Series synopsis
Taskmaster Norway, also known as Kongen befaler is a comedy reality television series that premiered on Dplay on October 17, 2019. It was created by Alexander Holland Jensen. It stars Atle Antonsen, Olli Wermskog, Abubakar Hussain and Maria Stavang.
The taskmaster has invited five of Norway's best comedians to solve a number of tasks.
Premise
The taskmaster has invited five of Norway's best comedians to solve a number of tasks.
Premise: The show where anything can happen, and usually does.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Atle Antonsen as Self - Host
- Olli Wermskog as Self - Assistant
- Abubakar Hussain as Self
- Maria Stavang as Self
- Alex Rosén as Self
- Janne Formoe as Self
- Amalie Stuve as Self
- Jon Almaas as Self
Supporting cast
- Anne Marit Jacobsen as Self
- Harald Eia as Self
- Magnus Devold as Self
- Snorre Kind Monsson as Self
- Henrik Elvestad as Self
- Martin Lepperød as Self
- Mia Hundvin as Self
- Kristine Grændsen as Self
- Siri Kristiansen as Self
- Vegard Ylvisåker as Self
- Calle Hellevang Larsen as Self
- Egil Hegerberg as Self
Guest cast
- Bjarte Tjøstheim as Self
- Henrik Fladseth as Self
- Ina Svenningdal as Self
- Ole Henry Snildalsli as Self
- Pernille Sørensen as Self
- Thomas Numme as Self
- Hani Hussein as Self
Episodes
This series spans 13 seasons with 126 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 6 | November 28, 2023 | December 14, 2023 |
| Season 1 | 10 | October 17, 2019 | December 19, 2019 |
| Season 2 | 10 | September 24, 2020 | November 26, 2020 |
| Season 3 | 8 | February 4, 2021 | March 25, 2021 |
| Season 4 | 12 | September 23, 2021 | December 9, 2021 |
| Season 5 | 10 | February 24, 2022 | May 5, 2022 |
| Season 6 | 10 | September 15, 2022 | November 17, 2022 |
| Season 7 | 10 | January 26, 2023 | March 30, 2023 |
| Season 8 | 10 | September 14, 2023 | November 16, 2023 |
| Season 9 | 10 | January 18, 2024 | March 21, 2024 |
| Season 10 | 10 | September 19, 2024 | November 21, 2024 |
| Season 11 | 10 | February 6, 2025 | April 10, 2025 |
| Season 12 | 10 | September 11, 2025 | November 13, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Christmas Special 2023 (1) - The Whole Advent Candlestick is Burning Leo Ajkic, Siri Kristiansen, Calle Hellevang-Larsen, Kristoffer Olsen and Solveig Kloppen return to The King commands in this Christmas special. |
November 28, 2023 |
| 2 |
Christmas Special 2023 (2) - Are You the Pig? The marzipan pig will have a tail, Leo will use interview techniques learned from NRK himself and a picture will be recreated inside the caravan. |
November 30, 2023 |
| 3 |
Christmas Special 2023 (3) - The Christmas Lord During the Have a conversation in Finnish task, Kristoffer Olsen attempts to ask Kauko “How is Santa Claus?”, but the way he pronounces it makes it sound like he’s asking about "Juleherren" (The Christmas Lord). |
December 5, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The King Commands Participants will, among other things, provoke tears, put on a frozen shirt and roast a waffle in a slightly different way. |
October 17, 2019 |
| 2 | Rub it in, people on the train | October 24, 2019 |
| 3 | It's so nice to be stupid | October 31, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macaroni and elk | September 24, 2020 |
| 2 | Licorice sealing strip | October 1, 2020 |
| 3 | The rope says thanks | October 8, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cross-country lights | February 4, 2021 |
| 2 | Absolutely filled | February 11, 2021 |
| 3 | Pinch | February 18, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Entertain us, eat cat food Atle Antonsen and Olli Wermskog are back with a new season and brand new contestants! Amir Asgharnejad, Ida Fladen, Einar Tørnquist, Steinar Sagen and Solveig Kloppen will fight for the ultimate accolade – a gold bust by Atle Antonsen. Getting a hat on Olli's head from the furthest possible distance, eating something no one else eats and making a magic trick that amazes them is the first thing they should care about. |
September 23, 2021 |
| 2 |
Shit task! Good bye What's the heaviest blue thing that fits in a shoebox? How many steps is it possible to get on a pedometer in 90 seconds? Completing a puzzle and getting a watermelon to end as far away from Olli as far as possible are the tasks the King's subjects have to go through to secure important points in pursuit of the bust. |
September 30, 2021 |
| 3 |
Twice as big as the bed Who builds the best cabin, gets some participants to build a boat that can carry Olli, and manages to guess the right order of a selection of seemingly random things? |
October 7, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Cult with Kongen Befaler then In the course of ten episodes Harald Eia, Janne Formoe, Kristine Grændsen, Martin Lepperød and Henrik Elvestad will solve tasks in the hope of winning the best one can get your hands on, namely a bust in gold by Atle Antonsen himself! |
February 24, 2022 |
| 2 |
Surprisingly painful Participants include their best buy in the prize task. They will also give Olli the highest possible pulse, recreate a painting in the dark and move beer from the house to the caravan. The studio task offers tactics and carrots in unprecedented dimensions. |
March 3, 2022 |
| 3 |
Dovregol The tasks they have to go through are preparing for a task they don't know what is, spelling and eating a word with letter biscuits, as well as creating text for the theme tune. |
March 10, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The New Chef Atle Antonsen and Olli Wermskog are back with a wonderful group! This season's lucky selected participants are Espen Eckbo, Kristoffer Olsen, Live Nelvik, Henriette Steenstrup and Martha Leivestad. |
September 15, 2022 |
| 2 |
What kind of sick porno is this? Atle's minions must paddle a kayak, put the correct fruit in a box and remove balls from a ball bin. The studio task offers strategy and tactics. |
September 22, 2022 |
| 3 |
Oh, I'm here?! The participants will shop in Olli's shop, make a satisfactory sound and in the studio the participants will be put to the test when Atle must guess whether they are standing or walking. |
September 29, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
I am not there, I am here! In this inaugural episode of the seventh season, the contestants must bring in something they think makes them tough, compose their own intro song, get as much weight as possible into a glass cylinder, deliver the most items to Olli in a hat, and pull the longest match out of a cabinet. |
January 26, 2023 |
| 2 |
I'm brilliant In this episode, the contestants must bring in a good pair of things, transport something they can lift as far as possible, find a bell pepper, record the highest speed on a speed camera, and play a game of portrait darts. |
February 2, 2023 |
| 3 |
An entertainment square In this episode, the contestants must bring in the most impressive home-made square, make the tallest stack, leave the lab in exactly seven minutes, make a giant teddy bear disappear, and make the Taskmaster say specific words. |
February 9, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ready, Set, Meat Marte Stokstad says "Klar, ferdig, kjøtt" (Ready, set, meat) as she reveals her submission for the The best life has to offer prize task. |
September 14, 2023 |
| 2 |
More enlightenment than entertainment While explaining his submission for the The best life hack prize task, Christian Skolmen admits that it’s likely "Mer opplysning enn underholdning" (More enlightenment than entertainment). |
September 21, 2023 |
| 3 |
The ink on the finger ahh "Blekket på finger´n ahh" (The ink on my finger then) was written by Christian Skolmen while drafting his list of wishes during the List your wishes, then make them come true task, and then repeated verbally in the studio. His actual wish as stated was ‘For the ink on my finger to go away’, but as he was running out of time, he only wrote ‘The ink on my finger then’. |
September 28, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Cactus in my forehead Ingrid Gjessing Linhave utters the phrase "Kaktus i panna" (Cactus in my forehead) after trying to move a table with a cactus on it with her mouth, during the Make the bookcases identical task. |
January 18, 2024 |
| 2 |
Ballefrans! Ingrid Gjessing Linhave utters the exclamation “Ballefrans” during the Fill the cups with water from the tube task. This mild expletive is a compound of the word for ‘ball’ and the name ‘Frans’, and is equivalent to the English exclamation ‘balls’. |
January 25, 2024 |
| 3 |
Opposite of Mensa Ingrid Gjessing Linhave uses the phrase "Motsatt av Mensa" (Opposite of Mensa) to describe her experience of the Hide the rubber duck / Find the rubber duck task. Mensa is an international association for people with high IQs. |
February 1, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
I can eat that one Aksel Hennie states that "Den kan jeg ete" (I can eat that one) while mulling over his two options in the Light your pære task. |
September 19, 2024 |
| 2 |
Then this must be chardonnay Bjarte Tjøstheim points to one of the rows of shot glasses, during the Write the solution word task, and confidently asserts that "Da må jo dette være chardonnay" (Then this must be chardonnay). It actually turns out to be cod liver oil. |
September 26, 2024 |
| 3 |
15 seconds of free-jazz Bjarte Tjøstheim announces that he’s going for "15 sekunder frijazz" (15 seconds of free-jazz), during the React to your own cheer-worthy content task. |
October 3, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Impossible to breathe in bread Alex Rosén observes that it’s "Umulig å puste i brød" (Impossible to breathe in bread), during his attempt at the Make the best bread head (or a cabbage head) task. |
February 6, 2025 |
| 2 |
Dick, thick, prick Abubakar Hussain lists the words "Pikk, tykk, stikk" (Dick, thick, prick) during the Say as many words ending with a ‘k’ as possible task. |
February 13, 2025 |
| 3 |
Hawk tuah Snorre Monsson repeatedly exclaims “Hawk tuah, spit on that thing!” during the Make 30 seconds of pillow TV task, referencing the meme-ified catchphrase of internet personality Haliey Welch. ‘Hakk tua’ is presumably just a Norwegian take on the spelling of the sound of someone spitting. |
February 20, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
I'm going for a thin waffle Pernille Sørensen says "Tynnvaffel går jeg for" (I'm going for a thin waffle) during her attempt at the Fry a waffle in the waffle iron on the ceiling task. |
September 11, 2025 |
| 2 |
Yeah, it’ll be redcurrants in the nose Thomas Numme says "Ja, det blir rips i nesa" (Yeah, it’ll be redcurrants in the nose) during his attempt at the Put the most marbles in the thimble, or redcurrants in your nose task. |
September 18, 2025 |
| 3 |
Is this good enough? Thomas Numme asks "Er dette bra nok?" (Is this good enough?) during his attempt at the Burn the candle at as many ends as possible task. |
September 25, 2025 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Dplay |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 17, 2019 |
| Last aired | November 13, 2025 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Thursday |