Choose the district in the matching profile
NRK’s TV help puts the choice in its sign-in website under Local Content. It asks the viewer to use the same profile as the television, select the desired district and save. Check that account match first. Changing the choice while another household profile is selected on the television would not establish that the intended profile received the new preference.
Expect the preference to follow the profile
The broadcaster says the district choice follows the viewer across signed-in devices and also affects regional news on the NRK website front page. It is a personal content setting, not simply a record of the room in which the device happens to stand. A person following their home region while elsewhere has a different task from asking why a connection is detected in another country.
Check the specifically excluded receivers
The help excludes Apple TV3, all Telenor T-We models and RiksTV Smart BoxII/III from this selected-district-on-NRK1 feature. That is a feature-specific exception, not a statement that every NRK programme is unavailable on those devices. Identify the actual receiver and the feature in question rather than extending a single support exception to the entire service.
Use the district programme page as another route
NRK also provides direct series pages for district bulletins and suggests searching for distriktsnyheter, then the district. Save that programme where appropriate rather than relying exclusively on the continuous NRK1 route. Keep the district, edition date and exact player with a report if the wrong bulletin still appears. This article does not change a profile or independently test a receiver.
Questions, answered
Does the chosen district follow the account?
NRK says it follows the signed-in profile across devices.
Does the feature work on every receiver carrying NRK?
No. The help lists specific exceptions for selected-district viewing on NRK1.