A television series in 12 episodes about a little girl named Oda and her life on a mountain farm in Norway.
Picturesquely situated in Todal, on the threshold of Trollheimen, 'Home of the Trolls', in central Norway, the wild and scenic landscape has always played a major role in the lives of the farm people - ever since the first pioneering settlers made their home there in the 15th century. And so it does today, though now the farm lacks nothing in terms of modern comforts, conveniences, and machinery. Three generations of the Kaarvatn family currently live on the farm: the grandparents, the parents, and their children, Oda, Erik and Nora.
The series centres upon the eldest of the three children, Oda (8). It follows Oda, season by season, for a full year. Eight years old, full of energy, bursting with curiosity and possessed of a lively imagination, she delights in all that the untamed wilderness about her has to offer.
Oda enjoys a good and exciting life on the farm, set as it is amid such magnificent scenery, but to live in such isolation undeniably has its drawbacks. There are no neighbours to drop in on for a chat and the nearest village is some forty kilometres distant. Extra drama results from flooding of the river that flows through the farm, cutting the family off from the world at large, and January's howling blizzards, which drift and block the only road.
Each of the twelve episodes is complete in itself, but some of the subplots will extend over several episodes.
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