Occupied

For military occupation, see Military occupation.

Occupied
Promotional poster
Also known asOkkupert
GenrePolitical thriller
Created by
Written by
Directed by
Starring
Theme music composerSivert Høyem
ComposerNicholas Sillitoe
Country of originNorway, France, Sweden
Original languagesNorwegian, English, French, Russian
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes24
Production
Executive producers
  • Anni Faurbye Fernandez
  • Line Winther Skyum Funch
  • Berna Levin
  • Jo Nesbø
  • Ole Søndberg
Producers
  • Marianne Gray
  • Gudny Hummelvoll
Production locationNorway
Cinematography
Editors
  • Sverrir Kristjánsson
  • Jens Christian Fodstad
Running time45 min[1]
Production companyYellow Bird
Budgetkr 90 million
Original release
NetworkTV2
Release4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) –
2 January 2020 (2020-01-02)
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Occupied (Norwegian: Okkupert) is a Norwegian political thriller TV series that premiered on TV2 on 5 October 2015.[2] Based on an original idea by Jo Nesbø, the series is co-created with Karianne Lund and Erik Skjoldbjærg.[3] Season 2 premiered on 10 October 2017.[4] The third and final season started airing in Scandinavia on 5 December 2019,[5] and was released in many countries via Netflix on 31 December 2019.

With a budget of 90 million kr (US$11 million), the series is the most expensive Norwegian production to date and has been sold to the UK, Germany, France, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Serbia, Estonia, Poland, Czech Republic, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal, and Canada.[6][7] It is also streamed by Netflix in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Ireland, the United Kingdom, India, Singapore, Canada, Belgium, Italy, South Africa and the Netherlands.[8][9]

The series depicts a fictional near future in which, following a catastrophic hurricane attributed to global warming, Norway's newly-elected green party Ny Kraft Prime Minister has stopped the country's oil and gas production. Russia, with support from the European Union, occupies Norway to restore its oil and gas production, in response to a Europe-wide energy crisis.[10]

  1. ^ "Trier, Ohlin, Ambo Films, Flagship TV Dramas Receive Funding". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. ^ Stø, Steffen (18 August 2015). "Se første traileren til TV2-serien Okkupert". Serie Nytt. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Nesbø-serie om russisk okkupasjon". NRK. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  4. ^ Vestrheim, Emma (13 February 2017). "Occupied Season 2 Release Date Revealed". Cinema Scandinavia. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  5. ^ @HildeSusan (21 November 2019). "Takk! Det siste jeg hørte, er at sesong 3 av Okkupert skal slippes rundt 5. desember på Viaplay i Norden. Bare å glede seg! #okkupert" [Thanks! Last I heard, season 3 of Okkupert will be released around 5 December on Viaplay in the Nordics. Just to enjoy! #okkupert] (Tweet) (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 November 2019 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Nordseth, Pål (18 August 2015). "Den har kostet 90 millioner og er TV 2s store seriesatsing i høst: Se traileren til Okkupert her". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  7. ^ Tjernshaugen, Karen (29 August 2015). "Russland fordømmer ny norsk TV-serie". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  8. ^ @whatsonetflixau (21 January 2016). "New to Netflix Australia is "Occupied" a Norwegian thriller where Norway is occupied by Russia" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ Brown, Jacob (29 January 2016). "On Netflix: Occupied is the New Homeland". Vogue. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  10. ^ "Norway Occupation TV show irks Moscow". The Local. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2015.