedemanns Tobakk AS using the comic strip characters from George McManus' Bringing up Father (Fiinbeck & Fia).

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  • Mushroom Monster 2013

    If you were a little, hairy Mushroom Monster, how far would you go to get your paws on the biggest mushroom ever?

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  • Poster for Scampermouse in a Jam

    Scampermouse in a Jam 1955

    The story of a group of mice who learn the benefits of putting aside their nuts instead of frittering them away.

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