Season 17 - Episode Guide

Svein and Synnøve were well grown up before they started life together on Tussøy. Thus, they have limited time to make all their dreams come true, and a very stubborn flock of sheep does not make it easier.

For over 50 years, the wooden ferry Skjæløy has been the link in the archipelago outside Helgeroa, and the livelihood of the few who still live on Stokkøya. But now the ferry has a doctor at the quay with a sailing ban for two years. The Johansen family are willing to sacrifice everything to get her back on the road.

After a severe brain haemorrhage, Karin Vinkenes could no longer function in a modern society with noise on all sides. The solution was to retreat to the most stable place she knew of and start over.

On a farm far, far inside Grue Finnskog, Jan Storberget has long been an important bearer of Finnish forest traditions, even if he has been ashamed of the same traditions until now.

Without a cork bridge to the mainland or regular traffic, Ole Kristoffer Vågen runs a dairy farm on the island of Skorpo in the Hardangerfjord. It is cumbersome on the border of the impossible, but nevertheless he prepares the farm for the next generation and well.

For 19 years, Einar and Illona Røe have lived separately to fulfill their dream of creating a livelihood in Sandøybotn on the outer side of Sørøya, while at the same time giving their sons a normal schooling. But now the reunion is approaching for the married couple.