from the late 1990s kausland participated in several tv series. in "d'ække bare, bare bernt" (1996) she starred as "vera", with jon skolmen as her husband "bernt". in the situation comedy "karl & co" (63 episodes, running 1998–2001) she appeared regularly as "ruth frantzen". she played the role "mamsen" in the children's series "jul i blåfjell" in 1999. this series became quite popular, it received the gullruten award in 2000 for "best tv drama", a music album from the series received spellemannprisen in 1999 for "best children's album", and the follow-up series "jul på månetoppen" appeared in 2002.