Best Norwegian comedy series
Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch comedy shows from Norway, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
Home for Christmas (2019)
Brille (2012)
Brille (2012)
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.
Valen TV (2003)
Valen TV (2003)
Kristian Valen as Helge in the talkshow "I kveld med Helge" on Valen-TV.
The Julekalender (1994)
The Julekalender (1994)
A Christmas story about three "nisser" who have to go from the North Pole and back to the cave in the Norwegian province of Trondelag to find the life melody of the head nisse "Good old gammel nok" who is about to die. However they have to watch out for the evil "Nåså", who during the series comes to live with a potato farmer nearby.
Lilyhammer (2012)
Lilyhammer (2012)
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.
Post Mortem: No One Dies in Skarnes (2021)
Post Mortem: No One Dies in Skarnes (2021)
Live Hallangen is declared dead but hours later she suddenly wakes up with a sudden urge for blood. Meanwhile, her brother Odd tries to keep the family driven funeral home afloat.
Nissene over skog og hei (2011)
Nissene over skog og hei (2011)
Ten years after the smash hit "Santas in the barn", the Christmas gnomes are finally back. In "Santas on the way" the Christmas gnomes has left the barn, and embarks on a journey through our vast country. There will be a reunion with beloved characters, and we meet some newcomers.
The Architect (2023)
The Architect (2023)
When a project to build a thousand flats in Oslo is put out to tender, architect Julie has an idea: why not convert empty underground car parks into residential buildings? A pitch-black, keenly observed satire about an all-too-near future.
Norsemen (2016)
Norsemen (2016)
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.
Magnus (2019)
Sofa (2021)
Sofa (2021)
In "Sofa" we get to be "fly on the wall" with famous and dear people when they share their TV experiences from the sofa in their own living rooms.Sofa is based on the British series "Gogglebox"
Brødrene Dal og Spektralsteinene (1982)
Brødrene Dal og Spektralsteinene (1982)
While digging for a meteor fragment containing Curium 82, a substance that can cure the common cold, the three brothers Dal finds a shining, diamond-like stone. Later, Roms Dal is visited by an alien in a space ship, and receives a ring containing blueprints to an unknown machine. The brothers decide to build the contraption, hoping to find out what it does. When Roms accidentaly triggers its mechanism using the stone, they are off on an exciting time-traveling adventure.
Torsdagsklubben (2002)
Torsdagsklubben (2002)
Torsdagsklubben is a Norwegian satirical comedy program. The program is led by Silje Stang, with Otto Jespersen and Thomas Giertsen as regular panelists. In addition, two guests appear in each show.
Hellfjord (2012)
Hellfjord (2012)
"Hellfjord" is the story of the urban police officer Salmander - second generation Pakistani immigrant - who, after somewhat accidentally killing his police horse in front of thousands of children, gets relocated to the location farthest north in Norway: Hellfjord. Hellfjord is archetypical small Norwegian hick village, populated by simple-minded people keenly interested in keeping to themselves. But when Salmander scratches the surface, he discovers a secret that will turn Hellfjord upside down. Maybe even inside out.
Åpen Post (1998)
Åpen Post (1998)
Åpen Post was a Norwegian sketch comedy television program that ran on the Norwegian state channel NRK from 1998 till 2002. It was created and hosted by Harald Eia and Bård Tufte Johansen. The show started in a talk show format with interviews and guests but later leaned more towards being a pure sketch show. The show became one of Norway's most popular TV productions though it was the center of criticism due to controversial episodes such as Bård Tuft Johansens "Chicken stunt", involving the then Norwegian Labour Party leader Thorbjørn Jagland.After the show was taken of the air Harald Eia and Bård Tufte Johansen continued to created new successful NRK shows such as Uti vår hage, Team Antonsen, Tre brødre som ikke er brødre, Ut i vår hage 2 and Storbynatt.
Truls à la Hellstrøm (2017)
Truls à la Hellstrøm (2017)
Eyvind Hellstrøm and Truls Svendsen embark on a culinary education trip at home and abroad.
Side by Side (2013)
Side by Side (2013)
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.
Finally Friday (2002)
Finally Friday (2002)
Claes, Frank, Aslak and Tuva will entertain and set the agenda every week. Which turns out to be not so easy when the world is full of impossible celebrities and when the editors often have more than enough of their own problems.
Dag (2010)
Dag (2010)
Meet Dag, a couple's therapist who holds a 90% divorce rate. His philosophy in life is that people should live alone and he's happy to share that with his patients. Dag leads a quiet life and the only thing he loves more than his solitude is prescription drugs. However, Dag's peaceful existence is about to change radically when Eva enters his life.
A Storm for Christmas (2022)
A Storm for Christmas (2022)
A group of people arrive at Oslo airport. Some to welcome their loved ones, some to fly home to their families, and some who want to fly away and escape Christmas. But in one way or another, their Christmas mission goes awry. They are all stranded at the airport and the clock is ticking… only 24 hours till Christmas – so what do they do?