Wisting is a Norwegian police procedural television series, broadcast by Viaplay and TV3 starring Sven Nordin as William Wisting, a senior police detective in Larvik , Thea Green Lundberg as his daughter, crime journalist Line Wisting, and (until the third season) Carrie-Anne Moss as visiting FBI Special Agent Maggie Griffin.
11-469: Wisting may refer to: Wisting (TV series) , Norwegian television series William Wisting, fictional detective created by Jørn Lier Horst Oscar Wisting (1871–1936), Norwegian polar explorer Mount Wisting , summit in Antarctica Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
22-636: A budget of NOK 110 million (€11.4 million). This sum incorporated a €1 million grant from Creative Europe as well as a grant of NOK 26.05 million (€2.7 million) from the Norwegian Film Institute . This makes the show the most expensive drama ever produced in Norway. The Scandinavian broadcast of the first series commenced in April 2019. In the US, the series was launched on December 18, 2019 via
33-491: Is based on two novels by Jørn Lier Horst , The Caveman (2013) and The Hunting Dogs (2012). Horst is a best-selling author in Norway, and his books have been translated into more than thirty languages. Filming started in January 2018 on a 150-day schedule. The adaptations were written by Trygve Allister Diesen and Kathrine Valen Zeiner. Diesen also directed episodes along with Katarina Launing. The show's first series had
44-658: Is based upon the novels The Inner Darkness (2019) and The Night Man (2009), broadcast in Scandinavia from December 26, 2021 and April 2022 respectively. Nordin, Ouadal, Berge and Lundberg reprise their roles across all eight episodes, with Moss providing off-screen voice in the first four episodes and returning in full for the second four. The series was broadcast on BBC4 in the UK from October 15, 2022 and Australia via SBS on Demand from February 24 and June 23, 2022 respectively. Two further series were confirmed in 2023, with
55-400: Is thus majority foreign-owned. The paper has for several years promoted anti-trans and anti-gender talking points. It has platformed far-right anti-trans group Women's Declaration International and its political editor has promoted LGBT grooming conspiracy theories . Stavanger Aftenblad was founded in 1893 by the priest Lars Oftedal , and was for a long period a publication for
66-715: The Norwegian Liberal Party . The paper is based in Stavanger and is owned by the Media Norge, a subsidiary of the Schibsted company. The online version of Stavanger Aftenblad had an English news service, aimed at the English speaking foreign community in Norway who were not fluent in the language, and international audiences interested in Norway. The English service closed in January 2009 due to
77-694: The Sundance Now streaming service. In the United Kingdom the series was acquired by BBC Four from Banijay Rights and commenced broadcasting on December 28, 2019, with two episodes being shown back-to-back each week for five weeks. The first series was issued on DVD and Blu-ray on April 27, 2021. In late 2020 Wisting was renewed for a second series of eight episodes. For transmission, these were split into two four episode runs, sometimes referred to as Seasons 2 and 3. However some international broadcasters list both as Season 2. This series
88-400: The third production/fourth broadcast series being an original story inspired by Horst's characters, and the fourth production/fifth broadcast to be based on Horst's novel Sak 1569 ( A Question of Guilt ). The fourth series started broadcasting in Norway on March 24, 2024 and in the UK on April 13, 2024. The Nordic press viewed the series favourably. Stavanger Aftenblad commented that it
99-485: The title Wisting . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wisting&oldid=1091109938 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Wisting (TV series) The first series of ten episodes
110-776: Was "intricate and riveting", Jyllands-Posten called it "a sure winner" and Aftenposten praised its "nonstop momentum". Writing in The Wall Street Journal , Dorothy Rabinowitz found the series "seamlessly woven" and "superbly layered". Writing in The Guardian , Euan Ferguson described the series as "... the best Nord-noir ever. Since the last one. What did Scandinavian film-makers think they were ever doing, 80 years of existential angst and Death playing nihilist chess, before remembering: we have crime. Coal. Snow. Blood. Fire. Cheekbones. Let’s do that." Credits: In some international broadcasts, season 4
121-539: Was screened as season 3, and seasons 2-3 were shown together as season 2. Stavanger Aftenblad Stavanger Aftenblad ( OSE : STA ; lit. ' Stavanger Evening Paper ' ) or simply Aftenbladet is a daily newspaper based in Stavanger , Norway , and owned by Schibsted Media Group . Norwegian owners held 42 percent of the shares in Schibsted at the end of 2015. Stavanger Aftenblad
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