Grenseland: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In eight episodes, we can follow the Norwegian labor movement in a dramatic period. Norwegian history throughout the dozen years. This is the story of Norway in the interwar period and during the German occupation. A depiction of the legendary hard 30s. Of Norwegian labor rising. Of class struggle. Of crisis. Of the national struggle during the war. A depiction of the break between rural and urban environment, and the development of a young intellectual worker. The main character Karl Martin grows up in the borderland between city and country, in the borderland between the working youth in "Paradise" and the middle-class environment most of his schoolmates belong to. He becomes a worker - for a time. Then he becomes a journalist, an intellectual. And ends up both between the petty bourgeoisie and the workers and between the intellectuals and the workers. He ends up in the middle of it all.

Series details

• Title: Grenseland
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Norwegian
• Genres: Drama, History
• Premiere date: 1979-10-20
• Final broadcast date listed: 1979-12-09
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NRK1
• Network country: Norway
• Typical episode runtime: 75 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 56978
• IMDb ID: tt0491280
• TVDB ID: 354909

Cast and credited roles

• Sverre Anker Ousdal — Karl Martin
• Ellen Horn — Mai
• Kirsten Hofseth — Lillan
• Joachim Calmeyer — Moseland

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1979-10-20; final listed air date 1979-12-09; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Grenseland 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.