Dag (Norwegian TV series)

Dag
Genre	Comedy drama
Created by	Øystein Karlsen[1] Kristopher Schau[1]
Written by	Øystein Karlsen Kristopher Schau
Starring	Atle Antonsen Tuva Novotny Anders Baasmo Christiansen Agnes Kittelsen Rolf Lassgård
Composer	Steve Wynn[1][2]
Country of origin	Norway
Original language	Norwegian
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	40
Original release
Network	TV 2 (Norway)
Release	30 September 2010 (2010-09-30) – 19 November 2015 (2015-11-19)

Dag is a Norwegian comedy-drama television series which originally aired on the Norwegian television channel TV 2 from 2010 to 2015. The series is about a marriage guidance counsellor, Dag (Atle Antonsen), who has little faith in people or marriage.

Cast

Actor	Character	Series
		1	2	3	4
Atle Antonsen	Dag Refsnes	Main
Anders Baasmo Christiansen	Benedikt Skovrand	Main
Silje Torp Færavaag	Marianne Refsnes	Main		Recurring
Agnes Kittelsen	Malin Tramell	Main
Tuva Novotny	Eva Holstad	Main
Ine Jansen	Mia Ballack	Main
Rolf Lassgård	Ernst		Main

Episodes

Series	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	10		30 September 2010 (2010-09-30)	2 December 2010 (2010-12-02)
2	10		22 September 2011 (2011-09-22)	24 November 2011 (2011-11-24)
3	10		17 January 2013 (2013-01-17)	21 March 2013 (2013-03-21)
4	10		17 September 2015 (2015-09-17)	19 November 2015 (2015-11-19)

Series 1 (2010)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Original release date
1	1	"Alene er ingen det svakeste leddet"[3] "Alone is none the weakest link"	Øystein Karlsen	30 September 2010 (2010-09-30)
2	2	"Stille vann er best å ro i"[3] "Still water is best for rowing"	Øystein Karlsen	7 October 2010 (2010-10-07)
3	3	"Kjærlighet i valiumens tid"[3] "Love in the era of valium"	Øystein Karlsen	14 October 2010 (2010-10-14)
4	4	"Eva"[3]	Øystein Karlsen Tuva Novotny	21 October 2010 (2010-10-21)
5	5	"Som sønn, så far"[3] "Like father, like son"	Øystein Karlsen	28 October 2010 (2010-10-28)
6	6	"Døden befrir de som ikke har levd"[3] "Death frees those who have not lived"	Øystein Karlsen	4 November 2010 (2010-11-04)
7	7	"Lang natts ferd mot dag"[3] "Long night's journey into day"	Øystein Karlsen	11 November 2010 (2010-11-11)
8	8	"To er det ensomste tallet av alle"[3] "Two is the loneliest number of all"	Øystein Karlsen	18 November 2010 (2010-11-18)
9	9	"Speed for galleriet"[3] "Speed for the gallery"	Øystein Karlsen	25 November 2010 (2010-11-25)
10	10	"Verden banket på, jeg låste"[3] "The world knocked, I locked the door"	Øystein Karlsen	2 December 2010 (2010-12-02)

Series 2 (2011)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Original release date
11	1	"Over skyene er himmelen alltid grå"[3] "Above the clouds the sky is always grey"	Øystein Karlsen	22 September 2011 (2011-09-22)
12	2	"Alt som stiger opp, kommer en gang ned"[3] "What goes up must come down"	Øystein Karlsen	29 September 2011 (2011-09-29)
13	3	"Selv kynikere har et hjerte"[3] "Even cynics have a heart"	Øystein Karlsen	6 October 2011 (2011-10-06)
14	4	"Steril nærhet"[3] "Sterile proximity"	Tuva Novotny	13 October 2011 (2011-10-13)
15	5	"Man reder som man ligger med"[3] "You make the bed you lie in"	Øystein Karlsen	20 October 2011 (2011-10-20)
16	6	"Bøddelen fra Sibir"[3] "The executioner from Siberia"	Øystein Karlsen	27 October 2011 (2011-10-27)
17	7	"Hevneren fra Holmlia"[3] "The avenger from Holmlia"	Øystein Karlsen	3 November 2011 (2011-11-03)
18	8	"Et stort lite liv"[3] "A great little life"	Øystein Karlsen	10 November 2011 (2011-11-10)
19	9	"Ond mongo"[3] "Evil Mongo"	Øystein Karlsen	17 November 2011 (2011-11-17)
20	10	"Det er en sprekk i alle ting, der livet kommer inn"[3] "There is a crack in everything, that’s how the life gets in"	Øystein Karlsen	24 November 2011 (2011-11-24)

Series 3 (2013)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Original release date
21	1	"De man faller for"[3]	Øystein Karlsen	17 January 2013 (2013-01-17)
22	2	"Det er hverdagen som knekker en"[3]	Øystein Karlsen	24 January 2013 (2013-01-24)
23	3	"Fortiden tvinger fremtiden i kne"[3]	Øystein Karlsen	31 January 2013 (2013-01-31)
24	4	"Jeg trenger ingen"[3]	Øystein Karlsen Tuva Novotny	7 February 2013 (2013-02-07)
25	5	"Å strekke seg mot bunnen"[3]	Øystein Karlsen	14 February 2013 (2013-02-14)
26	6	"Baconmannen ringer alltid to ganger"[3]	Øystein Karlsen	21 February 2013 (2013-02-21)
27	7	"Gjennom galskapens frodige øyne"[3]	Øystein Karlsen	28 February 2013 (2013-02-28)
28	8	"Døden gir livet perspektiv"[3]	Øystein Karlsen	7 March 2013 (2013-03-07)
29	9	"Guds sønn - Lloyd"[3]	Øystein Karlsen	14 March 2013 (2013-03-14)
30	10	"To bryllup og en begravelse"[3]	Øystein Karlsen	21 March 2013 (2013-03-21)

Series 4 (2015)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Original release date
31	1	"Incontinent Mammoth"[3]	Øystein Karlsen	17 September 2015 (2015-09-17)
32	2	"Do You Want Me to Plug It In?"[3]	Øystein Karlsen	24 September 2015 (2015-09-24)
33	3	"Buried Relationship"[3]	Øystein Karlsen	1 October 2015 (2015-10-01)
34	4	"Bacon? Salt of the Earth"[3]	Øystein Karlsen	8 October 2015 (2015-10-08)
35	5	"Angst and Paralyzed Escape"[3]	Øystein Karlsen	15 October 2015 (2015-10-15)
36	6	"Drug Craving Badger"[3]	Øystein Karlsen	22 October 2015 (2015-10-22)
37	7	"The End of Everything"[3]	Øystein Karlsen	29 October 2015 (2015-10-29)
38	8	"Kilt, Infidelity and JFK"[3]	Øystein Karlsen	5 November 2015 (2015-11-05)
39	9	"Self Therapy"[3]	Tuva Novotny	12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)
40	10	"He Is Back"[3]	Øystein Karlsen	19 November 2015 (2015-11-19)

Broadcast

Dag was first broadcast in Norway on TV 2 (Norway). Sveriges Television began showing the series in Sweden 18 October 2011.[4] Yle Fem started broadcasting the programme in Finland in 2013.[5] In the United Kingdom, it was first shown on Sky Arts in 2015.[6]

References

1. "Dag - English". Norwegian Film Institute. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
2. Lanham, Tom (11 February 2016). "Dream Syndicate's Steve Wynn makes good in Norway". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
3. "Dag (TV Series 2010--) - Episodes". IMDb. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
4. "Novotny falt for Dag" [Novotny fell for Dag] (in Norwegian). Filmweb. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
5. "Samlivsterapeuten som avskyr parförhållanden" [Relationship therapist who hates couples] (in Swedish). Yleisradio Oy (Finnish Broadcasting Company). 18 June 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
6. "Dag: review of Norwegian comedy on Sky Arts". Radio Times. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2017.

External links

• Dag at IMDb