What is SKAM about?
The story of young teenagers and pupils from Hartvig Nissens upper secondary school in Oslo, and their troubles, scandals and everyday life. Each season is told from a different person's point of view.
SKAM (2015)
Oslo teenagers navigate everyday scandals and heartbreaks, finding connection and warmth in their intimate, melancholy world.
Earnest. A comfort watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Not on a US subscription service as of Oct 25, 2026.
SKAM parents guide
Moderate sex and nudity, and some strong language, which is more than most TV-PG titles carry. Beyond that, nothing scary and no jump scares.
Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the TV-PG suggests, because of the sex and nudity.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- No real violence
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.
Cast and crew
Created byJulie Andem
StarringLisa Teige, Henrik Holm, Tarjei Sandvik Moe, Josefine Frida Pettersen, David Alexander Sjøholt, Iman Meskini
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SKAM is on our High school and LGBTQ+ lists.
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