THINK OF THE NORDIC COUNTRIES and what comes to mind? Doubtless an enlightened social democrat paradise where women enjoy more equal rights than anywhere else in the world. The 2021 Global Gender Gap report, for example, published by the World Economic Forum, certainly seems to confirm this. The report lists the countries judged most successful in moving towards gender parity. Iceland is number one, followed by Finland and Norway.
If this is the case, then clearly nobody has told the high-powered lawyers in ( in Norwegian), a new legal thriller series set in Oslo. , available on Channel 4’s excellent Walter Presents sub-channel, takes us into a corporate world riddled with corruption, intimidation, crass sexism and institutionalised misogyny. This eye-opening eight-part series about power, crime and dirty money is enthralling viewing. also shows that however smug its sleek Norwegian lawyers are, when their interests are threatened, they will fight as dirtily as anyone else.
