With season three, it broke all streaming records in Norway, along with viewership records in neighbouring countries Denmark and Sweden, and attracted an active international fanbase on social media, where fans promoted translations. Its premiere episode is among the most-watched episodes in NRK's history, and by the middle of season two, it was responsible for half of NRK's traffic.
Each season has focus on particular topics, ranging from relationship difficulties, identity, eating disorders, sexual assault, homosexuality, mental health issues, religion, and forbidden love.ĭespite no promotion ahead of its 2015 launch, Skam broke viewership records. While airing, a new clip, conversation or social media post was published in real-time on the NRK website on a daily basis. Skam follows a new main character each season. It was produced by NRK P3, which is part of the Norwegian government-owned NRK.
Skam (English: Shame) is a Norwegian teen drama web series about the daily life of teenagers at the Hartvig Nissen School, a gymnasium in the wealthy borough of Frogner in West End Oslo.
