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Genre Drama Developed by Julie Andem First episode date 25 September 2015 Number of seasons 3 Number of episodes 33 | 9/10 IMDb Created by Julie Andem Starring Ensemble cast Language Norwegian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cast Josefine Frida Pettersen, Tarjei Sandvik Moe, Lisa Teige, Herman Tømmeraas Similar Eyewitness, Skins, Teen Wolf, Shameless, Westworld | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skam ([skɑm]; English: shame) is a Norwegian young adult TV series about the daily life of teenagers at the Hartvig Nissen School (Hartvig Nissens skole), a gymnasium in the wealthy borough of Frogner in West End Oslo. It is produced by NRK P3, which is part of NRK. The series was originally aired only on the website of NRK; the first clip of the series was posted online on 22 September 2015 and the first episode was made available online on 25 September.
Contents
- What is skam norwegian tv show
- Hartvig Nissen School
- Concept
- Characters
- Season 1
- Season 2
- Season 3
- Reception
- References
Production of Skam is not very expensive − NRK spent 10 million NOK (about $1,120,000) on seasons 2 and 3 combined.
In late 2016, Simon Fuller's XIX Entertainment production company signed a letter of intent with NRK, to produce an American version of the series called Shame for the U.S. and Canada with production expected to start in 2017.
What is skam norwegian tv show
Hartvig Nissen School
The series focuses on the daily life of teenagers at the Hartvig Nissen School, a venerable gymnasium (preparatory high school) at Frogner in West End Oslo, with the address Niels Juels gate (Niels Juel Street) 56. The school is informally and widely known simply as "Nissen." Originally named Nissen's Girls' School, it was founded by Hartvig Nissen in 1849 as a private girls' school which was owned by its headmasters and which served the higher bourgeoisie. It is the second oldest gymnasium in Oslo and is widely considered one of the country's most prestigious; its alumni include many famous individuals and two members of the Norwegian royal family. The school was the first higher school in Norway which admitted women.
Concept
Throughout the week different scenes of the following episode are posted on the Skam website in real-time, as well as text messages between the characters. The full episode originally was published every Friday on the website of the radio channel NRK P3 and is a compilation of the clips posted previously. The series was originally only published on the Internet and is still primarily Internet-based. From 2016 the series has additionally been aired on NRK3, NRK's third TV channel aimed mainly at youth.
The main characters differ from season to season. Viewers can also follow the characters of the show on Instagram or Facebook.
Characters
1In Season 1 David Alexander Sjøholt was credited as playing a character called David, his name was never said in the show. This could be the character Magnus or Sjøholt was playing a different student.
The series has hosted some guest appearances in the second season such as the singer Astrid S and Marius Borg Høiby.
Season 1
Season 1 consists of eleven episodes and focuses on Eva Mohn, other recurring characters include her female friends Noora, Vilde, Sana and Chris. The storyline deals with Eva's difficult relationship with her boyfriend Jonas and the themes of loneliness, identity, belonging and friendship.
Season 2
The twelve episodes of season 2 are about Eva's friend Noora Sætre. The season is about her relationship with William, and deals with issues of feminism, violence, eating disorders, sexual assault and friendship.
Season 3
Season 3 consists of ten episodes; the main character is Isak Valtersen. The season deals with Isak's burgeoning relationship with Even Bech Næsheim and is principally a coming out story that deals with issues of love, sexual identity, authenticity, mental illness, religion and friendship.
Reception
On average, about 192,000 viewers watched the first season, with the first episode being one of the most viewed of all time on NRK TV online. In the first week of June 2016, streaming of Skam was responsible for over half of the traffic on NRK TV. The show was reviewed positively and praised for dealing with important topics such as sexual abuse. Martine Lunder Brenne called Skam in Verdens Gang on November 2016 "Norways coolest TV series", especially for the handling of homosexuality in the third season. The newspaper NATT&DAG selected it as the best TV series of 2015.
Starting with season 3, the show was able to reach also a foreign audience, and NRK was therefore heavily asked for adding English subtitles to the Skam episodes online. The demands were declined and NRK motivated the decision with the licenses of the music used throughout the series, that would not allow them to make the episodes easily available outside of Norway. They also took action against attempts to unofficially spread videos with English subtitles on the internet.
When denied official subtitling, fans started making their own translations of the episodes into several world languages, greatly expanding the online fanbase. By the end of 2016, Skam had been trending globally several times on Twitter and Tumblr, and its Facebook, Instagram and Vine presence grew rapidly. Its photogenic teen cast plus LGBTQ and mental health storylines reached young people all over the world, including China. On Weibo, "Chinese Twitter", the Skam group had 210 million readers by January 1, 2017.
On January 13, 2017, Skam was geoblocked by NRK due to disputes over music rights.