Series like Borgen

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   Borgen - Power & Glory

   Same creator

   2022 · 57 min · Drama · War & Politics

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   Foreign Minister Birgitte Nyborg finds her career in jeopardy when a dispute over oil in Greenland threatens to become an international crisis.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same creator
   • strong shared themes: denmark and female politician

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   Nikolaj and Julie

   Same creator

   2002 · 45 min · Drama

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   Copenhagen thirtysomethings Nikolaj and Julie struggle with marriage, baby and work, plus friends of varying maturity.

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   • the same creator
   • strong genre and series-style overlap

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   Ride Upon the Storm

   Same creator

   2017 · 60 min · Drama

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   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.

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   • the same creator
   • strong genre and series-style overlap

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   Anna Pihl

   Same creator

   2006 · 50 min · Crime · Drama

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   A policewoman is doing her best at the job, but struggles to be there for her son.

   Why it connects

   • the same creator
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Ragnarok

   Same creator

   2020 · Drama · Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   A small Norwegian town experiencing warm winters and violent downpours seems to be headed for another Ragnarök -- unless someone intervenes in time.

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   • the same creator
   • similar audience response

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   Carmen Curlers

   Similar atmosphere

   2022 · Drama

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   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.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared network: DR1

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   The Orchestra

   Same creator

   2022 · Comedy · Drama

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   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.

   Why it connects

   • the same creator
   • substantial genre overlap

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   The New Nurses

   Shared cast

   2018 · 45 min · Drama

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   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.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • a principal cast member

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   Spise med Price

   Same creator

   2008 · 45 min · Documentary · Talk

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   The artistically streaked brothers James and Adam Price learned early on to LOVE food and both are right at home in the kitchen. In this series they alternate between working together and competing against each other as they take on each episode's theme of food. Some dishes are done the old fashioned way, some get a twist but all is done in a humorous atmosphere of good-natured bantering, teasing and story telling.

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   • the same creator
   • a closely matched era

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    Blue Eyes

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    2014 · 60 min · Drama · Mystery · War & Politics

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    High adrenaline Swedish political thriller from the creative talent behind Humans – An extreme right-wing party is heading towards its best election result when the chief of staff at the Justice Department disappears without a trace. Racism, immigration and nationalism are explored in this series praised by New York Times.

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    • strong recommendation signals

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