Nils Holgersson

2017
Eligible
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Season 1 episodes (13)

1 Head in the Clouds
17-05-01
Season-only
NILS, a boisterous young daredevil, dreams of becoming a pilot. He concentrates on building a kite rather than looking after the geese on his parents' farm. As he is adding the final touches, Nils comes across… ATHANOR. Nils catches him and is certain that the elf will grant him a wish in exchange for his freedom - and his wish is to fly. The elf grants this but instead of flying… Nils SHRINKS. He is now knee-high to a grasshopper but can understand the language of animals. Helped by MARTIN, the romantic and mixed-up farm gander, he saves his parents' henhouse from SMIRRE the fox. However, Nils is disappointed, he wanted to fly. The elf tells him to climb on Martin's back and fly away towards adventure…
2 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
17-05-01
Season-only
The duo meet AKKA'S FLOCK OF WILD GEESE. To make an impression on them, Nils refuses to let them pass in front of him. The geese just manage to avoid him but in doing so, SOFT FEATHER, the pretty goose who has a crush on Martin, is injured. The flock has to land to take care of her. Our heroes meet the geese. At nightfall, SMIRRE the fox attacks them. Unexpectedly, the tiny Nils manages to rout the enormous fox, unfortunately Smirre grabs Soft Feather and takes her with him. Nils, Martin, Gorgo and Akka set off to find her and discover that the fox is holding her prisoner. Our heroes do not realise that Smirre is using Soft Feather as bait to lure the flock into a trap…
3 The Adventurers of the Southlands
17-05-01
Season-only
NILS realises that the flock is being followed at a distance by an elf and manages to surprise and catch her. However, the surprise is his when he discovers that the elf is… LINA, Athanor's granddaughter. She asks Nils and the geese to help her free her grandfather who is a prisoner of the terrible BLACK ELF. This villain wants to extract grandfather's secret of long life and add it to his own powers. When Akka refuses to become involved in what she considers to be an affair between elves, Nils decides to leave with Lena on Martin's back. They head for the mysterious Southlands, home of the Black Elf. Our heroes free Athanor but find themselves in a very tricky situation…
4 Into the Lion's Den
17-05-01
Season-only
Martin greedily stuffs himself with poisoned berries. Now, crippled with pain and fever, he cannot move. In order to cure him, Nils calls on Lina to play her magic flute but instead of curing him, the spell starts changing Martin into a frog. Nils and Lina will have to find the only possible cure, Mandrake roots… in the terrible Black Elf's lair.
5 Bird Brain
17-05-01
Season-only
In order to escape an attack by two eagles, the flock has to split up. Martin and Soft Feather hide in a rock cavity but the two eagles remain in the area and are keeping a sharp lookout. In order to approach and free their friends, Nils decides to try and infiltrate Gorgo among the predators but first has to teach him how to behave like a real eagle.
6 Star Stone
17-05-01
Season-only
Nils is looking for a meteorite but the Black Elf is searching for it too. The villain does not want any competition and shuts Nils into a hutch, leaving Krobak to guard him. Nils makes Krobak have doubts about his friendship with his master so that the crow will decide to free him.
7 The Tornado
17-05-01
Season-only
A storm is approaching rapidly and the geese must interrupt their migration to take shelter. However, all the natural shelters were destroyed in the last storm. Only the ruins of a cabin are left. So, should they continue their flight or try to rebuild the cabin? The first option is impossible but Nils, the human, is the only one with the knowledge and ability to build something with his hands… Akka realises that she has to put Nils in command. The storm gets nearer and everyone must help Nils rebuild the cabin in record time. But how do you lead a group of panicking geese when you have never done it before and a hurricane is almost upon you?...
8 The Leader's Wings
17-05-01
Season-only
Thanks to a misunderstanding, a little manipulated by Nils, Gorgo gives his position as second in command to… Martin. At first, Nils finds this great. He can ask Martin for anything he wants because it is now he who gives the orders. However, this all goes to Martin's head and it is not too much fun for Nils who asks Gorgo to bring Martin back down to earth as the normally timid gander has become almost tyrannical. But Gorgo is enjoying his 'holidays' so Nils must admit what he has done to Akka and beg her to return things to normal again…
9 The Challenge
17-05-01
Season-only
In order to win a piece of magic crystal which can give him a tremendous power, the Black Elf challenges the geese to a race. Martin will be their champion but without Nils, as Akka has punished him for disobeying. Martin is losing to Krobak as the Black Elf cheats to make his champion win. When Nils finally comes, the situation seems to be hopeless but he proves himself smart once again.
10 Big Fat Gorgo
17-05-01
Season-only
Following a remark by Nils, Gorgo is worried about his 'special' physique. Has he discovered that he is not a goose? No, he just thinks he is too fat compared to the rest of the flock. Still sure that he is a goose but now full of complexes, the eagle loses his self-confidence. Moreover, he communicates this to the other geese who now find themselves too big, too white, too thin, too many feathers etc. - and all that just when Smirre decides to attack. As the geese have lost their self-confidence, they can neither flee nor counter-attack. Akka does not know what to do, she has never seen this type of human problem before. Nils must act quickly if he wants to save the now disorganised flock…
11 Too Small
17-05-01
Season-only
Because of Nils, Martin and Pretty Wing freeze their wings and find themselves stuck in a crevasse. Nils feels too small to help them but, thanks to Akka, he will discover that his size does not matter and that his human knowledge can be very useful.
12 Two of a Kind
17-05-01
Season-only
Nils persuades Martin to impress Soft Feather by doing an aerobatics demonstration. Unfortunately, Soft Feather and the rest of the flock are not impressed by Martin but more by Nils. Martin is angry, he did the aerobatics, Nils just told him what to do. Nils agrees and tries to put things right but, because of a misunderstanding, the situation gets worse and the furious Martin decides to leave the flock. Nils and Soft Feather discover his disappearance shortly afterwards and set off to find him which they do… in the clutches of Smirre and Krobak.
13 The Ginger Bread House
17-05-01
Season-only
The flock is having a long day of travelling without food. As they fly over a farm, Nils smells some delicious gingerbread and he persuades Martin to leave the flock and go to taste the food. This was not a good idea! A scheming goose, Jessica, soon due to be eaten, uses their arrival to make Martin take her place.

About this show

Reckless and daring Nils is quite a rebel against authority. One day the mischievous elf Athanor transforms him into a miniature human. Nils discovers that he can talk to animals now. And he makes a new friend: Martin the gander. With his faithful new friend Nils embarks on the most extraordinary journey among the wild geese. In the company of Akka, the experienced leader of the geese, Gorgo the Eagle who believes he is a goose, the charming Soft Feather and her two rival sisters, the boy learns to live by the rules of a community. But what were Athanor's true intentions when he transformed Nils? To give the young elf Lina an ally against the dangerous Dark Elf's schemes of conquest and to help protect her world and nature itself.