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Fóstbræður 

Comedy | TV Series (1997–2001)
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39 episodes
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One of the most loved scetch show in Iceland with many jokes still quoted years later.

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Helga Braga Jónsdóttir, Gunnar Jónsson, Jón Gnarr | See full cast & crew »
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2001   2000   1999   1998   1997  
3 wins & 1 nomination. See more awards »

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Helga Braga Jónsdóttir Helga Braga Jónsdóttir ...  Various 39 episodes, 1997-2001
Gunnar Jónsson ...  Various 15 episodes, 2000-2001
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One of the most loved scetch show in Iceland with many jokes still quoted years later.

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Violence black humor and sex :)
31 January 2004 | by Butcer – See all my reviews

A great show featuring Jón Gnarr And Sigurjón Kjartans and even Hilmir Snær in the first season!.Well this show has no plot instead its skitches.IT has alot of swears even f words and s words.Its ironic sexist the first season was very very violent such as the sequnse with the guy who beats the beep out of the hidden camera dudes and teaching how to beat woman without leaving marks on the body only inside :o
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