Oljefondet: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This is a humorous drama TV show centered around the Norwegian Pension Fund, affectionately called Oljefondet. The fund was created to invest the enormous amount of tax renevue from the Norwegian oil and gas industry. The fund is there to secure the future costs of pensioners and the socialist way of free health care amongst other things. The show follows some fictional investors working for the fund investing the billions and more billions according to the rules for ethical investments that the Norwegian politicians put in place. Following these complex ethical guidelines in a big cynical world of big business, creates some interesting complications. Currently the fund owns 1%, well, of the world.

Series details

• Title: Oljefondet
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Norwegian
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Premiere date: 2018-12-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-02-03
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: discovery+
• Typical episode runtime: 23 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 40112
• IMDb ID: tt6843994
• TVDB ID: 356786

Cast and credited roles

• Kathrine Thorborg Johansen — Kathrine Holand
• Thomas Gullestad — Per Grepp
• Marit Andreassen — Bjørg Heistad
• Evelyn Rasmussen Osazuwa — Anna Smythe
• Elias Holmen Sorensen — Odd Stormoen
• Håkon Thorstensen Nielsen — Vidar Wilander

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-12-16; final listed air date 2019-02-03; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Oljefondet 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.