People of the North

PEOPLE OF THE NORTH is a new series that visits spectacular places in Scandinavia. A team of three hosts venture to far-away places in northern Norway and the Faro Islands. Norwegian Arne Hjeltnes takes viewers to these remote places with chef Frida Ronge, known from Swedish television and the award-winning distiller Stig Bareksten. The trio meets up with the people who make a living from gathering, catching, and processing produce from both land and sea. The series starts in Alta, Finnmark, the most northern county of Norway, where viewers meet Johnny Trasti, a celebrated local chef. Along with his wife, Johnny runs a restaurant and boutique hotel by the legendary Alta River, one of the most exclusive salmon rivers in the world. Various episodes take viewers through Sami territories to meet the indigenous people of the north and out along the Norwegian coast to the fishing villages of Kjollefjord, Soeroya, and to beautiful Lofoten.

Sat, Dec 16	5:00 P.M.	Finnmark Plateau (Alta) NHPBS (11.1) Arne, Frida, and Stig travel to Alta in Finnmark, the northernmost county of Norway.
Sat, Dec 23	5:00 P.M.	Treasures from the Barents Sea (Kjollefjord) NHPBS (11.1) The hosts head to Kjollefjord, the northernmost fishing village on mainland Norway.
Sat, Dec 30	5:00 P.M.	Faeroerne Islands (Faeroerne Islands) NHPBS (11.1) Arne, Frida, and Stig travel like Vikings to an old Norse settlement in the Faeroerne Islands and savor the island's culinary hotspots.
Sat, Jan 6	5:00 P.M.	Cod from Lofoten (Holmen Lofoten) NHPBS (11.1) Arne, Frida, and Stig explore Lofoten, an archipelago in the North Atlantic that's famous for its Cod.
Sat, Jan 13	5:00 P.M.	The Beautiful West (Alesund) NHPBS (11.1) Arne, Frida, and Stig experience the outstanding food and hospitality on Norway's west coast.