纽约意大利黑帮头目弗兰克（Steven Van Zandt饰）因与新的家族老大不和，转做FBI的证人。在证人保护计划在移民到了挪威小镇利勒哈默尔（Lilyhammer，1994年冬奥会举办地）。此地风景秀美，堪称人间天堂。不过很快，富有"生意头脑"的弗兰克就重操旧业，干起 了黑帮的老买卖Frank Tagliano (Steven Van Zandt) is a former New York mobster, who after testifying in a trial in the United States, joins the witness protection program. Intrigued by the place after watching the Winter Olympics in 1994, he is relocated to Lillehammer in Norway. The transition from being a feared and respected gangster in New York, to becoming an unemployed immigrant in Norway, is not simple. Frank soon discovers that in order to succeed in this rural Norwegian society, he must resort to his old ways.