Rikets tilstand
Norwegian TV documentary series
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Rikets tilstand ("State of the Realm") is a Norwegian investigative documentary series that aired on TV 2 from 1999 to 2002.[1] The host was Gerhard Helskog, former host of Dokument 2.[1] The series premiered on 30 September 1999.[1]
| Rikets tilstand | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary Investigative journalism |
| Created by | Gerhard Helskog |
| Country of origin | Norway |
| Original language | Norwegian |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 36 |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV 2 |
| Release | 30 September 1999 – 11 December 2002 |
| Related | |
| Dokument 2 | |
Rikets tilstand won a SKUP diploma and the Gullruten award for best documentary for the two-part episode Norske jenter omskjæres (2000), about Norwegian Muslim girls being subjected to female genital mutilation with the secret approval of imams.[2][3]
The series became subject to a scandal in 2002 after an episode made unsubstantiated allegations of doping in the Norwegian national skiing team.[4] The series was also tarnished for sparking a moral panic following an episode in 2001 alleging the now-discredited link between the MMR vaccine and autism.[5][6] Helskog was himself sued for libel (although eventually acquitted)[7] by Jan Simonsen, who claimed the series had directly resulted in him being expelled from the Progress Party.[8]