8 June 2019 - Olsenbanden 50th Anniversary

The stories about Egon Olsen and the frustrated policeman Hermansen has captured the imagination of the entire Norwegian audience for 50 years.

Even though they break into safes, steal, and try to pull off the ultimate heist, the Olsenbanden gang are also good-natured crooks with traits that remind us of most ordinary people. Maybe it is because we do see ourselves in them that the films still feel relevant after 50 years.

Olsenbanden was originally a Danish film series. Norwegian director Knut Bohwim decided to create a Norwegian version. Olsenbanden - Operasjon Egon premiered on 11 August 1969 and was a major cinema success. The Olsenbanden films in Norway became a success in their own right, with a total of 13 films released up to 1984. In 1999 the gang made a comeback with the 14th and last film, Olsenbandens siste kupp.

Facts

Number: NK 2006-2007
Motif: Egon Olsen, Olsenbanden
Design: Egil Nyhus
Denomination: NOK 16.00(Domestic) - NOK 23.00
Issued in: Sheet of 50 stamps
Print run: 200,000 stamps of each denomination
Print: Offset from Joh. Enschedé Security Print, The Netherlands