Now this is one bold TV show. One that probably won’t get as much attention as it deserves, since it’s Norwegian. Norway, as we know, is the country that is wrapped around Sweden, to Sweden’s west and north. It also has a border with Finland and, way up north, a short border with Russia.
So, what happens if a big country — say Russia — wants something that a small country has? That’s what this 10-episode series is about.
Set, as we like to say, in the ‘near future’, this is a world where NATO has been unwound and the United States has retreated from engagement. Norway, which has been a huge producer of oil from the North Sea, is under the leadership of a Greens government, and announces that…