Robinsonekspedisjonen: 1999, was the first season of the Norwegian version of the Swedish show Expedition Robinson

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 and it premiered on the 19th of September 1999 and aired until the 5th of December 1999. The first season took place on the island of Cadlao outside of the Philippines

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. Nils Ole Oftebro was the host for the first season of Robinsonekspedisjonen. Keeping with the tradition of the Swedish

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 version, the two tribes were simply named "Lag Nord" (North Team) and "Lag Sør" (South Team). Ultimately, Christer Falch won the season over Hanne Cecilie Akre by a unanimous jury vote of 8-0. Unlike Expedition Robinson

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, the Norwegian

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 version of the show did not meet the expectations of TV3

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, however, it was renewed for several more seasons.

Finishing order

Contestant	Original Tribe	Merged Tribe	Finish
Gunnar Myhr
Tore Jørgensen
Kari Devik
Mette Ulvestad
Ingunn Brønstad
Mette Iversen
Kathrin Bjørnstad		Robinson
Tore Hongset
Ole Sivertsen
Elisa Røtterud
John Vinge
Bjørn Thorsen
Erik Espeseth
Ann-Iren Utne
Hanne Akre
Christer Falch