Always on Call: The Surgeon Who Only Had Eyes for Promotion Faces a Choice in an Oslo Emergency Room

Always on Call is a Norwegian medical drama set in an overstretched Oslo emergency room, following surgeon Sofia and the relationships among its staff. Netflix describes it as its first Nordic medical

*Always on Call* is a seven-episode Norwegian drama centered on Sofia, a surgeon who has just arrived at an overcrowded emergency room in Oslo. Exceptionally talented but short on patience, Sofia is sent to a place she never wanted to be in order to revive her career. Netflix presents the series as its first Nordic medical drama and will release it on November 26, 2026.

The Emergency Room Sofia Enters

Patients here wait for treatment regardless of their occupation or social standing. Amid understaffing, tight deadlines, and an unending stream of arrivals, doctors and nurses endure their daily routine. For Sofia, the emergency room is a place that upends her plan to advance toward a promotion on her own, as well as a place where she clashes with colleagues and forms new relationships.

Relationships Before Medicine

Rather than a typical medical procedural centered on surgeries or diagnostic procedures, the series places greater weight on the medical staff’s love, conflicts, and solidarity in the workplace. Sofia stands at a crossroads: will she climb to the top alone, or become part of a community she never expected to join? Hospital politics and the pressures of her personal life make this choice even more complicated.

A Sense of Reality Created in an Actual Location

Filming took place inside a former emergency room in Oslo. Stian Kristiansen and Liv Karin Dalstrøm directed the series, with Sara Khorami playing Sofia. Torbjørn Harr, Jan Gunnar Røise, Silje Storstein, and others also appear, and Klungeland is the production company.