2026 Nordic Series Script Award nominees unveiled

The Nordic Series Script Award recognises exceptional screenwriting in Nordic drama. This prestigious award, worth NOK 200,000, is presented annually at the Göteborg Film Festival’s TV Drama Vision. Financed by Nordisk Film & TV Fond, it is awarded to the main writer(s) of a Nordic drama series that premiered in 2025.

The 2026 Nordic Series Script Award nominees are:

• Secrets We Keep (Reservatet, Denmark)
  Nominated writer: Ingeborg Topsøe
• Queen of Fucking Everything (Finland)
  Nominated writer: Tiina Lymi
• Vigdis (Vigdís, Iceland)
  Nominated writers: Ágústa M. Ólafsdóttir and Björg Magnúsdóttir
• A Better Man (Ølhunden Berit, Norway)
  Nominated writer: Thomas Seeberg Torjussen
• My Brother (Jag for ner till bror, Sweden)
  Nominated writer: Karin Arrhenius

CEO at Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Liselott Forsman, says:

“Nordisk Film & TV Fond daily celebrates the excellence of Nordic drama quality through our top-financing schemes. Since no productions happen without the visions and skills of Nordic creators and writers, we yearly want to shed an extra spotlight on the talents behind outstanding drama series, one from each Nordic country. I want to thank the selected writers for their inspiring works, Göteborg Film Festival for our good collaboration, and our international jury for accepting the difficult task of selecting the Nordic winner.”

Head of TV Drama Vision at Göteborg Film Festival, Cia Edström, says:

“We’re proud to once again celebrate some of the most talented screenwriters from the Nordics. The nominated series for 2025 vary in tone and style, but they share a common strength: bold, compelling storytelling that offers hope for the future of drama in the Nordics.”

The jury for the Nordic Series Script Award consists of Agnes Kittelsen, Actor, Norway; Nanna Frank Rasmussen, Journalist, Film and TV Reviewer, Denmark; Henning Kamm, Executive Producer and Managing Director, REAL FILM Berlin, Germany.

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Additionally, the Nordic Series Awards includes the Creative Courage Award, which celebrates the producer and commissioner of a series that boldly pushes creative boundaries and embraces innovation. The Creative Courage recipient is selected from admissions by the Nordic broadcasters/streamers.

The winners of the awards will be announced at an award ceremony on the evening of January 27.