Dagvaktin is a sequel

Sequel

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 to the Iceland

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ic television series Næturvaktin

Næturvaktin

Næturvaktin is an Icelandic television show. It is the first in a trilogy, its sequels being Dagvaktin and Fangavaktin . The series was first shown in 2007 on Stöð 2, on Sundays from 16 September – 9 December. In the same year, the series won an Edda Award for Best TV Series...

. It is the second of the three series in the trilogy

Trilogy

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. The three main characters from Næturvaktin, Georg Bjarnfreðarson (Jón Gnarr

Jón Gnarr

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), Ólafur Ragnar (Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon) and Daníel (Jörundur Ragnarsson), all return to work at a hotel in the sparsely populated Westfjords

Westfjords

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It was first broadcast on Stöð 2

Stöð 2

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 on 21 September 2008, and was subsequently released on DVD

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