The series follows 19 year old student, “ERLING”,  

played by «HERMAN TOMERAAS», who previously starred in «SKAM».

A priviledged boy, from the rich side of Oslo,

who’s left his disfunctional family, to travel for 8 months.

Returning to his home city in the Christmas holidays,

to reunite with ALBA -the girl he’s crazy about,

Erling discovers she’s still in a relationship with someone else and

He is then bullied by a gang into giving them all his money.

Broke and with no where to stay,

Erling turns to his Norwegian Pakistani friend Sunny, for a place to crash. 

An aspiring film maker, SUNNY helps Erling get back on track.

Their friendship builds as they see in the New Year and

Erling meets IRIS, an unconventional young woman, who lives in Sunny’s block.

Finally free of Alba, and finding new depths to life with Iris,

His outlook starts to shift in a new direction.

Erling realises that going back to studying

is the only way forward.

Season 2 follows Erling through his new life as a student at Oslo University

meeting new characters and challenges

building an intoxicating window into young Oslo student life.

This series captures the daily ups and downs of the student scene

bringing sex, alcohol and financial woes to the forefront of life,

along with a new found sense of freedom.

Shot in short form,

Using additonal phone footage, messaging and social media inserts,

this series explores and breathes the student scene in every shot. 

With 2 million social media followers from his role in Skam,

casting Herman Tomeraas as Erling

ignites a social media following around the series.

As a format, «Semester» can work in any major University city.

It captures the lives of it’s young inhabitants

Through the grass roots feel of student life

Echoing throughout the streets of the city

And making «Semester»

the next,

must see,

short form series.