The news posted by Haug on LinkedIn was confirmed to us by Netflix.

Haug has joined the US giant streamer after only a few months as head of drama for the Norwegian creative studio ANTI. His earlier senior roles include HBO Nordic head of drama series development and head of drama for TV2 Norway.

Recent Norwegian series ordered by Netflix include Rubicon’s Billionaire Island from Beforeigners co-creators Anne Bjørnstad and Eilif Skodvin due to premiere in 2024, and Ragnarok season 3 from SAM Productions, launched globally last August.

Meanwhile the Swedish Limited crime series A Nearly Normal Family claimed the #1 spot on the Non-English TV List in its debut week on Netflix, with 6.4M views. The show produced by Banijay Group’s Swedish label Jarowskij (The Restaurant, Welcome to Sweden) received an 87% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.