For the first time, Norway has scooped the coveted Jury Prize for Best Film Location at the European Film Commissions Network (Eufcn) Location Awards 2024, which was handed out in Berlin Feb. 17. The award was given out to the location Frøya and the Midgard Film Commission in central Norway, for the filming location of Netflix’s “Billionaire Island” produced by Rubicon.

The jury including Sony Pictures Television’s Tammy Glover, U.K. production designer Caroline Greville-Morris, Dutch supervising location manager Benjamin Hendriks and U.K. supervising location manager Ej Richards, honored Frøya both for its spectacular scenery showcased in the series and for the efforts made to attract film productions in general.

“We are incredibly proud to receive this award. It is absolutely amazing that Frøya has now been named the most attractive film location in Europe. There were strict criteria, and we were fighting against very strong opponents, so this was really moving,...