Nobel: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

24 hours after returning to his home in Oslo following a traumatic tour of duty in Afghanistan, Erling Riser is given orders to kill an Afghan man on the street. When he discovers the orders were not sent by the Head of Intelligence he must find out who is sending them and why he is being used as a hitman. His wife no longer trusts him, and he cannot trust anyone himself, Erling finds himself in the middle, as both a target and hitman, of a complex killing game. Nobel places a dramatic conspiracy plot in the middle of Norway's war in Afghanistan and at the centre of the world's most famous humanitarian prize. Politics and social commentary are combined in this gripping thriller.

Series details

• Title: Nobel
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Norwegian
• Genres: Drama, Thriller, War
• Premiere date: 2016-09-23
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-11-06
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: NRK TV
• Network country: Norway
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 18381
• IMDb ID: tt4591834
• TVDB ID: 316594

Cast and credited roles

• Aksel Hennie — Erling Riiser
• Tuva Novotny — Johanne Riiser
• Anders Danielsen Lie — Jon Petter Hals
• Dennis Storhøi — Ekeberg
• Christian Rubeck — Utenriksminister
• Atheer Adel — Sharif Samani
• Danica Curcic — Adella Hanefi
• Mads Sjøgård Pettersen — Håvard Bakkeli
• Odd-Magnus Williamson — Hans Ivar Johansen
• Eirik Evjen — Sigurd Sønsteby
• Kyrre Hellum — Jan Burås
• Mattis Herman Nyquist — Hektor Stolt-Hansen

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-09-23; final listed air date 2016-11-06; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

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