At the 2018 Gullruten Awards, Stories for Norway was nominated, but did not win, the following categories:
- 2018's Innovation
- Audience Award (Ylvis)
- Best Cinematography television drama (Magnus Flåto)
- Best Editing TV drama (Stig Lunde)
- Best original music (Lars Bleiklie Devik , Bård Ylvisåker , Vegard Ylvisåker and Christian Løchstøer).
Ida Astero Welle, Solveig Aksnes and Asta Hafthorsdottir won the 2018 Gullruten award for Best costume/makeup.
Creators, comedy duo Ylvis, gained international attention in 2013 after their pop song "The Fox" became popular on YouTube. It was made as a music video opera for the talk show series "Tonight with YLVIS" which aired on TVNorge.
Stories from Norway won the 2018 Gullruten award for Best Humour Program.
The creator of the series, Ylvis, is a Norwegian comedy duo. They are brothers Bård Ylvisåker and Vegard Ylvisåker.