Norwegian aquaculture the backdrop for upcoming Netflix drama series ‘Salmon Island’
New series, ‘Salmon Island,’ to deliver humorous and dramatic portrait of the fish farming business
A new Netflix series based on the salmon farming industry in Norway is under development.
With a working title of “Salmon Island,” the “dramedy” series will take place in a small coastal community in Norway and depict two families that are sworn enemies in the global salmon industry.
The series, which “taps into the contemporary zeitgeist,” aims to deliver a humorous and dramatic portrait of the fish farming business.
Netflix has enlisted Anne Bjørnstad and Eilif Skodvin, the creators of the popular crime comedy series “Lilyhammer,” to write the script and work on the series.
“Over the last few decades, fish farming has changed both the Norwegian coast and international food culture,” Bjørnstad and Skodvin said in a press release. “The time feels right for a television drama about the operators in the industry. It’s amazing that a global streaming service like Netflix has the guts to tell such a locally grounded story.”
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