An exuberant story about Askeladden, the hero of Norwegian traditional fairy tales, outwitting the good-natured troll.
Social & External
The people behind it
Harald Heide Steen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Claes Gill
Talg-Petter / Storyteller
Henki Kolstad
Bonden
Else Heiberg
Skjenkedamen
Toralv Maurstad
Askeladden (voice)
Egil Hjorth-Jenssen
(voice)
Finn Mehlum
Johan Tømmerbakk
Leif Wolfsberg
Roy Bjørnstad
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