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- When his mother, who has sheltered him his entire 40 years, dies, sensitive would-be poet Elling is sent to live in a state institution. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and woman-obsessed virgin in his 40s. After two years, the men are released and provided with a state-funded apartment and stipend with the hope they will be able to live on their own. Initially, the simple act of going around the corner for groceries is a challenge. Through a friendship born of desperate dependence, the skittish Elling and the boisterous, would-be ladies' man Kjell Bjarne discover that not only can they survive on the outside--they can thrive. But as their courage grows, they find oddball ways to cope with society and strike up friendships in the unlikeliest places.
- A father is struggling to keep a good life with his son. His last business project was a flop. He is about to loose everything when two men with a gun turns up and makes him a proposal.
- We follow the persons, the life and the living around a fire station.
- Three friends since childhood are trying to work out their complicated relationships. Jonny tries to be best friends with Magnus, Magnus tries to be married to Tuva, and Tuva tries to have sex with Jonny.
- In this prequel to Elling (2001), Elling, a slightly autistic, but opinionated young man, lives with his aging mother who is worried what he'll do without her. She decides to take him on a trip to Spain to see new things.
- Bea is 16 and nine months, and the only virgin left in her crowd. This seems to be a problem for her when she falls in love with the most popular guy at school. Her friends tell her that the first time always sucks, and they try to help her get some experience first so that the first time with someone she really loves is actually special.
- Bent is a man who finds comfort in stability and safety, but when a woman moves into his building, he decides to make a change in his life, something his hairdresser does not like one bit.
- Five career criminals dream of a final heist that will set them up for life. As they chase their obsession, friendship and loyalty is put to the test by personal tragedies and love, while the police are closing in.
- Three years have passed since Elling moved to town with Kjell Bjarne, his roommate from the institution at Brøynes. Elling now lives on his own in the apartment. Kjell Bjarne has moved up one floor, to Reidun and her little daughter Mojo. Feeling like an outsider, Elling isolates himself more and more. He observes humanity with astonishment and wonders at how everyone else seems to be adjusting so well. Finally, Kjell Bjarne takes care of the situation. Elling protests, but he is still pretty happy as he is transformed into a new man: clean, fully rested, and well-dressed. Deep inside, he also knows what's lacking, and one evening he finally finds the woman he knows is able to fill the void in his life. He's willing to do anything to win her trust and love. But when he is invited to his new girlfriend's for dinner, a few objections appear to Elling, and the story doesn't end quite the way he had thought it would.
- Sveins best friend is the hooded rat Halvorsen, everyone else thinks rats are nasty. Svein and his buddy Dan is quite alone until the new girl in class suggests they take their roots its in the big pet contest. The problems come when Halvorsen runs away, and the newspapers write that both the hospital and the school must close because of an invasion of rats. Svein must make sure that no mom and dad find out that it's Svein and Halvorsen, who is to blame for all the fuss, because he might end up losing both Halvorsen and the opportunity to win the competition.
- Maria is 40 and has three lovely kids and a job she loves, and a father writing pulp fiction in the attic. But the balanced woman loses her grip when two men, successful shrink Fredrik and 22-year-old paraglider Jonas, enter her life.
- The local disability support group visits an involuntary member, not realizing that it will bring them to a critical mass.
- The Svein, Dan and Melissa are chocked witnesses as Grandmother is placed in an institution where old and frail people dies like flies. They try to lighten her moods, but she turns more and more senile. Svein's rat, Halvorsen, displays many of the same symptoms, and the children are convinced there is foul play involved. They discover that aliens roam around, seeking knowledge. And where is knowledge better kept than in the souls of old people? To prevent the aliens from sucking Grandmother's soul dry, Svein, Dan and Melissa comes up with a cunning plan...
- 1979 is ending, the 80s are approaching rapidly. Carl and Robert, two slacker best friends who smoke hashish as a way of cheerful living - have been peddling hashish for a decade, hitting an all time high with this last batch: 45 Kilos of pure, high grade Nepalese Hashish destined for the draught-dry Oslo streets. In their own eyes they are not criminals they simply provide the life-essential drug to a suffering population. But then Glenn comes along, their friend and ambitious financial-backer-destined-to-be-a-yuppie. He has plans to make this deal even bigger than they have been led to believe. Following the delivery of the hashish, the police are on their tail for heroin-smuggling a fact they cannot explain as they both hate heroin and would never touch the drug. Finally they both awake from their self-induced haze, and fight back in a hilarious, suspenseful and dramatic ending.
- Two popular girls dare a new classmate to masturbate in the closet with a spoon after they pretend to do so. The new girl, knowing she is being set up, puts on quite a show.
- What happens when a sexual connection overwhelms all your senses? A woman puts everything on the line in pursuit of a passionate affair with a man she hardly knows.
- Maja, Rikke, and Ohna, all 12-year-olds, have big ambitions to not lift a finger during this summer vacation, but then the police find drugs hidden in the Saigon House Restaurant; it gets closed down and Ohna's big brother gets arrested. The girls know that he is innocent, but he won't get out of jail before the drug league is exposed. It's a case for the East End Angels.
- The summer of 1951 a couple get their first and only child. A boy. Or is it? Ouside the birds stop singing, and there's a solar eclipse. The parents deny an operation which could make Adrian a whole human being.
- Family is the most important thing in the world to Kaja. She is an eternal optimist in spite of living with a man who would rather go hunting with the boys, and who refuses to have sex with her because she isn't particularly attractive anymore. Whatever. That's life. But when the perfect couple moves in next door, Kaja struggles to keep her emotions in check. Not only do these successful, beautiful, exciting people sing in a choir; they have also adopted a child - from Ethiopia. These new neighbors open a new world to Kaja, with consequences for everyone involved. And when Christmas comes around, it becomes evident that nothing will ever be like before - even if Kaja tries her very best.
- Four self-centered people spend midsummers eve in a campsite. Concentrating on their own bloated egos, they are unaware that the world is, in fact, ending.
- A German expedition with a international crew is in the remote Arctic ice when the 2nd world war starts, and they are commanded to take active part in the war. Soon they find themselves in a fight of life and death.
- A story based on the life of journalist Torgny Segerstedt, who alerted the Swedish public to the threat of Fascism in the 1930s.
- Alfons Åberg lives with his father and the cat Pussel.
- Dad has just done spring cleaning and forbade Alfons and Viktor to scatter toys all over the apartment. With great inventiveness, they instead use other completely everyday things in their fantasy play.
- Alfons doesn't want to eat dinner even though dad, who has cooked meatballs, does everything to get him to the table. But Alfons stubbornly refuses. Instead, he wants to play with the cat Puzzle.
- Alfons Åberg babysits Småtting and has decided to read cute fairy tales and help him with everything. But it doesn't turn out as he had planned.
- Alfons fantasizes about being king with great power and with magical powers in a sack of strength.
- Dad's birthday and Alfons can't think of a present. Dad doesn't wish for anything and other adults can't give any good advice.
- Alfons's cousins come to visit. They think Alfons and Milla are childish and don't want to play with them. Instead, they destroy everything that has been prepared and there is chaos and disorder.
- Seven year old Albert/Alfie has an imaginary best friend, and thinks he is old enough to get a dog. Dad doesn't agree. Will getting to know a magician help convince dad?
- The story about 5-year-old Lisa's unconditional love for her alcoholic father. There is also a depiction of Sweden in the 70's and working class fading ideals. The mother leaves the family and Lisa struggling to maintain the image of the hero father. In the end, Lisa is facing a life-changing choice. Based on true events.
- The small town of Flåklypa is experiencing great lack of snow, which is why the inventor Reodor Felgen is asked to create a snow machine. However, things does not go as planned.
- By helping Doctor Proktor getting recognition for his amazing invention in a world quite different from ours, two lonely children gets help to stand on their own two feet.
- On the Eve of The Norwegian Day of Liberation, a whole nation is gearing up to get drunk and disorderly. Sam and Amir, two 15 year-old boys, have decided that their night will be epic. The boys have known each other almost all their lives and are closer than brothers. But the next 24 hours will test the bonds of brotherhood. Sam has fallen for Thea, Amir's ex-girlfriend. He knows he must tell Amir, but he doesn't know how. When Sam finally summons up the courage to confess, Amir's reaction is far worse than he could ever have imagined. The long night turns into chaos as Amir embarks on a revenge-fueled journey of violence and destruction. Can Sam and Amir forgive each other, or is this the end of their friendship?
- Over the course of a midsummer night in Fermanagh in 1890, an unsettled daughter of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy encourages her father's valet to seduce her.
- The comedy Staying Alive is about Marianne (34) who discovers out of the blue that her boyfriend Haakon is having an affair with Frida, a young colleague who makes waffles at work every Friday. Supported by her best friend's revenge tips and wisdom, Marianne stumbles into her new life where she eventually discovers that coziness is overrated, having funs is what matters.
- Two half-siblings who grew up apart meet for the first time as adults and fall in love.
- Love sick Doktor Proktor has gone back in time desperately trying to change the cause history, to stop the wedding of his beloved Juliette and the horrible Claude Cliché, but are stuck in time. Lise and Bulle have to help him back.
- A secret bet between Solan and Olvar O. Kleppvold, he loses the house and workshop of the genious inventor Reodor Felgen, and they both bring their allies in the fight to win.
- Marius and Ebba is a couple in their late 20's who is in constant conflict even though they love each other deeply. Every New Years Eve they try to break up. A story about love and dysfunction told over the course of three years.
- Gilberts allergy towards eggs, leads to bullying and embarrassment. He tries to keep the allergy a secret, but when his awful aunt is to babysit him, she tries to poison him with eggs. But Gilbert plans his revenge. Based on the novel Eggg.
- Two Norwegian female ambulance paramedics get caught up in a conflict with a group of Romanian immigrants, after being called out to an address where it turns out nobody lives. Sanne, one of the paramedics has to make a difficult choice to solve the situation. The choice she makes has fatal consequences for everyone involved. She has to live with that choice for the rest of her life.
- A sixteen year old boy with an intense desire for recognition seeks out a vicious criminal to prove his boundless grit. An expressive suburban gothic tale which enters the mindset of a teenager and explores the phenomenon of sensation seeking at a young age.
- Espen "Ash Lad", a poor farmer's son, embarks on a dangerous quest with his brothers to save the princess from a vile troll known as the Mountain King - in order to collect a reward and save his family's farm from ruin.
- The night before Christmas 1969, the gas flare at the Ocean Viking is lit. Phillips has found the largest sub sea oil basin in history. And everything is about to change.
- The international oil companies are pulling out from Stavanger after years of test drilling without success. Christian Nyman works as a diver on one of the rigs, while Toril Torstensen's American boyfriend works for Shell.
- In the international race to the moon, the Norwegian mission is led by brilliant inventor Reodor from the village of Pinchcliffe. With Luca the Magpie as the brave astronaut, what could possibly go wrong?
- AKA Smoking Ban. Phillips Petroleum introduces a smoking ban on the oil rig Ocean Viking, and the mayor of Stavanger speculates on whether the Americans might have found oil.
- AKA The Summer House. Nyman's factory has financial problems, and Fredrik Nyman has to come up with a plan to save it. Anna Hellevik sees an opportunity to help her father-in-law, and starts scheming behind Fredrik's back.