Beforeigners - Season - 1

Set in a nonspecific near-future Oslo, the story follows a global phenomenon where flashes of light in the water bring people from the past into the present. Several years after the first "Beforeigners" arrive, society has begrudgingly integrated them, though many live in poverty or maintain their old-world habits.

(Krista Kosonen): A former Viking shield-maiden and the police department's first "multi-temporal" recruit. Key Themes Beforeigners - Season 1

(Nicolai Cleve Broch): A burned-out, cynical senior detective dealing with a drug habit and a complicated family life—his ex-wife has remarried a man from the 19th century. Set in a nonspecific near-future Oslo, the story

The season focuses on a "buddy cop" duo tasked with solving the murder of a woman with Stone Age tattoos: Key Themes (Nicolai Cleve Broch): A burned-out, cynical

Beforeigners (Season 1) is a high-concept Norwegian sci-fi police procedural that imagines a world where "time-migrants" from the Stone Age, Viking era, and 19th century suddenly begin appearing in modern-day Oslo.