Kings Bay

About Kings Bay

21 died in the explosion in the kings bay-accident in Ny-Ålesund in Spitsbergen i 1962. The accident led to the fall of the Norwegian labor party government ruling since WW2.

Kings Bay (2017) is a thriller film directed by Stig Svendsen. Released in January 2017, it runs 90 minutes.

The film is filed under political scandal, norwegian history, svalbard, and political change.

Kari Bremnes takes the lead as Harrieth Hansen, André Sørum as Oscar Stokstad, Kristian Figenschow as Ivar Karlsen, and Randolf Walderhaug as Jon Bache. The screenplay is by Stig Svendsen.