Per Kjerstad

Acting

Per Kjerstad

Known for

Acting

Credits

35 titles

Known for

Detective Hole poster
7.4

When a series of ritualistic murders hits Oslo, a gifted detective must navigate a puzzle of patterns, corruption and his own demons to catch the killer.

Detective Hole

2026

Beforeigners poster
7.5

In the near future a new phenomenon starts happening all over the world with powerful flashes of light occurring in the ocean and people from the past mysteriously reappearing. Called "beforeigners," these people come from three separate time periods: the Stone Age, the Viking era and late 19th century. A couple of years later, Alfhildr – who comes from the Viking Age – has to partner up with a burned-out police officer, Lars Haaland, to investigate the murder of a beforeigner. The pair begins to unravel a larger conspiracy behind the origin of the mysterious mass arrivals.

Beforeigners

2019

Aber Bergen poster
5.8

Aber Bergen is an entertaining courtroom drama about the recently separated , but for the time being professional partners, Erik Aber and Elea Bergen. They are two of the country's sharpest defense attorneys, who together with an unorthodox team lawyers have built up a reputable law firm, where they attempt to balance professional and private as they are thrown between moral, political and legal dilemmas.

Aber Bergen

2016

State of Happiness poster
6.9

The night before Christmas 1969, the gas flare at the Ocean Viking is lit. Phillips has found the largest sub sea oil basin in history. And everything is about to change.

State of Happiness

2018

For Life poster
6.1

A tough police investigator and her team are currently solving murder cases. 15 years later she's at a completely different and more dangerous place.

For Life

2020

Afterglow poster
6.8

When Ester finds out that she is seriously ill, she and her friends decide to make the most of life - because it can end at any moment.

Afterglow

2022

Film credits

2020s · 7 titles

Number 24 poster
7.1

On the brink of the Second World War, a young Norwegian man's drive to resist the Nazis sets a new course for his future – and the future of his country.

Number 24

2024

Margrete: Queen of the North poster
6.5

1402. Queen Margrete I has gathered the Nordic kingdoms in a union, ruled through her adopted son, Erik. But a conspiracy is in the making and Margrete finds herself in an impossible dilemma that could shatter her life's work: The Kalmar Union.

Margrete: Queen of the North

2021

The Last Resort poster
6.0

When a Danish family finds themselves on a holiday island, in the midst of the first major refugee crisis in Europe in our time, our northern European, well-intentioned, humanistic values are put to the test.

The Last Resort

2026

No artwork available
NR

Local citizens are gathered at the dock of a small fishing village. Hitler has decided that they shall all be forcefully evacuated. A girl witnesses and experiences a catastrophe again.

Darkness

2021

The Pension Heist poster
NR

The film PENSJONSKUPPET (The Pension Heist) tells the story of three women in their prime who are written off as "too old" by their employers, their spouses, and even the healthcare system. But this feisty trio refuses to take it lying down. Together, they hatch a cunning plan to pull off the ultimate score… robbing Norway’s very own Sovereign Wealth Fund – the famous Oil Fund.

The Pension Heist

2026

Hurra for deg! poster
NR

Drug abuse not only destroys the addict, but whole families are disintegrating from the inside. And both the abuser and the relatives can make themselves do and say things they would not dream of in their wildest fantasies.

Hurra for deg!

2021

Longing for Today poster
7.0

A young girl tries to find her own way through life in the ruins after a war that has left everything desolate.

Longing for Today

2023

2010s · 10 titles

Turn Me On, Dammit! poster
6.3

In Skoddeheimen, Norway, 15-year-old Alma is consumed by her hormones and fantasies that range from sweetly romantic images of Artur, the boyfriend she yearns for, to daydreams about practically everybody she lays eyes on.

Turn Me On, Dammit!

2011

Operation Arctic poster
5.8

After stowing away on a rescue helicopter, three children find themselves stuck on a remote island in the Arctic Ocean with little hope of rescue. They have to conquer fear, wild animals, raging weather, lack of food, and find a way to communicate with the mainland.

Operation Arctic

2014

TRIO - The Hunt for the Holy Shrine poster
5.8

The curious Nora, Simen and Lars decide to start the hunt for the sacred Olav shrine in or around the medieval church Nidaros Dome, which has been gone for hundred of years. But they are not the only ones interested in finding the treasure.

TRIO - The Hunt for the Holy Shrine

2017

Carl Lange poster
NR

Carl Lange lives a quiet life for himself, until one day he meets police officer Osmundsen who accuses him of raping a minor girl.

Carl Lange

2017

The Almost Man poster
4.6

A big new home, a lovely wife and a new job seem to steer Henrik firmly towards the middle age and a bourgeois lifestyle. There is, however, a substantial amount of boyish prankster still in him - sometimes a little bit too much.

The Almost Man

2012

Now It's Dark poster
7.0

When Lene seeks out her estranged husband in hope of reconciliation she finds him in bed with a new lover. Shocked, she flees the scene and embarks on a journey through the night that takes her on an existential rollercoaster ride of dreamlike encounters and into some very dark places.

Now It's Dark

2018

No artwork available
NR

We follow Rebekka in her everyday life. She is independent, ambitious and full of initiative, at the same time as being addicted to attention and intimate relations as a mean to avoid closeness to her real problems.

Hong Kong

2015

Out of Nature poster
6.3

Out of Nature is a journey inside Martins head. A family father in his 30s living in a small town of Norway. He feels alienated in his own life and longs to get away. Away from his job, away from his family, into the woods, up to the mountains. While spending a weekend alone on a hiking trip, he is forced to confront the way he lives his life. Out of Nature is an original, funny and tender film about how to take part in your own life as a husband, father and son.

Out of Nature

2014

Verden venter poster
NR

Three Swedish actresses work as waitresses in Oslo one summer. They use all their wits to get as much tips as possible. They plan to start a company and buy a house. They come to be our guides in the film and reveal a world of people doing things they don't want to do, playing roles they don't know why they're playing.

Verden venter

2014

Operation Mummy poster
6.8

When a mummy display arrives in Elvestad, numerous unexplainable accidents happen to the employees at the museum. Rumors has it that they are haunted by pharao Tutankhamon's curse.

Operation Mummy

2019

2000s · 5 titles

Series credits

Detective Hole poster
7.4

When a series of ritualistic murders hits Oslo, a gifted detective must navigate a puzzle of patterns, corruption and his own demons to catch the killer.

Detective Hole

2026

Beforeigners poster
7.5

In the near future a new phenomenon starts happening all over the world with powerful flashes of light occurring in the ocean and people from the past mysteriously reappearing. Called "beforeigners," these people come from three separate time periods: the Stone Age, the Viking era and late 19th century. A couple of years later, Alfhildr – who comes from the Viking Age – has to partner up with a burned-out police officer, Lars Haaland, to investigate the murder of a beforeigner. The pair begins to unravel a larger conspiracy behind the origin of the mysterious mass arrivals.

Beforeigners

2019

Aber Bergen poster
5.8

Aber Bergen is an entertaining courtroom drama about the recently separated , but for the time being professional partners, Erik Aber and Elea Bergen. They are two of the country's sharpest defense attorneys, who together with an unorthodox team lawyers have built up a reputable law firm, where they attempt to balance professional and private as they are thrown between moral, political and legal dilemmas.

Aber Bergen

2016

State of Happiness poster
6.9

The night before Christmas 1969, the gas flare at the Ocean Viking is lit. Phillips has found the largest sub sea oil basin in history. And everything is about to change.

State of Happiness

2018

For Life poster
6.1

A tough police investigator and her team are currently solving murder cases. 15 years later she's at a completely different and more dangerous place.

For Life

2020

Afterglow poster
6.8

When Ester finds out that she is seriously ill, she and her friends decide to make the most of life - because it can end at any moment.

Afterglow

2022

Gangs of Oslo poster
7.0

Policeman Moaz Ibrahim is forced into living a dangerous double life with the criminal gang Enemiez as an attempt to keep his shady past hidden from the outside world.

Gangs of Oslo

2023

Monster poster
5.1

In the dark and remote landscape of northern Norway, a brutal murder reveals a mass grave which links old cases to missing people. Local police officer Hedda is put on the case with special investigator Joel Dreyer, who comes from the metropolitan south. Their different backgrounds, personalities, and methods immediately set them against each other. But when the investigation begins to spiral out of control, both detectives resort to questionable moves in order to stay on the case and protect their secrets.

Monster

2017

Eyewitness poster
6.8

Two 15-year-olds secretly meet up in the forest, only to witness a blood bath. They are seen, but escape trying to keep this as a secret, both in fear of the perpetrator and that their secret is revealed.

Eyewitness

2014

Saving the Fucking Planet poster
8.0

In the village of Utfjord, Sami Elin fights to preserve the pastures of the family that runs reindeer, but when she falls in love with Daniel, her values are put to the test.

Saving the Fucking Planet

2023

Psykodrama poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Psykodrama

2025

Stikk! poster
NR

Molly is twelve years old and about to move in with new foster parents. She has lived in several foster homes before, but it has never gone very well. Molly knows that this is her last chance, and she wants to do everything she can to make it a success this time.

Stikk!

2011