TV shows that you can use to learn Norwegian
Pørni (2021 - imdb 8.1)
”Single mother Pørni is responsible for three children, her elderly father, and all the children she meets in her job at the child welfare service.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GATmkSZKn8Hjem til jul | Home for Christmas (2019 - imdb 7.7)
“When the constant comments on her single status and society's expectations of the perfect family Christmas finally get to 30-year-old Johanne, she starts a 24-day hunt for a partner to bring home for Christmas.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB-onpdR56EHeksejakt | Witchhunt (imdb - 7.4)
”Law firm working Ida Waage has to sign a bill for 450 000 Euros, but hesitates. She doesn't know the firm. Can she trust the people she works for? Is it a scam? Should she blow the whistle?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=intRtRC4fD0Velkommen til Utmark (2021 - imdb 7.7)
”In a small remote Norwegian town live: a corrupt sheriff, an alcoholic shepherd, a nature-loving bootlegger, a God-hating pastor and a grieving pimp.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PI5BEraiiQKampen om tungtvannet | The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler’s Atomic Bomb (2015 - imdb 7.9)
”The story behind Hitler's plan of Germany getting the atomic bomb during WW2, and the heavy water sabotages in Rjukan, Norway, seen from four angles, the German side, the allied, the saboteurs and the company side.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cogFxjw0P0s&t=206sLykkeland | The State of Happiness (2018 - imdb 7.8)
”The night before Christmas 1969, the gas flare at the Ocean Viking is lit. Phillips has found the largest sub sea oil basin in history. And everything is about to change.”Nobel (2016 - imdb 8.0)
”In NOBEL, two stories carefully intertwine as a returning soldier and family man becomes a pawn in a political international game. As the stakes grow higher he is forced to discover just how far one should go in the name of peace.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O50Ncz_eLKgRagnarok (2020 - imdb 7.5)
”A small Norwegian town experiencing warm winters and violent downpours seems to be headed for Ragnarok -- unless someone intervenes in time.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H9AaiBLHCoFremvandrerne | Beforeigners (2019 - imdb 7.8)
”HBO Nordic's first original series from Norway, Beforeigners is about two persons who mysteriously appear in Oslo. They are the first of many from the past to seek refuge in present time. Seven years later the community is transformed.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQdStqTonWkOkkupert | Occupied (2015 - imdb 7.6)
”In the near future, Norway is occupied by Russia on behalf of the European Union because the newly-elected environmentally-friendly Norwegian government has stopped the all important oil- and gas-production in the North Sea.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16FAPzgcwSYGrenseland | Borderliner (2017 - imdb 6.7)
”To protect his family, police detective Nikolai covers up a murder case. But when his co-investigator Anniken suspects foul play, he is trapped in a dangerous game on duty, blurring the line between right and wrong.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-yLvwCgEjMRådebank (2020 - imdb 8.0)
”Car mechanic Glenn-Tore, a car-loving guy know as GT, has charisma and self-confidence to be the small town's popular hunk. Until the day he is dumped by his girlfriend.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRRthYfDVwsSide om Side (2013 - imdb 7.8)
”The series is about three very different families living in the same neighborhood of Granli in Oslo: the family of Jonas Kvåle and Maria Lerke, the family Pedersen, and the family Kopperud.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe39q-PSokcVikingane (2016 - imdb 7.7)
”They were brutal warriors, but not especially smart. Norwegian Humorseries by NRK” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1JEHSRs_hg
PS: there’s also an English version where all actors speak English called “Norsemenn” which for obvious reasons won’t help you learn much Norwegian.Unge Lovende | Young & Promising (2015 - imdb 7.7)
”Three young women seek love, success and fulfillment in Oslo, Norway.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt60QdR3O78Vi lover et Helvete (2023 - imdb 7.7) (Season 1 still on air)
”In the village of Utfjord, Sami Elin fights to preserve the pastures of the family that runs reindeer, but when she falls in love with Daniel, her values are put to the test.”