![]() ![]() The threat the Jutuls pose to the environment pales in comparison. She discourages Magne from pursuing the Jutul family, since she now works for the company and relies on that income to provide a stable home for her sons. And Steenstrup is quite affecting as Turid, who left Edda after the tragic death of her husband and still struggles with depression. Tømmeraas' Fjor is equally engaging as he finds himself torn between family loyalty and his love for Gry. Although he torments his older brother, he still publicly mocks members of the Jutul family in revenge when they launch a smear campaign against Magne in order to nullify the threat he poses to them. For instance, Gravli brings just the right enigmatic touch to Laurits, whose motives and loyalties are never quite clear. And Isolde's investigations soon put him on a collision course with the Jutul clan. Magne develops a crush on Gry (Emma Bones), who friend-zones him in favor of the handsome and charming Fjor. AdvertisementĮveryone assumes the physically imposing dyslexic Magne is dimwitted-he's more of a slow, deliberate thinker-and his lack of social skills makes him a misfit, although he finds a platonic friend in fellow outcast Isolde (Ylva Bjørkaas Thedin), a passionate environmentalist who stumbles on a Jutul family secret. Their "mother," Ran (Synnøve Macody Lund) is the high school principal, whose affection for her youthful charges occasionally veers into the inappropriate. In addition to Vidar, there is "daughter" Saxa (played to disdainful perfection by Theresa Frostad Eggesbø) and "son" Fjor (Herman Tømmeraas), who pretty much rule the local high school. There are hints that Turid once had a fling with Jutul family "patriarch" Vidar Jutul (Gísli Örn Garðarsson) and that the gender-fluid Laurits might just be half-Jutul, which would explain why he is so drawn to that family (and is in keeping with the Loki of Norse myth, who teamed up with an army of giants for Ragnarok). If Magne is channeling Thor, his brother Laurits is clearly meant to mirror the trickster Loki. The name "Thor" isn't uttered until several episodes in, but the parallels are obvious, especially since in Norse mythology, Thor has a son named Magni. Plus, he can sense changes in the weather and seems to have an affinity for thunder and lightning. ![]() He no longer needs his glasses, for instance, and suddenly has enhanced strength and speed. When Magne (David Stakston) moves back to his hometown with his younger brother Laurits (Jonas Strand Gravli) and single mom Turid (Henriette Steenstrup), a touch from a local old woman named Wenche (Eli Anne Linnestad) sets off noticeable physical changes. Unfortunately, the corporation has also been disregarding the environment for decades, dumping toxic chemicals into the water supply, while global warming is causing the glaciers to recede at an alarming rate.īut the gods are not yet dead either, it seems. A handful survived, and a family of immortal giants currently heads up Jutul Industries ( Jutul is a variant of jötnar, a mythological class of giants), on which the town depends for its economic survival. The series is set in the fictional town of Edda, Norway-named after two Nordic literary masterpieces, the 13th-century Poetic Edda and Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda-and we are told that this is the place where the gods and giants once battled to the death in the original Ragnarok. But despite occasional lapses into clumsy moralizing and cliché teen-angst drama, the underlying story ultimately works. Granted, Ragnarok isn't going to give the MCU incarnation of Thor a run for his money any time soon. Definitely not Marvel's Thor: Norwegian actor David Stakston plays Magne, a high school student who finds himself imbued with the powers of the god of thunder in Ragnarok.Ī lonely, awkward high school student finds himself channeling the mythic powers of Thor in Ragnarok, a surprisingly engaging Norwegian-language reworking of Norse mythology brought into the 21st century. ![]()
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