Farmen: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Farmen is a reality TV seriescreated by Swedish producer Strix. Sold to more than 40 countries, The Farm is one of their most popular formats including Survivor, The Bar, or Fame Factory. Like in Big Brother-shows, The Farm puts a group of 12 people living together in a farm. There, the contestants must work as a normal farmer, raising animals and doing agriculture. In regular periods of time, one of the houseguests is evicted, usually in a ceremony called The Duel where they compete in a physical endurance, but in some adaptations of the show its the audience who decide who must leave The Farm.

Series details

• Title: Farmen
• Format: Reality
• Language: Norwegian
• Genres: Nature
• Premiere date: 2001-09-17
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: TV 2 Play
• Network country: Norway
• Typical episode runtime: 54 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 7354
• IMDb ID: tt0296340
• TVDB ID: 81364

Cast and credited roles

• Gaute Grøtta Grav — Programleder
• Niklas Baarli — Programleder
• Mads Hansen — Programleder
• Sarah Natasha Melbye — Programleder
• Frithjof Wilborn — Programleder
• Victor Sotberg — Programleder

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2001-09-17; final listed air date 2001-11-24; episode order: 30.
• Season 2: premiered 2003-08-25; final listed air date 2003-11-01.
• Season 3: premiered 2004-08-30; final listed air date 2004-11-05.
• Season 4: premiered 2007-01-08; final listed air date 2007-03-17.
• Season 5: premiered 2008-01-28; final listed air date 2008-04-12.
• Season 6: premiered 2010-03-01; final listed air date 2010-05-08.
• Season 7: premiered 2011-03-07; final listed air date 2011-05-15.
• Season 8: premiered 2012-10-08; final listed air date 2012-12-16.
• Season 9: premiered 2013-10-07; final listed air date 2013-12-15.
• Season 10: premiered 2014-09-22; final listed air date 2014-11-30.
• Season 11: premiered 2015-09-21; final listed air date 2015-12-06.
• Season 12: premiered 2016-10-03; final listed air date 2016-12-18.
• Season 13: premiered 2017-09-25; final listed air date 2017-10-08.
• Season 14: premiered 2018-09-25; final listed air date 2018-12-09.
• Season 15: premiered 2019-09-24; final listed air date 2019-12-01; episode order: 40.
• Season 16: premiered 2020-09-22; final listed air date 2020-12-06.
• Season 17: premiered 2021-09-21; final listed air date 2021-12-05; episode order: 44.
• Season 18: premiered 2022-09-06; final listed air date 2022-11-20.
• Season 19: premiered 2023-09-19; final listed air date 2023-12-03; episode order: 44.
• Season 20: premiered 2024-09-17; final listed air date 2024-12-01; episode order: 44.
• Season 21: premiered 2026-08-13; final listed air date 2026-09-24.

Source and licence

Adapted from Farmen on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.