Pyrus Series

The series about Pyrus is a julekalender series broadcast on the Danish television station TV2 at Christmas time in Denmark. The series is about Pyrus, a nisse or tomten, who lives under the National Archives of Denmark with another nisser named Kandis and Gyldengrød. Gyldengrød is the nissearchevist and Pyrus and Kandis are his two trainees. The human archevist is called Birger Bertramsen and he also has a trainee, a young woman called Josefine Brahe. Bertramsen Brahe are not only colleagues; they are also father and daughter. The julekalender is about the History of Denmark and the humans and the nisser are both studying Denmark's history, though in different ways. The nisser can conjure themselves into history books and gather information from the historical persons inside the book. The series contains four tales and one movie about Pyrus and his friend. The first, from 1994, was called Alletiders Jul, followed by Alletiders Nisse, broadcast in 1995; Alleiders Julemand, broadcast in 1997 Alletiders Eventyr, broadcast in 2000; and Pyrus på Pletten, premiered Christmas Eve 2000.