Sagafilm’s The Minister wins another term in the Nordics with S2 greenlight

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Benedikt, Prime Minister of Iceland, in The Minister

SERIES MANIA: Scandi pubcasters RUV (Iceland), DR (Denmark), SVT (Sweden), NRK (Norway) and YLE (Finland) have greenlit a second season of political drama The Minister.

The drama hails from Sagafilm, the Icelandic company behind Stella Blomkvist and Operation Napoleon.

London-based Cineflix Rights will again shop the eight-part season internationally, with production beginning in July. Scandi streamer Viaplay has already pre-bought the second run for its streaming platforms in the UK and Germany.

Season One sold to broadcasters and streamers alongside Viaplay including SBS (Australia), AMC Networks International Southern Europe, HBO Max (Nordics), Topic (US and Canada), Filmin (Spain), TVO (Canada), Canal+ (Czech Republic and Slovakia), and Hot (Israel).

The series stars Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Trapped, True Detective, The Missing) as the Icelandic Prime Minister whose medical condition threatens the stability of the government and the private lives of the team around him.

Anita Briem (Salt and Fire, You, Me & The Circus) reprises her role as Steinunn, the woman behind husband Benedikt’s success and his political career.

Season Two of The Minister is written by Birkir Blær and Jónas Margeir Ingólfsson. It is directed by Arnór Pálmi Arnarson and Katrín Björgvinsdóttir and produced by Hlín Jóhannesdóttir with executive producers Kjartan Thor Thordarson, Hilmar Sigurdsson, Ragnar Agnarsson and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson.