''Førstegangstjenesten'' is a Norwegian comedy series airing on

NRK NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting Aksjeselskap, AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and ...

, created and co-written by Herman Flesvig who stars as the four main characters. Its setting is the recruit school of the Norwegian Armed Forces. NRK released two pilot episodes in December 2019. Modestly received by critics, the series thus far was given a " die throw" of 4 in '' VG'' and 3 in ''

Dagbladet ''Dagbladet'' (lit.: ''The Daily Magazine'') is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally ''Dagbladet'' is considered the main liberal newsp ...

''. However, in a matter of days, the two episodes had been streamed 370 000 and 335 000 times respectively. Thus NRK booked a full first season, with ten new episodes to be aired in 2020. When released in October 2020, the new episodes had higher production value and received "die throws" of 5 in ''VG'' and 6 in ''Dagbladet''.

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2019 Norwegian television series debuts 2020s Norwegian television series Norwegian television sitcoms NRK original programming {{norway-tv-prog-stub