The queen of Danish politics faces her most dangerous game yet — and this time, it's personal AND geopolitical.
8.259 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestBirgitte appears with Magnus on live television while facing a threat to her party leadership. Katrine begins to buckle under the pressure of her job.
Foreign Minister Birgitte Nyborg finds her career in jeopardy when a dispute over oil in Greenland threatens to become an international crisis.
Acting
Sidse Babett Knudsen's micro-expressions should be illegal.
Writing
Adam Price makes policy debates feel like knife fights.
Production
Greenland's brutal beauty vs. Copenhagen's glass cages.
Creator
Adam Price
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Birgitte Nyborg
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen
Katrine Fønsmark
Søren Malling
Torben Friis
Peter Mygind
Michael Laugesen
Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen
Magnus Nyborg
Lisbeth Wulff
Pia Munk
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Asger Holm Kirkegaard
Angunnguaq Larsen
Jens Enok Berthelsen
Simon Bennebjerg
Oliver Hjorth
Magnus Millang
Rasmus Gren Lundbæk
Özlem Sağlanmak
Narciza Aydin
Svend Hardenberg
Hans Eliassen
Nivi Pedersen
Emmy Rasmussen
Johanne Louise Schmidt
Signe Kragh
Jens Albinus
Jon Berthelsen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This revival sparked real Danish debate about Greenland's independence and Denmark's colonial legacy — art imitating life imitating art.
The 8-year gap between seasons mirrors Birgitte's own exile; Knudsen and Price developed her character's harder edges to reflect post-2016 political cynicism.
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