Written by Kianna Best on Apr 26, 2023. Posted in Production News

Succession travels to Norway for recent episode

In all its luxurious drama, Succession is not short of sprawling mansions and staggering skyscrapers. But for the fifth episode of season four, the Roy siblings travel across the Atlantic to Norway. With mountainous backdrops to the modern Nordic architecture featured in the episode, this episode offers a contrast to the cityscapes of America.

Following the death of their father, Kendall, Roman and Shiv travel to visit Lukas Mattson played by Alexander Skarsgård, tech mogul and prospective Waystar Royco buyer. Much of the action takes place at the Juvet Landscape Hotel, a stellar location fit for the upper crust characters. Featured in Alex Garland’s 2014 feature Ex-Machina, the hotel’s situation amongst the shrouding lush greenery of the Valldal forests and UNESCO world heritage site Geiranger Fjord displaying its stunning structures for filming. The building and its surrounding natural landscapes paints a metaphorically significant juxtaposition between nature and humanity.

Remarking on its “glorious, natural setting” to Variety, producer Scott Ferguson knew that Norway would be the perfect location for a familial convening. Ferguson added: “It immediately seemed like a perfect place for a family gathering in the series. We studied different countries, but we realised Norway just has this exceptional landscape — like nowhere else in the world.”

The fourth and final season of Succession identifies its filmed location for this episode with the use of the Atlantic Ocean Road, a winding infrastructure which made an appearance in latest Bond film No Time to Die. Local production service company Truenorth Norway were on hand for the drama series travels to the region, assisting with naviagting the stunning landscapes. Much like it’s climactic moment, Roman is perched on a platform atop the Nesaksla mountain accessed by the Romsdalen Gondola. The tense scenes for surely matched by the breathtaking sceneries that too leave the mouth agape at their contribution to the show. With a 25% incentive on offer, Norway’s breadth of locations and standout sites are evidently not the only drawing factor for productions to opt for the Nordic country in their filming endeavors.

Images courtesy of Warner Bros Discovery