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Huset på Christianshavn (literally:
The House in Christianshavn) is a
Danish TV series consisting of 84 episodes originally broadcast between 1970 and 1977. Produced by the
Nordisk Film company for the TV station
DR, it tells the story of interactions between a number of families living in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of central
Copenhagen. It was directed by
Ebbe Langberg and
Tom Hedegaard. •
Matador is a TV series produced by
DR between 1978 and 1981. Directed by
Erik Balling, it was the idea of author
Lise Nørgaard who wrote the bulk of the episodes alongside
Karen Smith,
Jens Louis Petersen and
Paul Hammerich. Set in the fictional Danish town of Korsbæk between 1929 and 1947, the series follows the lives of various characters in the town before and after the German occupation, especially the rivalry between banker Hans Christian Varnæs and upcoming businessman Mads (Andersen-)Skjern. The distinctive theme tune of the series was composed by
Bent Fabricius-Bjerre. Matador originally aired on DR between November 1978 and January 1982, but has enjoyed repeated successful reruns in 1984-85, 1989–90, 1997–98 and 2006-07. •
TAXA is a series in 56 episodes produced by
DR and written by
Stig Thorsboe. First broadcast on 14 September 1997, the action revolves around a taxi central in
Copenhagen. The series was a huge success from the first episode. •
Strisser på Samsø (
The Cops of Samsø) is a series in 12 episodes written and directed by
Eddie Thomas Petersen. Produced by
Nordisk Film, it was first broadcast on
TV2 in 1997-1998. The story tells how Christian Top who has lost his wife in an unsuccessful robbery brings his daughter Sille to the island of Samsø. They have difficulty in integrating into a society where everyone knows everything about everybody but they find a friend in Ulla, a secretary. •
Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé (
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey) (2004) is a series in 24 episodes produced by
DR, written by
Peter Thorsboe and
Mai Brostrøm and directed by
Jannik Johansen and
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, in which The Eagle (Ørnen), an Icelandic inspector in the Danish police force, heads a new task force to help solve international crime. The series won an
International Emmy Award from The International Academy of Television, Arts and Science for best non-American television drama series in 2005. •
Krøniken is a
Danish Broadcasting Corporation (
DR) drama series in 22 episodes written by
Stig Thorsboe and
Hanna Lundblad. It was broadcast in four stages between 2004 and 2007. The principal producers were
Charlotte Sieling and
Henrik Ruben Genz. Starting in 1949, the series follows four young Danes through 25 years of history and personal development in a story about finding yourself in a world of changes. •
Anna Pihl (2006-2008) is a Danish police drama produced by
TV2 starring
Charlotte Munck and
Iben Hjejle. It consists of three sets of 10 episodes. Anna Pihl, a policewoman at the Bellahøj police station in Denmark's capital,
Copenhagen, is divorced, and lives with her son, Mikkel, in a flat shared with Jan, her gay male friend. The series focuses on personal stories and realism combined with action and suspense. •
Sommer (2008) is a
Danish Broadcasting Corporation (
DR) drama series in 20 episodes written by
Jesper W. Nielsen and
Karina Dam. The actors include
Jesper Langberg,
Lisbet Dahl,
Mikael Birkkjær and
Lars Ranthe. It traces the story of a doctor who falls ill and has to give up his practice. His wife and two sons have to cope with the difficulties which ensue. •
Borgen (2010-2013) is a
Danish Broadcasting Corporation (
DR) political drama which tells the story of a charismatic politician, Birgitte Nyborg (played by
Sidse Babett Knudsen), who unexpectedly becomes the first female
Prime Minister of Denmark. •
Forbrydelsen (
The Killing, 2007-2012) is a
police procedural television drama series produced by the
Danish Broadcasting Corporation (
DR), starring
Sofie Gråbøl who plays Detective Inspector Sarah Lund of a fictional version of the
Copenhagen police department. Each series follows a day-by-day investigation of a specific murder case. As of 2012, there have been three series of the show, comprising 40 episodes (20 in the first series, and 10 in the second and third). The series has also spawned an
American remake (2011-2014). •
The Bridge (
Broen, 2011–2018) is a crime drama television series co-produced by
Danmarks Radio (
Danish Broadcasting Corporation) and
Sveriges Television. There have been four series of the show, comprising 10 episodes in the first three series.and eight episodes in the fourth The series follows a police investigation following the discovery of a dead body on the bridge connecting Denmark and Sweden. The series has also spawned an American
remake, also called
The Bridge (2013-2014), and a
British-
French series called
The Tunnel (2013–2017).
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Riget (
The Kingdom) (1994) was a mini series created by film director and co-founder of the
Dogme 95 movement
Lars von Trier set in a haunted hospital. The series was later remade by
Stephen King for American television under the name
Kingdom Hospital, and also inspired the British spoof series ''
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace''. The show's combination of surrealism and soap opera-like plotting earned comparisons to
David Lynch's cult series
Twin Peaks. •
Edderkoppen (
The Spider) (2000) is a mini series of six one-hour episodes collaboratively written and developed by
Thomas Heinesen,
Lars Kjeldgård,
Birgit Olsen,
Ebbe Kløvedal Reich,
Lars Andersen, Ole Christian Madsen,
Nikolaj Scherfig and directed by
Ole Christian Madsen. It is a dramatization based on the unravelling of a criminal syndicate in Copenhagen in the post war era of 1949-50 and the series was made for the DR national public TV Channel.
Edderkoppesagen (The Spider Case) was a real criminal syndicate case in Copenhagen around the time, but the series are fictional to a large extent. The series were aired for the first time in March 2000 and was a huge success with 1-1.5 million Danish viewers. The series has been sold to many countries around the world. •
Unge Andersen (
Young Andersen) (2005) is a mini series in two episodes written by
Rumle Hammerich and Ulf Stark and directed by Hammerich. It describes the formative
boarding school years of
Hans Christian Andersen. == See also ==