Fangavaktin is the sequel

Sequel

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 to the Iceland

Iceland

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ic television series Dagvaktin

Dagvaktin

Dagvaktin is a sequel to the Icelandic television series Næturvaktin. It is the second of the three series in the trilogy...

and the final series in the trilogy

Trilogy

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

Jón Gnarr

Jón Gnarr Kristinsson is an Icelandic actor, comedian, politician and the mayor of Reykjavík, since 15 June 2010. He goes by Jón Gnarr, being an Icelander does not have a family name. He was originally named Jón Gunnar Kristinsson but legally changed his middle name in 2005, to the way his mother...

), Ólafur Ragnar (Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon) and Daníel (Jörundur Ragnarsson), have become imprisoned in the infamous Litla-Hraun

Litla-Hraun

Litla-Hraun is the largest prison in Iceland, as well the most notorious one. Located just outside Eyrarbakki, it consists of nine buildings inside a high-security fence....

 prison following the murder of the hotel owner in Dagvaktin. The story is continued, and brought to a conclusion, in the feature film

Feature film

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 Bjarnfreðarson

Bjarnfreðarson

Bjarnfreðarson is a 2009 Icelandic comedy film directed by Ragnar Bragason, director of the TV series trilogy consisting of Næturvaktin, Dagvaktin and Fangavaktin, to which it is a sequel. At its première in Iceland, it was met with wide success, even beating Avatar at the box office on its...

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It was first broadcast on Stöð 2

Stöð 2

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 on 27 September 2009, and was subsequently released on DVD

DVD

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