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Stories Set in Oslo
Fjord light, Munch screams, resistance cells and worst-person summers — Oslo broods beautifully. These ten span Hamsun to Trier; filter the city's stories by era on StoryTerra's map.
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Browse 23 books, 34 movies, 4 TV shows and 2 games set in Oslo.
Troll
Deep inside the mountain of Dovre something gigantic awakens after being trapped for a thousand years. Destroying everything in its path the creature is fast approaching the capital of Norway. But how do you stop…
The Worst Person in the World
The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
Phantom
Following from Jo Nesbø's electrifying international best-sellers The Snowman and The Leopard, now comes Phantom, which plunges the brilliant, deeply troubled, now former police officer Harry Hole into a full-tilt…
Frelseren
A 14-year old girl is raped at one of the Salvation Army summer camps. Twelve years later, at a Christmas concert in a square in Oslo, a Salvation Army soldier is executed by a man in the crowd. A press photographer has…
SKAM
The story of young teenagers and pupils from Hartvig Nissens upper secondary school in Oslo, and their troubles, scandals and everyday life. Each season is told from a different person's point of view.
22 July
In Norway on 22 July 2011 neo-Nazi terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utøya Island outside of Oslo. This three-part story will focus on the survivors of the…
The Quake
A geologist races against time to save his estranged wife and two children when a devastating earthquake strikes Oslo Norway.
Thelma
A college student starts to experience extreme seizures. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable abilities.
The Innocents
Four children become friends during the summer holidays and out of sight of the adults they discover they have hidden powers. While exploring their newfound abilities in the nearby forests and playgrounds their innocent…
Lords of Chaos
A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1990s results in a very violent outcome.
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