Norsemen (TV series)

Norsemen
Promotional poster
Vikingane
GenreComedy
Created by
Developed by
Written by
  • Jon Iver Helgaker
  • Jonas Torgersen
Starring
ComposerJohannes Ringen
Country of originNorway
Original languages
  • Norwegian (Norway)
  • English (International)
No. of series3
No. of episodes18
Production
Executive producers
  • Marianne Arsky-Andersen
  • Odd Gunnar Iversen
Producers
  • Anders Tangen
  • Øyvind Thoen
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network
Release21 October 2016 (2016-10-21) –
13 March 2020 (2020-03-13)
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Norsemen is a Norwegian comedy television series about a group of Vikings living in the village of Norheim around the year 790. It originally premiered in Norway under the name Vikingane (The Vikings) on NRK1 in October 2016. It is produced for NRK by Viafilm. The series is written and directed by Jon Iver Helgaker and Jonas Torgersen.[1]

The series is filmed in the village of Avaldsnes in Karmøy municipality, Rogaland, Norway, and it was recorded simultaneously in both Norwegian and English-language versions by filming each scene twice. The first season of the English version was made available on Netflix in August 2017 under the name Norsemen, and season two, which was filmed in early 2017,[2] was made available in October 2018.[3] The third season is named 'Season 0', as it tells the story that led up to season 1.[4]

In September 2020, it was announced that the show had been canceled and would not return for a fourth season.[5]

  1. ^ Linda Jew (25 April 2016). "Vikingane: New Comedy Series Spoofing Vikings Filming in Norwegian and English".
  2. ^ Jorn Rossing Jensen (21 August 2017). "Haugesund: NRK's Ivar Køhn on Norway's TV Drama Build, Nordic Noir as a Brand". Variety. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Vikingane goes global as Norsemen on Netflix". nordicdrama.com. 30 June 2017. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017.
  4. ^ "'Norsemen' season 3 will 'tell the story that led up to season 1' but 'won't stray too far', say creators". MEAWW. 16 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Netflix's 'Norsemen' Season 4 Canceled: Ends After 3 Seasons". What's on Netflix. 2 October 2020.