A new Scandinavian co-production partnership between Sweden’s TV4 Play, Denmark’s TV2 and Norway’s TV2 is developing the group’s first mutually scripted project.
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As reported by C21, after being formed in September last year, the alliance received 72 proposals by December and is currently focusing on one that will be taken into development.
To this end, the three broadcasters met in Gothenburg, Sweden, immediately after last week’s TV Drama Vision conference, to further discuss which ideas should be launched as the first Scandinavian Union project.
“We had a good meeting and will report to the pitchers before making it public. Feedback to producers and creators will be announced next week or shortly after,” said Alice Sommer, head of drama at Norwegian TV2. told C21.
The Scandi partnership was established in 2023 and brings together the largest commercial players from three countries.
The coalition of commercial stakeholders will be the first of its kind in a Nordic co-production. The alliance’s common goal is to enhance Scandinavian drama and elevate local stories. The partners are looking for projects with strong social relevance, identity and interest in Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
Broadcasters and streamers have worked together on ad-hoc projects for decades, but the new partnership means the three countries will agree on one project at a time relating to all Scandinavian markets. Masu.
“This is a collaboration both financially and editorially, something we have never done before,” said Pernille Beck Christensen, senior executive producer at Danish TV2, at TV Drama in Gothenburg. told Vision viewers. She was flanked on stage by Sommer, TV4, Swedish drama head Johanna Lind, and development head Dunja Vujovic.
“There were over 70 pitches in all kinds of genres – historical themes, thrillers, science fiction, dramas – all of them were very interesting. There are differences from country to country. For example, there aren’t many science fiction shows in Denmark.” said Beck Christensen.
Partnership between three commercial broadcasters sees Nordic public broadcasters, including Sweden’s SVT, Norway’s NRK, Denmark’s DR, Finland’s YLE and Iceland’s RUV, launch a co-production venture through Nordvision’s N12 partnership This was subsequently carried out.