Øystein Karlsen (Writer)

The 7 Deadly Sins

Over the course of eight episodes, the famed Norwegian musician and performer Kristopher Schau sets out to commit all the Seven Deadly Sins: Pride, Greed, Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Wrath, and Sloth. By using himself as his chief researcher’s tool, Schau holds a mirror to modern society and asks: What does the concept of religious dogma and the Seven Deadly Sins mean in a largely secularized world?

Release Date2007-11-01

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Charactersd Himself

Episode Count[ 8 ]

Vote Count1

Internatet

Internatet was a Norwegian reality TV series that aired on TVNorge. The premiere was on September 14, 2005 and has aired 1 season.

Release Date2005-09-14

Charactersd Kommentarer

Episode Count10

Vote Count2

Feriekolonien

Release Date2007-01-11

Charactersd Kommentarer

Episode Count10

Vote Count1

Exit

Exit is based on the true stories of four men in their mid-30s, who all became multi-millionaires before the age of thirty. Attempting to escape from their obligations, expectations and families, they employ drugs, prostitutes, and their very own set of morals.

Release Date2019-09-27

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count24

Vote Count65

Whitstable Pearl

With her son grown up, single mom Pearl Nolan decides to pursue her lifelong dream and launches a private detective agency, which she runs from her family's restaurant in the coastal town of Whitstable. Drawn by her caring nature, locals soon flock to her with all manner of cases. But when an old friend dies suspiciously, Pearl finds herself in conflict with gruff new cop in town, DCI Mike McGuire.

Release Date2021-05-24

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count18

Vote Count40

Dag

Meet Dag, a couple's therapist who holds a 90% divorce rate. His philosophy in life is that people should live alone and he's happy to share that with his patients. Dag leads a quiet life and the only thing he loves more than his solitude is prescription drugs. However, Dag's peaceful existence is about to change radically when Eva enters his life.

Release Date2010-09-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count40

Vote Count38

Parallax

The project tells the story of Jonah Lynn, an ex-soldier turned homicide detective who, tired of working the tough streets of Philadelphia, moves to a small town in Western Pennsylvania for a quiet life. But, as the town and his family come under attack from the diabolically cunning serial killer Jurek Walter, Jonah must protect all that he holds dear. When the desperate search for Jurek’s last missing victim forces Jonah to send his adopted daughter, FBI Agent Saga Bauer, up against Jurek, how far will Jonah go?

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count2

Billionaire Island

The ruthless owner of a Norwegian fish farming company plans a hostile takeover of her local rival to become the world's largest salmon producer.

Release Date2024-09-12

DepartmentProduction

JobAssistant Production Coordinator

Episode Count6

Vote Count21

So Long, Marianne

The intimate tale of two young people, Canadian singer and poet Leonard Cohen and extraordinary Norwegian woman Marianne Ihlen, falling in love during a period of their life when they are trying to figure out who they are and their place in the world, while one is becoming one of the most famous singers of all time.

Release Date2024-09-22

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count8

Vote Count12

Detective Hole

Brilliant detective Harry Hole hunts killers while fighting his own demons.

Release Date2026-03-26

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count9

Winnerbäck - A Kind of Life

Lars Winnerbäck is one of Sweden's biggest artists for 15 years. At the same time he is one of those we know least about. Now Winnerbäck celebrates 20 years as an artist, despite barely filling 40. This documentary takes us closer to him than ever, while summarizing a musically unlikely career. But most of all, it gives an insight into an extremely complex human being, with all its weaknesses and characteristics reflecting an entire generation's feelings. In addition to Lars Winnerbäck is featured in the film Rolf Lassgård, Per Gessle and Melissa Horn. Director and producer are Øystein Karlsen, who is behind successes like Dag og Lilyhammer.

Release Date2017-10-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count7

One Night

Romantic series about two people that meet at a blind date.

Release Date2018-02-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count10

Vote Count5

The Kingdom

The Kingdom is the perfect blend of intense thriller and Shakespearean drama; Jo Nesbø’s version of Cain and Abel. It will challenge the viewer’s own perspectives on life choices, shame, inheritance, love, and destiny, in a way that forces you to realize that most people’s lives are different from what you might imagine. And as with all of life’s most difficult choices, there is no single right answer. The Kingdom is fundamentally about choices. What is right, what is wrong, what can you live with and how can you justify those choices to yourself. As the brothers’ father says at the beginning of the story: “The agony of choice, do you know what that is? When making the choice is what strangles you, not the choice itself. When you know that no matter what you choose, you’re going to lie awake at night torturing yourself over whether you made the right choice.”

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Fuck Up

Jack is pleased with himself for the first time in years. He has decided to stop fucking anything with a pulse and also to cut back on his eager and enthusiastic drug use. Then his best friend crashes into a moose in the middle of the night on the Swedish border. He is found with a hoof buried in his forehead and 2.5 kilos of cocaine in the trunk. Over the next 24 hours, Jack loses his house, his girlfriend leaves him and takes their daughter with her. And as he is about to find out: when you think you have hit rock bottom, it can always get worse.

Release Date2012-03-16

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count24

Britt-Marie Was Here

Britt-Marie, a woman in her sixties, decides to leave her husband and start anew. Having been a housewife for most of her life and living in the small backwater town of Borg with few jobs available, she soon finds herself fending a youth football team.

Release Date2019-01-25

DepartmentWriting

JobAdaptation

Vote Count59