VARG VEUM

VARG VEUM

The Varg Veum series is a contemporary thriller series featuring private investigator Varg Veum, distinguished by dark humour, sharp characterisation and unremitting tension. The series consists of 6 x 90 min standalone films based on the crime novels of best-selling Norwegian author Gunnar Staalesen.

Fact Sheet

 

TITLE
Varg Veum

ORIGINAL TITLE
Varg Veum

LANGUAGE
Norwegian

FORMAT
TV-series (6×90 min.)

PREMIERE
September 28 2007

GENRE
Crime/Thriller

PRODUCED BY
Miso Film & SF Film Norge

CO-PRODUCED BY
Degeto Film, TV 2 Norge, Filmfondet FUZZ, TV 4

INTERNATIONAL SALES
AB Svensk Filmindustri

Main Cast

 

VARG VEUM
Trond Espen Seim

HAMRE
Bjørn Floberg

ANNA
Kathrine Fagerland

ISACHSEN
Endre Hellestveit

Main Crew

WRITERS
Thomas Moldestad, Siv Rajendram Eliassen,
Lars Skorpen, Kjersti Helen Rasmussen

DIRECTORS
Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen, Erik Richter Strand, Morten Tyldum, Alexander Eik

PRODUCERS
Jonas Allen & Peter Bose

DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPY
Gaute Gunnari, Johan-Fredrik Bødtker,
Johan Andreas Andersen, Tore Vollan

PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Roger Rosenberg

EDITORS
Wibecke Rønseth, Simen Gengenbach,
Jon Endre Mørk, Einar Egeland, Erik Thorvald Aster

COMPOSER
Ginge

THE COMPANY

Miso Film was founded in 2004 by the producer team Jonas Allen and Peter Bose, who started their collaboration on the Swedish thriller and crime series BECK and WALLANDER. The company is behind and most known for the Danish TV-series THOSE WHO KILL, three seasons of TV 2’s DICTE, Ole Bornedal’s war epic 1864 and latest Christoffer Boe’s highly acclaimed WARRIOR and the popular Viaplay original DARKNESS – THOSE WHO KILL, a reboot of the successful series. Miso Film is also located in Norway, where they have produced the film series VARG VEUM as well as the TV-series AQUITTED, and two seasons of MODUS in Sweden, a TV-series based on Anne Holts crime novels.
 On the big screen Miso Film has featured with the thriller success THE CANDIDATE as well as co-produced the Norwegian World War II resistance drama MAX MANUS. Furthermore, the company is behind the Danish comedies LONG STORY SHORT and HEAVY LOAD, the family film franchise IQBAL FAROOQ based on Manu Sareen’s childrens books and latest Ole Bornedal’s box-office hits SMALL TOWN KILLERS and THE WAY TO MANDALAY. The company is behind Scandinavia’s first original Netflix series THE RAIN and is currently producing the second season of the popular young adult series. Additionally, the company is finishing Christoffer Boe’s highly anticipated crime series FACE TO FACE, which is set to premiere on Viaplay in the fall of 2019. 

PEOPLE

LOCATIONS

  • COPENHAGEN
  • STOCKHOLM
  • OSLO