---
name: "Simen Alsvik"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simen-alsvik"
fi1m_id: "simen-alsvik"
imdb_id: "nm1904101"
tmdb_id: 1297139
wikidata_id: "Q15734183"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "3 February 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-06T04:37:13.661541+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."
---

# Simen Alsvik

## Identity

Simen Alsvik

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/simen-alsvik
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** simen-alsvik
- **IMDb ID:** nm1904101
- **TMDB ID:** 1297139
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15734183
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15734183, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1904101/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1297139

Director. Born 3 February 1971 in Oslo, Norway.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 3 February 1971, Oslo, Norway
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15734183, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1904101/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1297139

## Streaming the US now

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

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

## Biography

Simen Alsvik is a Norwegian director and television series creator. He directed six episodes of the crime comedy-drama series *Lilyhammer* (2012–2014), the first major international hit to emerge from Norway, which premiered on NRK and Netflix.

Alsvik co-created the long-running comedy series *Neste sommer* (2014–2019), directing all 47 episodes. He has also directed episodes of *The Nest* (2020) for BBC One and *Fallet* (2017), and served as creator, writer and director of the crime series *Fenris* (2022). He contributed to the story and writing of *Ragnarok* (2020).

He has won several national and international awards, including Golden Nymph Awards for *Lilyhammer*. Alsvik studied sociology and philosophy at the University of Oslo before training at Volda Documentary Film School, and has also directed over 100 commercials.

*Sources: imdb.com, no.wikipedia.org, unitedagents.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Fenris* (2022), series, Writer, Director, Creator
- *The Nest* (2020), series, Director
- *Ragnarok* (2020), series, Writer, Story
- *Anchors Up* (2017), Writer, Director
- *Summer with the Family* (2017), series, Writer
- *Neste sommer* (2014), series, Director, Creator
- *Tina & Bettina: The Movie* (2012), Director
- *Nårje* (2012), series, Director
- *Lilyhammer* (2012), series, Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/lilyhammer.md)
- *Luftens Helter* (2007), series, Director
- *Typisk norsk* (2004), series, Director

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