''Fangavaktin'' ( en, The Prison Shift) is the

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to the Icelandic television series ''

Dagvaktin ''Dagvaktin'' ( en, The Day Shift) is a sequel to the Icelandic television series ''Næturvaktin''. It is the second of the three series in the trilogy. The three main characters from ''Næturvaktin'', Georg Bjarnfreðarson (Jón Gnarr), Ólafur R ...

'' and the final series in the

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. The three main characters from ''Næturvaktin'', Georg Bjarnfreðarson (

Jón Gnarr Jón Gnarr (; born 2 January 1967)This is an Icelandic name. ''Kristinsson'' is the patronymic, but he is properly referred to as ''Jón Gnarr'' as he had it legally removed. is an Icelandic actor, comedian, and politician who served as the Ma ...

), Ólafur Ragnar (

Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon (born 21 April 1972) is an Icelandic actor, comedian, radio host and screenwriter. He was named the ''Funniest Man in Iceland'' in 1999. He is known for his portrayal of Ólafur Ragnar in the television series Næturv ...

) and Daníel ( Jörundur Ragnarsson), have become imprisoned in the infamous

Litla-Hraun Litla-Hraun (, "Little Lava") is the largest prison in Iceland. Located just outside Eyrarbakki, it consists of nine buildings inside a high-security fence. Litla-Hraun was founded on March 8, 1929, as a single building. Inside the fence is a ...

prison following the murder of the hotel owner in ''Dagvaktin''. The story is continued, and brought to a conclusion, in the

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Bjarnfreðarson ''Bjarnfreðarson'' is a 2009 Icelandic comedy film directed by Ragnar Bragason, director of the TV series trilogy consisting of ''Næturvaktin'', ''Dagvaktin'' and ''Fangavaktin'', to which it is a sequel. At its première in Iceland, it was met ...

''. The first episode was broadcast on

Stöð 2 Stöð 2 (literally Station 2) is an Icelandic subscription television channel, owned and operated by Sýn. Founded in 1986, it was the first privately owned television station in Iceland following the lifting of the state monopoly on televisi ...

on Sunday, 27 September 2009, and an episode was broadcast each following Sunday until the final seventh episode aired on 8 November 2009. The series has been released on

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Cast

as Georg Bjarnfreðarson *

as Ólafur Ragnar * Jörundur Ragnarsson as Daníel * Björn Thors as Kenneth Máni *

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (born 13 March 1973) is an Icelandic-American actor, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for ''Children'', '' Trapped'', '' The Deep'', ''Lady Dynamite'', and ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty''. Early life Ólafur ...

* Ingvar Sigurðsson as Viggó

References

External links

* Icelandic comedy television series Icelandic-language television shows 2009 Icelandic television series debuts 2000s Icelandic television series Stöð 2 original programming {{Iceland-tv-prog-stub