---
name: "Anne Bjørnstad"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anne-bjrnstad"
fi1m_id: "anne-bjrnstad"
imdb_id: "nm0085088"
tmdb_id: 1379829
wikidata_id: "Q19310220"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-06T04:37:33.557463+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Anne Bjørnstad

## Identity

Anne Bjørnstad

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anne-bjrnstad
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** anne-bjrnstad
- **IMDb ID:** nm0085088
- **TMDB ID:** 1379829
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19310220
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19310220, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085088/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1379829

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19310220, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085088/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1379829

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Lilyhammer*](https://film.one/tv/lilyhammer.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Anne Bjørnstad is a Norwegian writer, creator, producer and director. She began her career writing for Norwegian satire and comedy programmes including Hallo i uken, Åpen post, Torsdagsklubben and Mandagsklubben.

She is best known for co-creating and co-writing the crime comedy series *Lilyhammer* (2012–2014) with Eilif Skodvin, which was produced for NRK and Netflix. With the same collaborator she later created the science-fiction series *Beforeigners* (2019–2022) for HBO Europe, the drama *Jordbrukerne* (2021) and the series *Billionaire Island* (2024). She has served as Head of Drama at Rubicon TV.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, variety.com, ccbaltics.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lilyhammer* (2012), Fi1m 63, Creator, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/lilyhammer.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Billionaire Island* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator
- *Countrymen* (2021), series, Writer, Creator
- *Nach* (2021), series, Creator
- *Beforeigners* (2019), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Roeng* (2018), series, Producer, Director, Writer
- *Samurai Sikkerhet* (2014), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Lilyhammer* (2012), series, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/lilyhammer.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/anne-bjrnstad