Borgen | |
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Genre | Political drama |
Created by | Adam Price |
Written by |
Adam Price Jeppe Gjervig Gram Tobias Lindholm |
Directed by |
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen Rumle Hammerich |
Starring |
Sidse Babett Knudsen Birgitte Hjort Sørensen Pilou Asbæk Mikael Birkkjær Søren Malling |
Composer(s) | Halfdan E |
Country of origin | Denmark |
Original language(s) | Danish |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 30 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Camilla Hammerich |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | DR1 |
Original release | 26 September 2010 | – 10 March 2013
External links | |
Website |
Borgen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈb̥ɒːˀʊ̯ən]) is a Danish political drama television series created by Adam Price. It tells how Birgitte Nyborg, a politician, becomes the first female Prime Minister of Denmark against all the odds. Borgen is the informal name of Christiansborg Palace and is where the three branches of Danish government reside: the Parliament, the Prime Minister's Office, and the Supreme Court.
The series stars Sidse Babett Knudsen as Birgitte Nyborg Christensen; Mikael Birkkjær as her husband; Pilou Asbæk as Kasper Juul, a spin doctor; Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Katrine Fønsmark, a TV1 news anchor; Søren Malling as Torben Friis, news editor for TV1; and Benedikte Hansen as Hanne Holm, a journalist. The show's creator, Adam Price, is a co-writer with Jeppe Gjervig Gram and Tobias Lindholm. DR, the Danish public broadcaster, previously produced The Killing, another international Danish hit series.