The Julekalender: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The three elves ("nisser") Hansi, Fritz, and Günter have to save the dying "Gammelnisse", the only way being to rewind his magic music box. This leads to a hunt for the winding key far, far away in his old "nissehule". Close by, a wife and her husband live a normal life,oblivious to what is happening around them. Things get interesting when an ominous, strange man shows up at their door step late one night, looking for local elves.

Series details

• Title: The Julekalender
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Danish
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1991-12-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 1991-12-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV2
• Network country: Denmark
• Typical episode runtime: 15 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 40887
• IMDb ID: tt0211153
• TVDB ID: 101371

Cast and credited roles

• Carsten Knudsen — Gertrud Sand
• Viggo Sommer — Fritz
• Uffe Rørbæk Madsen — Hansi
• Poul Bundgaard — Gammel Nok
• Bent Mejding — Narrator
• Carsten Knudsen — Günther
• Viggo Sommer — Oluf Sand
• Uffe Rørbæk Madsen — Benny Jensen

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1991-12-01; final listed air date 1991-12-24; episode order: 24.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Julekalender 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.