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Series Mania 2026

Series Mania is the largest event dedicated uniquely to television series in Europe. It offers exclusive world premieres of the greatest international series on the big screen. Have a look at the Norwegian dramas that will be presented this year.

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Nordic Showcase

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Coming Next from the Nordics

Tuesday 24. March | 12.00 – 13.00 | Room 3.2

Discover the New Era of Nordic Drama.

Get a sneak peek at the most exciting upcoming drama series from Finland, Norway and Sweden. Connect with the creators and talent at the networking lunch immediately following the showcase.

Organized by Audiovisual Producers Finland, Norwegian Film Institute and Swedish Institute in collaboration with Göteborg Film Festival and The Swedish Film & TV Producers Association.

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Norwegian Series at the Nordic Showcase

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Still Breathing

Directed by Eirik Svensson, Ida Sagmo Tvedte, Andre Chocron
Drama • 8 x 42 min

At a mid-sized Norwegian hospital, Petra (26) has just begun her internship with fellow interns Joakim, Sam, and Kissy. They are thrown into a job with lang days, vulnerable patients, and complex medical cases. Petra strives to be the best doctor for her patients, but as demands and expectations from society and hospital management clash, determining what's best grows increasingly challenging.

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Royal Blood

Directed by Erik Richter Strand
Drama • 6 x 45 min

Royal Blood is a bold historical drama set in the turbulent years leading up to 1814, when Norway breaks free from centuries of Danish rule and is thrust into a new union with Sweden. As Europe is torn apart by the Napoleonic Wars, the great powers of France, Britain and Russia redraw the map of the continent, threatening the sovereignty of the Scandinavian kingdoms.

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Featured series

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The Traitor Within

Presented at Byers Upfront
Directed by Kenneth Karlstad
Thriller • Norwegian • 4 x 45 min

Set against the chilling Nazi-occupied Norway, Rinnan tells the true story of Norway’s most notorious Gestapo agent. Henry Rinnan, a poor young salesman driven by a desperate need for recognition, rises through the Gestapo’s intelligence ranks and builds a covert network of Norwegian agents, young men and women, who infiltrate the resistance from within.

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New and upcoming series

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Psychodrama

Directed by Arild Fröhlich
Drama, Comedy • 8 x 22 min

Psychodrama follows actors and best friends Ole Christoffer "Olec" Ertvaag and Per Kjerstad, and their struggles against themselves and their surroundings. Olec has had OCD and severe hypochondria since childhood. Per has struggled with anger management and a slight alcohol problem.

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A Better Man

Directed by Thomas Seeberg Torjussen, Gjyljeta Berisha
Drama • 2025 • 4 x 51 min

Tom blames feminism for everything that is wrong with modern society. He works in his mother´s clothing store by day, and trolls the internet by night. When hackers expose his identity and reveal his most embarrassing secrets, he hides in what he has closest at hand: women’s clothing. The world opens up to him in surprising ways.

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Nepobaby

Directed by Gunnar Vikene, Hallvar Witzø
Drama • 6 x 30 min

A shipping magnate's death reveals Emma is his unknown daughter and heir. Along with inheriting part of his empire, she discovers four siblings she never knew about. Wealth changes everything minds and hearts alike.

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Henki

Directed by Erika Calmeyer, Thomas Seeberg Torjussen
Drama • 6 x 45 min

The year is 1985. Henki Hauge Karlsen is a 28-year-old gay bartender who is fired after disclosing that he is infected with HIV. Furious and humiliated, he decides to take legal action.

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Sogn Murders

Directed by Kristoffer Metcalfe
Drama, Crime • Norwegian • 4 x 45 min

Set against the dramatic landscapes of the Sognefjord on Norway’s west coast, the series centres on Ole Vik, a 43-year-old police investigator heading the local station in the fictional fruit-growing village of Fjellberghavn.

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Still looking

Directed by Are Valle Skjelvan
Drama, Comedy • 8 x 22 min

Finding the love of your life is hard. Especially when your own personality keeps getting in the way. This mockumentary series follows six single people on their messy search for the one.

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Escaping Bolivia

Directed by Anna Gutto, Emilie Beck
Drama, Thriller • 6 x 44 min

How far are you willing to go to save yourself? Arrested in Bolivia and thrown into a brutal women's prison accused of smuggling cocaine. Abandoned by everyone, Ida’s only hope lies in a daring escape plan from anunlikely ally – a men's magazine and a hired mercenary.

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Co-production | International Panorama

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Breendonk

Breendonk is an intriguing prison drama set in war-torn Antwerp in 1942. A story about idealistic choices that turned out to be wrong, about unexpected alliances and the quest for how to keep loving in a loveless world.

Historical drama | Belgium | 2025 | 6 x 55 min
Production: De Mensen

Norwegian co-production: Anagram

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Meet us at Series Mania

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Arna Marie Bersaas

Manager International Relations, Short Films and Drama Series

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Hanne M. Okstad

International Promotion Adviser

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Linn Kirkenær

Production Adviser

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Helen Prestgard

Production Adviser

NRK and TV2

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Attending from NRK

Marianne Furevold Boland Head of Drama | marianne.furevold[@]nrk.no
Hans Jørgen Osnes Head of International Financing Drama | hans-jorgen.osnes[@]nrk.no

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Attending from TV2

Mimi Cejka Executive Producer Scripted | mimi.cejka[@]tv2.no

Co-production

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Co-producing with Norway

We can offer great talents, experienced professionals, studio facilities, and the most modern technical equipment available.

We also have a spectacular scenery with deep fjords and steep mountains, midnight sun and northern lights – as well as vibrant cities and modern architecture.

Co-producing with Norway

Presented in collaboration