Karl & Co

{{more citations needed|date=December 2008}} {{Infobox television | image = Karl & Co Logo.png | image_size = 200 | caption = | camera = Multi camera | runtime = 25 mins (approx) | creator = Tore Ryen | starring = Nils Vogt<br>Knut Lystad<br>Harald Heide-Steen Jr.<br>Grethe Kausland<br>Minken Fosheim | narrator = | producer = Red Sand and TV 2 | executive_producer = Tore Ryen | open_theme = | country = Norway | network = TV 2 | first_aired = {{start date|1998}} | last_aired = {{end date|2001}} | num_seasons = 3 | num_episodes = 63 | related = {{Plainlist| * ''Mot i brøstet'' (1993–1997) * ''Karl III'' (2009) }} }} '''''Karl & Co''''' is a Norwegian situation comedy created by Tore Ryen, starring Nils Vogt reprising his role as Karl Reverud from the popular sitcom ''Mot i brøstet''. It aired on TV 2, running for three seasons from 1998 to 2001, a total of 63 episodes.

By 2003, ''Karl & Co'' had been run three times. Together with the five runs of ''Mot i brøstet'', the episodes had an accumulated viewership of 376 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vg.no/rampelys/i/7lljP3/har-spilt-inn-over-500-mill|title=Har spilt inn over 500 mill.|date=25 February 2003|work=Verdens Gang|language=no|access-date=1 November 2024}}</ref>

==Cast== ===Main=== *Nils Vogt as Karl Reverud *Knut Lystad as Ulf Rasch Ludvigsen *Harald Heide-Steen Jr. as Daniel Gasman Smestad *Grethe Kausland as Ruth Frantzen *Minken Fosheim as Vigdis Reverud

===Recurring=== *Turid Balke as Mrs. Smith *Eldar Vågan as Torstein *Wenche Foss as Karl and Vigdis' mother

==Plot== Following the events of the last episode of ''Mot i brøstet'', Karl moves out of his old house and into a new apartment in downtown Oslo. There he gets acquainted with the chairman Ulf, the janitor Smestad and the cleaning maid Mrs. Frantzen. His sister Vigdis also comes to visit frequently.

==Episodes== {{Series overview

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===Season 1 (1998)=== {{Episode table |background=#FF5F61 |overall=6 |series=6 |title=30 |airdate=20 |episodes=

{{Episode list | Title = Går på igjen (Part 1) | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | EpisodeNumber = 1 | ShortSummary = Karl moves into his new apartment and soon makes new friends. | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998}} | LineColor = FF5F61 }} {{Episode list | Title = Går på igjen (Part 2) | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | EpisodeNumber = 2 | ShortSummary = Karl's mother comes back to Norway after living in the States for many years. | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998}} | LineColor = FF5F61 }} {{Episode list | Title = Får aldri fred | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | EpisodeNumber = 3 | ShortSummary = Karl's new neighbor wants to take him into the world of erotic literature. | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998}} | LineColor = FF5F61 }} {{Episode list | Title = Går i vannet | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | EpisodeNumber = 4 | ShortSummary = Karl achieves success with his marketing for a new slimming product and ends up on TV. | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998}} | LineColor = FF5F61 }} {{Episode list | Title = På nye eventyr | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | EpisodeNumber = 5 | ShortSummary = Karl's mother sends him to an aerobics class. | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998}} | LineColor = FF5F61 }} {{Episode list | Title = Rider igjen | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | EpisodeNumber = 6 | ShortSummary = Karl has to watch a neighbor's horse in his apartment. | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998}} | LineColor = FF5F61 }} {{Episode list | Title = Møter veggen | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | EpisodeNumber = 7 | ShortSummary = Karl's mother moves into his apartment. | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998}} | LineColor = FF5F61 }} {{Episode list | Title = I full forvirring | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | EpisodeNumber = 8 | ShortSummary = Karl is in love with the neighbor's niece, but soon he gets into trouble. | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998}} | LineColor = FF5F61 }} {{Episode list | Title = Holder dampen oppe | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | EpisodeNumber = 9 | ShortSummary = Ulf suggests that the gang joins a national relay race. | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998}} | LineColor = FF5F61 }} {{Episode list | Title = På ville veier | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | EpisodeNumber = 10 | ShortSummary = Karl's new sweater makes everyone think he's gay. | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998}} | LineColor = FF5F61 }} {{Episode list | Title = I syvende himmel (Part 1) | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | EpisodeNumber = 11 | ShortSummary = Karl markets a new domestic appliance on ''TV Shop''. | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998}} | LineColor = FF5F61 }} {{Episode list | Title = I syvende himmel (Part 2) | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | EpisodeNumber = 12 | ShortSummary = Karl gets big-headed after his appearance on ''TV Shop''. | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998}} | LineColor = FF5F61 }} {{Episode list | Title = I festhumør | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | EpisodeNumber = 13 | ShortSummary = Smestad starts singing and Karl becomes his manager. | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998}} | LineColor = FF5F61 }} {{Episode list | Title = Den gode hjelper | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | EpisodeNumber = 14 | ShortSummary = Karl is fed up with all the advertising mails in his mailbox. | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998}} | LineColor = FF5F61 }} {{Episode list | Title = På farten | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | EpisodeNumber = 15 | ShortSummary = Karl is happy in love, but how long will it last? | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998}} | LineColor = FF5F61 }} }}

===Season 2 (1999–2000)=== {{Episode table |background=#34296d |overall=6 |series=6 |title=30 |airdate=20 |episodes=

{{Episode list | Title = I lykkerus | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | EpisodeNumber = 16 | ShortSummary = Ulf decides to start a cake lottery, while Smestad has found the lady in his life. | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999}} | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = Lykkerusen går videre | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | EpisodeNumber = 17 | ShortSummary = Karl has to share his apartment with his sister Vigdis' boyfriend, Torstein. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = Store planer | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | EpisodeNumber = 18 | ShortSummary = Vigdis and Torstein want to get married on New Year's Eve. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = Penger er ikke alt | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | EpisodeNumber = 19 | ShortSummary = The city treasurer wants to take a look in Karl's books. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = Det hoper seg opp | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | EpisodeNumber = 20 | ShortSummary = Karl orders a car vacuum cleaner from a mail-order catalogue, but he's in for a surprise when he receives the package. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = Høyt henger dem | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | EpisodeNumber = 21 | ShortSummary = Ulf has to take over as janitor when Smestad calls in sick. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = Når lykken smiler | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | EpisodeNumber = 22 | ShortSummary = Ulf's wife Magda has won the lottery, and Ulf asks Karl for advice on how to invest the money. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = Den søte juletid | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | EpisodeNumber = 23 | ShortSummary = It's Christmas, and everyone's excited. Especially Ulf. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = På usikker grunn | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | EpisodeNumber = 24 | ShortSummary = Karl wants to join an exclusive wine club. The only problem is he doesn't know anything about wine. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = Skumle symptomer | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | EpisodeNumber = 25 | ShortSummary = Karl discovers a lump in his chest. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = Det klør, det klør, tiddelibom | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | EpisodeNumber = 26 | ShortSummary = Karl's marketing a new washing powder, but suddenly he gets an itch. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = Valgets kvaler | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | EpisodeNumber = 27 | ShortSummary = It's time for the election of a chairman of the building. Ulf is confident he's gonna win again, but discovers he's in hard competition. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = På salg | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | EpisodeNumber = 28 | ShortSummary = Vigdis buys a chest of drawers for Karl. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = Prøv lykken | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | EpisodeNumber = 29 | ShortSummary = Vigdis is looking for a new man and contacts a marriage agency. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = Et skikkelig mannfolk | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | EpisodeNumber = 30 | ShortSummary = Karl thinks Ulf is a pushover and tells him to be a man and stand up to Magda. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = Den eneste rette | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | EpisodeNumber = 31 | ShortSummary = Ulf thinks Karl is lonely, so he tries to hook him up with some of Magda's friends. One of them happens to be a famous ''Playboy'' model. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = Borte bra, men hjemme best | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | EpisodeNumber = 32 | ShortSummary = Ulf plans to enter a poetry contest where the first prize is a cruise trip. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = God bedring | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | EpisodeNumber = 33 | ShortSummary = While Karl ends up on hospital with stomach pains, the gang uses his apartment for a poker game. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = Den uheldige vinner | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | EpisodeNumber = 34 | ShortSummary = Karl finds out Smestad has stolen money. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = En overraskelse kommer sjelden alene | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | EpisodeNumber = 35 | ShortSummary = Ulf wants to celebrate Karl's birthday, but Karl wants nothing of it. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = Kjære venn | EpisodeNumber2 = 21 | EpisodeNumber = 36 | ShortSummary = Karl wants to move into an exclusive apartment complex, but his friends won't let him leave. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = Deilig er jorden | EpisodeNumber2 = 22 | EpisodeNumber = 37 | ShortSummary = Ulf is convinced the world is about to end and starts an environmental organization. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = Store ord og fleskefett | EpisodeNumber2 = 23 | EpisodeNumber = 38 | ShortSummary = Karl has to lend his apartment to Vigdis when she gets a job as a cosmetics salesman. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = Familieidyll | EpisodeNumber2 = 24 | EpisodeNumber = 39 | ShortSummary = Ulf and Magda gets a visit from Magda's sister and brother-in-law. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = Hele folket i arbeid | EpisodeNumber2 = 25 | EpisodeNumber = 40 | ShortSummary = It's time to start working and cleaning in Karl's block. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = 34296d }} {{Episode list | Title = Det glade budskap | EpisodeNumber2 = 26 | EpisodeNumber = 41 | ShortSummary = Karl is asked to market a new shampoo. | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000}} | LineColor = 34296d }} }}

===Season 3 (2000–01)=== {{Episode table |background=#D4AF37 |overall=6 |series=6 |title=30 |airdate=20 |episodes=

{{Episode list | Title = En sten til byrden | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | EpisodeNumber = 42 | ShortSummary = Karl has a kidney stone and his friends are concerned. | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000}} | LineColor = D4AF37 }} {{Episode list | Title = En topp modell | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | EpisodeNumber = 43 | ShortSummary = Unwittingly Ulf becomes a nude model. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = D4AF37 }} {{Episode list | Title = Full Pott | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | EpisodeNumber = 44 | ShortSummary = Mrs. Frantzen comes up with a new football pool system, while Karl and Ulf have a falling out. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = D4AF37 }} {{Episode list | Title = Et viktig vedtak | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | EpisodeNumber = 45 | ShortSummary = Karl and Ulf argue about the building of a gazebo and Smestad accidentally runs over a neighbor's dog. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = D4AF37 }} {{Episode list | Title = Lyse utsikter | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | EpisodeNumber = 46 | ShortSummary = Karl tries to market Magda's homemade chocolate. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = D4AF37 }} {{Episode list | Title = Tjukke slekta | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | EpisodeNumber = 47 | ShortSummary = Vigdis is obsessed about genealogy and finds out that she and Karl are related to the Royal family of Norway. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = D4AF37 }} {{Episode list | Title = I beste mening | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | EpisodeNumber = 48 | ShortSummary = A new neighbor has moved into the block and the gang puts on a welcome party for him. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = D4AF37 }} {{Episode list | Title = Evig Din | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | EpisodeNumber = 49 | ShortSummary = Mrs. Frantzen has found the love of her life - Smestad. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = D4AF37 }} {{Episode list | Title = Kjærleik og rosa drømmer (Part 1) | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | EpisodeNumber = 50 | ShortSummary = Mrs. Frantzen moves in with Smestad and Vigdis finds a new man. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = D4AF37 }} {{Episode list | Title = Kjærleik og rosa drømmer (Part 2) | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | EpisodeNumber = 51 | ShortSummary = Ulf is on ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' and Karl tries to help out. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = D4AF37 }} {{Episode list | Title = Gode råd er dyre | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | EpisodeNumber = 52 | ShortSummary = Smestad decides to go to Germany to get further education in the janitor work. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = D4AF37 }} {{Episode list | Title = På solsiden | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | EpisodeNumber = 53 | ShortSummary = Vigdis starts a tanning place and Karl is eager to make some money off it. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = D4AF37 }} {{Episode list | Title = Til tjeneste | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | EpisodeNumber = 54 | ShortSummary = Vigdis has trouble getting customers to her tanning place and Ulf gets a new job. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = D4AF37 }} {{Episode list | Title = Velvære i bøtter og spann | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | EpisodeNumber = 55 | ShortSummary = Smestad is back from Germany. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = D4AF37 }} {{Episode list | Title = Den store dagen nærmer seg | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | EpisodeNumber = 56 | ShortSummary = The big day for Mrs. Frantzen and Smestad is approaching. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = D4AF37 }} {{Episode list | Title = Tre menn og en liten sofa | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | EpisodeNumber = 57 | ShortSummary = Smestad and Ulf have to move in with Karl. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = D4AF37 }} {{Episode list | Title = Har du en femmer | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | EpisodeNumber = 58 | ShortSummary = Karl's having success with his new marketing project, and his friends take advantage of that. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = D4AF37 }} {{Episode list | Title = Evig ung? | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | EpisodeNumber = 59 | ShortSummary = Ulf starts a newspaper and Vigdis is concerned about her breasts. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = D4AF37 }} {{Episode list | Title = Stå på krava | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | EpisodeNumber = 60 | ShortSummary = Smestad goes on strike and Ulf and Karl try to negotiate with him. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = D4AF37 }} {{Episode list | Title = Smil til fotografen | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | EpisodeNumber = 61 | ShortSummary = Ulf takes photography lessons and uses his friends as models. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = D4AF37 }} {{Episode list | Title = Det stunder til (Part 1) | EpisodeNumber2 = 21 | EpisodeNumber = 62 | ShortSummary = Smestad starts having cold feet about his wedding with Mrs. Frantzen. | OriginalAirDate = | LineColor = D4AF37 }} {{Episode list | Title = Det stunder til (Part 2) | EpisodeNumber2 = 22 | EpisodeNumber = 63 | ShortSummary = After many trials and tribulations, Smestad and Mrs. Frantzen finally get married. | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001}} | LineColor = D4AF37 }} }}

== Tusenårsfesten == '''Tusenårsfesten''' was a direct-to-video special released in 1999, featuring characters of both Karl&Co and its predecessor, Mot i Brøstet. Originally 56 minutes, it was edited down to a double episode (running 47 minutes in total) for television and DVD. These cuts have made VHS copies and rips attractive as it is the only unedited version available.

The episodes see Karl and the other tenants planning a big party to celebrate the end of the millennia, when circumstances cause a reunion between Karl and Nils, triggering a big party with all their old friends invited.

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0167628}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karl and Co}} Category:Norwegian television sitcoms Category:Television spinoffs Category:1998 Norwegian television series debuts Category:2001 Norwegian television series endings Category:TV 2 (Norway) original programming Category:1990s Norwegian television series