Lisenskontrolløren — Season 4

Norway's biggest film star turned 79 on December 16. The license inspector celebrates Liv Ullmann with a special broadcast, exactly 40 years after Harald Tusberg interviewed her in the portrait program "Si det som det er!". Half a lifetime later - in a new interview - we ask the same questions, and a candid Ullmann talks about the Jante law, motherhood and the image Norwegians have of her.

Why is love so difficult, when it is also so important? The license inspector examines perhaps life's biggest questions and meets again happy and unhappy people in love from the NRK archive. The license inspector finds the 60s Tinder, the ideal partner and the secret behind a lifelong relationship. (1:6)

It is typically Norwegian to be good, but at the same time we hate Norwegians who think they are something. The license inspector meets famous people who have experienced success and adversity. Liv Ullmann, Madcon, Sondre Lerche, Jenny Skavlan and Idar Vollvik tell why failure is the key to success. (2:6)

Things never feel so strong as when you're a teenager. The license inspector meets 17-year-olds in 1972 and 17-year-olds today to talk about peer pressure, body pressure and performance anxiety. A famous comedian is confronted with his past, and you learn what youth of all times have in common.

The Norwegian man should be hard and soft, vain and masculine, horny and sensitive. The license inspector looks at over 50 years of confusion, football and phallus. The man is more than a mountain in Romsdalen.

Hand in hand in potty land! The license inspector digs deep into the Norwegian folk soul. How has being Norwegian changed? How did the small village with the big dreams fare? And what happened to the only child in Orten?

The license inspector looks back and relives dreams of the future. Once we thought the world would be full of flying cars and beef pills. Instead we got spelt bread and bike paths. Where did the future come from?