弗兰克·塔利亚诺（“史蒂文·范·赞德”），是一名前纽约的暴徒，在美国的一次审判作证后，塔利亚诺加入了证人保护计划。 在1994年观看冬季奥运会之后，他被挪威的利勒哈默尔（Lillehammer）吸引。 从纽约的恐惧和受人尊敬的黑帮转变成挪威的失业移民并不简单。 弗兰克很快发现，为了在这个农村的挪威社会取得成功，他必须诉诸于他的旧方式。

  Frank Tagliano ('Steven Van Zandt' ), is a former New York mobster, who after testifying in a trial in the United States, Tagliano joins the witness protection program. Intrigued by the place after watching the Winter Olympics in 1994, he is relocated to Lillehammer in Norway. The transition from being a feared and respected gangster in New York, to becoming an unemployed immigrant in Norway, is not simple. Frank soon discovers that in order to succeed in this rural Norwegian society, he must resort to his old ways.