Mona Hofland

En el lavadero de su casa, Dina causa un accidente y pierde a su madre y el amor de su padre. Abrumado por la pena, el padre de Dina no puede ni mirar a su pequeña, y se separa de ella dejándola al cuidado de sus sirvientes. Pronto la niña se vuelve ingobernable, una criatura salvaje poco dispuesta a hablar e incapaz de leer. Su único amigo es Tomas, un muchacho estable. Viendo el estado de la niña, un amigo de la familia habla con el padre y consigue que éste acepte un tutor. Dina va poco a poco saliendo de su aislamiento gracias a su pasión por el violonchelo, pero sigue tan obstinada e imprevisible como siempre. Los años pasan y Dina se convierte en una joven bastante peculiar. A pesar de la diferencia de edad, y en contra de su padre, se casa con Jacob, el amigo de la familia. Jacob pronto se dará cuenta de que la voracidad de su mujer se extiende a todos los aspectos de la vida. Entusiasmado pero exhausto, comienza a cuestionarse si la pasión por la vida de Dina no acabará con él.

Leo is one of those not succeeding with anything, but has a life full of unrealistic dreams. His friend Snorre is down to earth. at least until they decide to sell bikinis out of season to shopping eager women.

Hindu god Indra has a daughter Agnes, who visits Earth to find out if people have legitimate complaints. She marries a lawyer from Bergen and has children, but is disillusioned by marriage and embarks on a journey among men.

A love story during the Second World War in Scandinavia. Ann Mari, a Norwegian, works as a nurse in the Winter War of 1939/40 between Finland and the Soviet Union where she falls in love with the Finish soldier Markus. The war stops temporarily, and they settle down in northern Norway. Soon Norway gets occupied by Germany and Markus leaves Ann Mari, as Finland goes to war again to win back the lost territory.

The alcoholic Oslo journalist Erik Mogensen goes to Copenhagen to make a story about youth and drugs. Inevitably this goes wrong for Erik.

Gathered at a funeral for a successful business man, the testament is to be read. They will all inherit, with a big IF; if the family company is to be joint run by all the heirs.

A group of migratory rail road workers arrive in a small town in Norway, and cause social conflict. One of the men, Sjugur, stands apart as a strong, independent man. The girls like him, but he has set his sights on the daughter of a wealthy landowner.

Mona Hofland is a nastily manipulative woman who enjoys playing one lover against the other.

Rebekka (Jacobsen) is in a loveless marriage, and leaves her husband for the author Sigurd Winge (Mjøen). Also this relationship runs into problems, however, because of Winge's uncontrollable jealousy.