I am constantly amazed at how many TV shows and movies refer to Norway. The Simpsons mentioned that a Norwegian exchange student knocked up Bart’s fiancé. In the reality crab-fishing series The Deadliest Catch, the crew were gloating over their pile of crabs ‘This is Norwegian money’. In Total Recall, the robot cabbie is whistling [...]

Although Norway does have its own film industry which punches out about a dozen or so major releases a year, most of these pass unnoticed by the foreign audience. However, there is a good handful of Norwegian films that have made a name for themselves abroad. Here are some of the honourable mentions: Kon-Tiki (1950), [...]