Norway found oil under the sea in 1969 — and decided to save it. Today its fund is worth more than two trillion dollars, almost every new car is electric, anyone can look up what their neighbour earns, and showing off is close to a sin.

In this documentary we travel the whole length of modern Norway: the oil fund and the Law of Jante, the welfare state, Oslo, Stavanger and Preikestolen, Bergen and the Sognefjord, stave churches, Geiranger, Trollstigen and the Atlantic Ocean Road, Trolltunga, Trondheim, the midnight sun and the polar night, Lofoten, Tromsø and the northern lights — all the way to Svalbard, where people say you are not allowed to die. And the hard side too: prices, housing, and the oil paradox.

⏱ CHAPTERS
0:00 The town where you can't die
1:11 The oil fund
3:00 Don't think you are special
4:37 The safety net
6:15 Oslo
8:08 The oil coast: Stavanger & Preikestolen
9:51 Bergen and the longest fjord
11:41 Churches of wood
12:34 Geiranger and the roads that should not exist
14:47 Ice, water and rock
16:20 Trondheim
17:21 Living with light and dark
18:57 Lofoten and Vesterålen
20:19 Tromsø
21:23 Svalbard
22:56 The hard side
24:00 Why it works

???? KEY SOURCES
• Statistics Norway (SSB) – population, immigration
• NBIM / regjeringen.no – Government Pension Fund Global, fiscal rule
• Norwegian Offshore Directorate – oil & gas exports
• OFV – electric car sales 2025–2026
• NAV – parental leave
• Skatteetaten – public tax lists
• Eurostat – price levels
• Eiendom Norge – house prices
• Norwegian Polar Institute / Sysselmesteren – Svalbard, polar bears
• Crop Trust – Svalbard Global Seed Vault
• UNESCO, Statens vegvesen, visitnorway.com – places and roads
• World Happiness Report 2026
Full source list available on request.

???? CREDITS
Video clips: Pixabay (Pixabay Content License)
Photos: Unsplash photographers (Unsplash License) — full list available on request
Map: Natural Earth (public domain)
Sound effects: Freesound (CC0)
Narration: AI voice

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