Season 1 • Episode 24
LatestJul i Valhal is a Danish television advent calendar. It first aired in the December 2005 on TV 2 Denmark television station, on TV 2 Norway in December 2006 and in December 2007 on the Swedish Barnkanalen. In 2008 it is being aired in Finland on Yle2. As a television advent calendar, it has 24 episodes, and one new episode was aired per day from December 1 to December 24. Jul i Valhal is primarily about two children named Jonas and Sofie, and their adventures with the Norse gods.
Production
Gloriously practical Valhalla sets that aged weirdly well
Writing
Kaaberbøl's kid-gods dialogue—snarky, ancient, surprisingly real
Creators
Lene Kaaberbøl, Mette Finderup, Merlin P. Mann
Ann Eleonora Jørgensen
Tove
Troels Lyby
Asbjørn
Vigga Bro
Ragnhild
Clara Maria Bahamondes
Emma
Lukas Schwarz Thorsteinsson
Jonas
Laura Østergaard Buhl
Sofie
Martin Brygmann
Loke
Søren Spanning
Odin
Peter Frödin
Heimdal
Henrik Noël Olesen
Thor
Cyron Melville
Balder
Helle Fagralid
Freja
Lotte Andersen
Hel
Lene Maria Christensen
Ydun
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired during Denmark's peak Julekalender golden age, when every December meant communal appointment television.
Lene Kaaberbøl later became famous for adult fantasy—this was her proving kids could handle real mythology stakes.
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