''Hellfjord'' is a Norwegian TV series. It consists of seven 30 minute episodes and premiered on

NRK1 NRK1 (pronounced as ''"NRK en"'' or ''"- ein"'') is the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's (NRK) main television channel. History Test broadcasts started on 12 January 1954, regular test broadcasts started on 13 April 1958 and regular broadca ...

9 October 2012. The series was produced by

Tommy Wirkola Tommy Wirkola (born 6 December 1979) is a Norwegian film director and writer. Career His first film was 2007's '' Kill Buljo'', which he co-wrote with Stig Frode Henriksen. They later made the 2009 horror comedy ''Dead Snow''. In 2010 they agai ...

of Tappeluft Pictures for

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Premise

Salmander is a police officer from Oslo who, after mistakenly killing his police horse in front of a large group of children, is banished to the Northern

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

village of Hellfjord. In beautiful but mysterious Hellfjord he is welcomed by the vulgar and eccentric sheriff, and meets the dim-witted journalist Johanne who suspects that something lies beneath the surface in the village. Salmander has to contend with

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s and the local

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Cast

Zahid Ali Zahid Ali ( ur, زاہد علی; born 30 June 1976) is a Norwegian stand-up comedian. He is known for his participation in the TV2 show '' Rikets Røst'', which is hosted by Otto Jespersen. After the publicity this show resulted in, he has beco ...

– Salmander * Stig Frode Henriksen – Kobba *

Ingrid Bolsø Berdal Ingrid Bolsø Berdal (; born 2 March 1980) is a Norwegian actress. She started her career with the 2005 short film ''Limbo''. Her first leading role was in the Norwegian slasher film '' Cold Prey'', released in October 2006. She has since appear ...

– Johanne * Thomas Hanzon – Bosse Nova *

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– Riina * Lars Arentz-Hansen – Brobaker

Production

The series is written and produced by Tommy Sten, Zahid Ali and Stig Frode Henriksen and was recorded in

Gryllefjord Gryllefjord is a fishing village in Senja Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the island of Senja, along the Gryllefjorden in the northern part of the municipality. The village has a population (2017) of 383 whic ...

on the island of Senja, and Film Camp in

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summer 2011. The series was sold abroad even before it was recorded. The recording received EU support through the

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with a grant of .

International broadcast

* — The series premiered on

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from 18 November 2013. *

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since July, 2015. * - The series premiered on TTV from 28 May 2016. * - The series premiered on

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on 7 July 2017.

References

External links

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