Danske serier, a list by Ridd9

8.5

/32177/

83

/1284/

80

/246/

100

/39/

94

Metacritic

91

/12/

40-year old political leader Birgitte Nyborg secures her party a landslide victory through her idealism and huge effort, then faces the biggest challenge of her life: how most effectively to use the newly won seats, and how far she is willing to go in order to gain as much influence as possible.

84

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8.2

/990/

71

/11/

100

/1/

Summer has arrived, and both Julie and Jesper has reached the big 3-0. While their friends are manifesting themselves in two's and more, they're 'still' navigating in single life.

84

58

8.5

/6606/

83

/88/

84

/30/

Klovn is a Danish sitcom, which first aired on the Danish TV channel TV2 Zulu. It focuses on the life of the main character Frank and Casper. The show builds its comedy around quiet everyday situations, social awkwardness, uncomfortable silences and general faux pas. Klovn usually gets compared to the American sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm by Larry David. It’s also shot handheld, in a pseudo-realistic style. Some have also mistakenly compared the theme to Curb Your Enthusiasm’s, despite it being a direct reference to Jacques Tati’s Mr. Hulot movies. The poster for the first film can be seen in Casper and Frank’s offices throughout the series. Klovn initially ran 6 seasons on TV2 Zulu from 2005-2009 and was renewed with an additional 3 seasons that aired from 2018-2022.

81

7.6

/61935/

75

/2001/

74

/624/

Letterboxd

3.7

/13567/

100

/9/

84

At a grisly murder scene sits a figurine made of chestnuts. From this creepy clue, two detectives hunt a killer linked to a politician's missing child.

81

22

7.6

/1163/

76

/20/

92

/13/

N/A

80

?

8.1

/103/

80

/1/

TMDb

Life as experienced through twenty-something Anton's eyes.

79

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8.3

/267/

75

/11/

78

/5/

Last chance to laugh at the past week before the next one hits you. Comedy show where the week's news and current trends are given the loving but firm treatment by Jonatan Spang.

79

8.4

/32056/

82

/1242/

79

/273/

Metacritic

72

/87/

The Killing is a Danish police procedural set in the Copenhagen main police department and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her team, with each season series following a different murder case day-by-day and a one-hour episode covering twenty-four hours of the investigation. The series is noted for its plot twists, season-long storylines, dark tone and for giving equal emphasis to the story of the murdered victim's family alongside the police investigation. It has also been singled out for the photography of its Danish setting, and for the acting ability of its cast.

79

55

8.1

/4904/

81

/86/

76

/34/

At Andersen’s Seaside Hotel by the North Sea dunes, meet three young people as they try to emancipate themselves from the plans other people have made on their behalf.

78

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6.4

/422/

70

/2/

100

/1/

N/A

78

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6.8

/506/

66

/6/

100

/2/

In the series Everything and Eva, we meet Eva who does not believe in love. However, she has decided to have children on her own and goes to Copenhagen to get donated sperm and chooses Mads - an open donor, who seems perfect.

78

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6.8

/731/

67

/9/

100

/2/

Michael is the experienced and successful head chef of restaurant Værk. He suddenly has to defend his position, as new deputy chef Naja wants to modernize his restaurant. Naja comes with a completely different view of what constitutes today's leadership, equality and communication. Conflict between them is imminent. Even graver trouble, however, is ahead.

78

36

8.3

/2596/

75

/30/

77

/19/

The Julekalender was a Danish TV series that ran at Christmas 1991. It was written and performed almost entirely by a trio of Danish comedy musicians called De Nattergale with financial and technical assistance from TV2, a Danish television company. It was hugely successful at the time, causing many invented phrases from the series to enter popular culture and was later released on VHS, and recently, DVD. It had 24 episodes, as has been typical of other TV "calendars" before and since The Julekalender.

78

20

8.3

/1386/

76

/18/

77

/9/

Casper & Mandrilaftalen was a Danish cult TV program aired on DR2 in 1999.

78

54

7.6

/1845/

70

/44/

66

/20/

80

/5/

100

The story centers on a family of priests: Johannes, Elisabeth and their sons August and Christian. Johannes is God-like to his sons - he gives, loves, and punishes. His favoritism for August and his disappointment with Christian forces both into making desperate choices in order to either gain his love or break free from him.

78

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7.3

/641/

71

/18/

90

/4/

Pagten is a Danish television series.

77

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7.2

/142/

80

/3/

80

/1/

Inspired by a 2016 event, the series follows a child abduction that triggers a complex tale of power and class struggles. A house cleaner, makes a secret deal to protect her child, highlighting parents' fight for survival.

77

8.1

/10840/

78

/474/

74

/91/

Independent, outspoken and adored by her students, private school teacher Rita fares less well with adults.

77

30

8.1

/2675/

80

/30/

72

/11/

Christmas has brought blessings - just not to Stewart Stardust. Someone has sabotaged the engine of his hot dog cart, and it's at the worst possible time. Danny has just been released on parole, and the social worker Arne demands that someone can provide for him - otherwise he will go back to the trap. As if that wasn't enough, the caretaker Greta threatens to put Stewart on the street if he doesn't pay his rent promptly. Fortunately, Kefir the Arab shows up and he wants to fix the hot dog cart for free. It is immediately a good offer, but what interest would he have in a sausage van standing in front of Christiansborg? And can you really repair an engine with the warhead from a Russian SS-20 nuclear missile?

76

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6.5

/447/

73

/8/

90

/1/

N/A

76

52

8.1

/4607/

76

/72/

71

/31/

Rejseholdet is a Danish television crime series starring Charlotte Fich, Mads Mikkelsen and Lars Brygmann. Produced by Danmarks Radio, the program aired 32 episodes spanning four seasons from 2000 to 2004. Each episode revolved around an elite mobile police task force called "Unit One" that travels around Denmark helping local police solve crimes. Cases portrayed in the show were loosely based upon actual incidents of sensational crimes such as murders, kidnappings, cross-border sex traffic and child pornography. Rejseholdet won the 2002 International Emmy Award for best drama series.

75

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7.5

/611/

76

/19/

74

/6/

N/A

75

26

7.5

/1189/

72

/47/

80

/17/

The lives of Erik and Anna, students at a nursing school in 1950s Denmark, a time and place where it was not normal for a man to become a nurse.

74

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6.8

/793/

75

/11/

82

/4/

Jul i Valhal is a Danish television advent calendar. It first aired in the December 2005 on TV 2 Denmark television station, on TV 2 Norway in December 2006 and in December 2007 on the Swedish Barnkanalen. In 2008 it is being aired in Finland on Yle2. As a television advent calendar, it has 24 episodes, and one new episode was aired per day from December 1 to December 24. Jul i Valhal is primarily about two children named Jonas and Sofie, and their adventures with the Norse gods.

74

72

7.6

/8411/

73

/330/

70

/82/

Letterboxd

3.9

/2059/

84

/25/

77

Metacritic

65

/10/

age 14+

Copenhagen Police's Homicide unit, headed by Jens Møller, tries to solve the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.

73

7.0

/7319/

70

/613/

71

/60/

75

/8/

80

age 15+

A young agent goes undercover to befriend a drug smuggler's wife. But the closer she gets to her target, the more complicated her mission becomes.

73

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6.5

/362/

61

/9/

95

/2/

A young wrestler is found dead, and the wrestling team's coach, Lars, becomes a suspect. Lars and Charlotte's shaky marriage is put to the test and all secrets must come to light in order for them to trust each other again.

73

24

8.0

/1566/

70

/27/

70

/14/

Jeppe Nygren takes over as deputy conductor of the Copenhagen Symphony Orchestra and is warmly welcomed by his new conductor, who speaks candidly about the musicians' peculiarities and olates. The conflict-ridden Jeppe quickly gets an example of these olates and happens to give the embittered second clarinetist Bo with a cursed promise of a solo part. But it has far-reaching consequences.

73

6.1

/8622/

62

/543/

71

/271/

100

/6/

Haunted by visions after her sister vanished with her classmates 21 years before, Astrid begins an investigation that uncovers the dark, eerie truth.

73

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7.3

/370/

60

/6/

86

/4/

Denmark’s Radio Mercur became the first commercial offshore radio station to broadcast in Europe when it began transmitting from the ship Cheeta in international waters near Copenhagen in 1958. Inspired by true events, its journey from bold beginnings to eventual decline is now being reimagined through following the story of a group of passionate music enthusiasts. Their mission was to challenge the state-run radio monopoly by delivering fresh pop and rock ’n’ roll sounds to a youthful audience eager for new music.

73

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7.1

/749/

70

/12/

80

/1/

Mathias owns a shop on the corner and when a beautiful girl moves in across the street, he tries everything to get her attention, with the help of his two best friends, Aslan and Theis.

73

58

7.4

/3420/

76

/99/

69

/30/

67

/6/

83

When a brilliant drone engineer, Victoria, is taken hostage in her own home, a series of dangerous events are set into motion in this high octane thriller.

73

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7.2

/719/

69

/48/

78

/6/

This miniseries spinoff of "Rita" follows teacher Hjørdis as she plans a school play on bullying featuring a cast of socially awkward students.

72

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7.2

/823/

70

/13/

74

/5/

Inspired by actual events - the dramatic story of a group of lost youth in late 70s and early 80s Copenhagen. They find community and belonging in the biker gang 'Bullshit' – but end up in brutal conflict.

72

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6.5

/202/

51

/6/

100

/2/

About hooligans in Aalborg, Denmark.

72

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7.3

/345/

65

/8/

80

/3/

N/A

72

35

7.7

/2241/

75

/54/

65

/23/

Letterboxd

3.5

/215/

The intense and emotional story of a teenage girl who has written a vivid school essay detailing her stepfather’s violent behavior. The parents deny the accusations, but who is lying – and who is telling the truth?

72

55

7.4

/4173/

73

/127/

69

/41/

Five years after his daughter disappeared, a mistake in the National Police's DNA register makes it possible for the officer Rolf to finally find out what happened to her.

72

41

7.7

/1830/

72

/59/

69

/47/

The equally important and heartbreaking story of eight strangers whose lives and fates intertwine after a tragic terrorist attack shocks Copenhagen.

72

65

7.5

/7540/

73

/262/

69

/87/

Investigator Jan and profiler Louise constantly move around in the thrilling periphery of a murderer's view as they link a series of killings.

72

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7.1

/363/

45

/6/

80

/2/

Three good friends, Bamse, Kylling, and Ælling, embark on an adventurous Christmas journey to Santa Claus's land. Along the way, they meet Santa's son, who wants to ruin Christmas at all costs. The series consists of 24 episodes about three friends who will do anything to deliver Santa's wrapping paper, gift ribbons, and his sack of To and From cards.

NEW

72

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7.6

/3470/

70

/80/

74

/27/

The death of a matriarch brings forgotten secrets out into the open and causes a prolonged battle for the family inheritance.

71

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7.4

/452/

60

/1/

80

/2/

Midwife Ella runs the best maternity ward in Denmark. The close-knit team goes about their work with conviction and fine ideals, but all too often the mental and physical strain pushes them to their personal limits.

71

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6.4

/215/

70

/7/

80

/1/

In a small town in 1999 a young man disappear. His friends set out on a search and discover some troubling details about their small town.

71

54

7.2

/4005/

73

/123/

69

/45/

Newly divorced journalist returns to her hometown to restart her life and work through her past.

70

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7.0

/527/

67

/7/

73

/6/

Intense drama series about archaeologist couple Ester and Michael. When Ester makes a groundbreaking discovery, their marriage, Michael's career, and Danish history are challenged.

70

25

7.5

/1461/

69

/22/

68

/19/

In 1963, a business adventure begins in a basement in a small Danish town. Within a few years, the company has 3500 employees, many of them women who are experiencing for the first time the joys and challenges of earning their own money.

70

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7.7

/204/

34

/5/