The series was produced by Tommy Wirkola of Tappeluft Pictures for NRK.
Salmander is a police officer from Oslo who, after mistakenly killing his police horse in front of a large group of children, is banished to the Northern Norwegian village of Hellfjord.
In beautiful but mysterious Hellfjord he is welcomed by the vulgar and eccentric sheriff, and meets the dim-witted journalist Johanne who suspects that something lies beneath the surface in the village.
The series is written and produced by Tommy Sten, Zahid Ali and Stig Frode Henriksen and was recorded in Gryllefjord on the island of Senja, and Film Camp in Øverbygd summer 2011.
[3][4][5] The recording received EU support through the MEDIA Programme with a grant of 2,100,000 kr.