https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed With original boundary-breaking content, thrilling plots and charismatic actors, Danish television series have captivated audiences worldwide in recent years. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190107/danish-shows-take-tv-world-by-storm Mon, 07 Jan 2019 14:37:30 +0100 danish-shows-take-tv-world-by-storm A six-episode series about the 1990 Scandinavian Star ferry disaster will be produced, in a collaboration between Nordisk Film and Danish Documentary, it was announced in a press statement on Friday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180309/tv-series-to-tell-story-of-scandinavian-star-disaster Fri, 09 Mar 2018 17:29:50 +0100 tv-series-to-tell-story-of-scandinavian-star-disaster Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and his Game of Thrones cast mates have teamed up with the International Rescue Committee to help refugees across the world. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160315/danish-game-of-thrones-star-fights-for-refugees Tue, 15 Mar 2016 12:20:13 +0100 danish-game-of-thrones-star-fights-for-refugees A Polish man who stole jewellery worth more than half a million euros ($555,000) from Chinese TV star Liu Tao's hotel room in Denmark was jailed for ten months on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160225/polish-man-jailed-for-robbing-chinese-tv-star-in-denmark Thu, 25 Feb 2016 10:02:06 +0100 polish-man-jailed-for-robbing-chinese-tv-star-in-denmark UPDATED: A Polish national admitted to stealing cash and jewellery totaling millions of kroner from Chinese celebrity Liu Tao during her stay in the Danish capital. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151208/chinese-tv-star-theft-of-millions-in-copenhagen Tue, 08 Dec 2015 10:11:22 +0100 chinese-tv-star-theft-of-millions-in-copenhagen The tale of Denmark’s most ‘notorious’ criminal will take one more turn after the nation’s public prosecutor decided to take ‘Gypsy Boss’ Gimi Levakovic’s case to the Supreme Court. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151015/denmarks-notorious-gypsy-boss-case-not-over-yet Thu, 15 Oct 2015 09:43:28 +0200 denmarks-notorious-gypsy-boss-case-not-over-yet Around a hundred journalists, fans and special guests have scored a preview of the first episode of The Bridge's third series. The Danish-Swedish co-production hits television screens in the Nordics on September 27th. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150915/fans-get-preview-of-third-season-of-the-bridge Tue, 15 Sep 2015 17:38:03 +0200 fans-get-preview-of-third-season-of-the-bridge UPDATED: HBO has confirmed that Pilou Asbaek will play the role of Euron Greyjoy when the sixth season of Games of Thrones hits screens next year. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150902/game-of-thrones-new-danish-actor Wed, 02 Sep 2015 18:15:53 +0200 game-of-thrones-new-danish-actor One month before the start of The Bridge’s third seasonits writer insists the show "works just fine" without its former main character, Danish policeman Martin Rodhe, as his Swedish counterpart Saga Norén moves into focus. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150821/the-bridge-broen-bron-season-three-danish-star Fri, 21 Aug 2015 14:46:14 +0200 the-bridge-broen-bron-season-three-danish-star A 46-year-old Croatian said to be the patriach of ‘Denmark’s most criminal family’ was on Thursday sentenced to 15 months in prison and expulsion from the country. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150806/notorious-gypsy-boss-expelled-from-denmark Fri, 07 Aug 2015 00:56:53 +0200 notorious-gypsy-boss-expelled-from-denmark Best known as Borgen's fictional prime minister, Birgitte Nyborg, Sidse Babett Knudsen has landed a key role in Westworld, a new HBO series based on a 1973 science fiction film. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150715/borgen-actress-bound-to-hbo Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:05:13 +0200 borgen-actress-bound-to-hbo The Øresund Bridge between Copenhagen and the Swedish city of Malmö has seen its biggest increase in traffic since 2008, with day trippers and tourists behind the leap in journeys across the road and rail link made famous in Nordic Noir series The Bridge. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150429/roadtrip-traffic-boost-for-denmarks-the-bridge Wed, 29 Apr 2015 18:34:38 +0200 roadtrip-traffic-boost-for-denmarks-the-bridge Borgen actress to trade Christiansborg for life beyond the Wall in new season of HBO's hit series. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150319/game-of-thrones-gets-more-danish-in-new-season Thu, 19 Mar 2015 16:11:00 +0100 game-of-thrones-gets-more-danish-in-new-season The Lego Movie may have been snubbed at the Oscars, but as if to compensate, Song of the Sea, the Irish animated film which knocked it from the nominations, was largely made by a Danish studio, while a Danish-Polish film is in the running for best Foreign Language Film. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150115/denmark-gets-a-partial-oscar-nod Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:59:00 +0100 denmark-gets-a-partial-oscar-nod See the newly-released trailer for the third season of the successful Netflix series, which features Lars Mikkelsen kissing the fictional First Lady. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150112/danish-actor-gets-major-house-of-cards-role Mon, 12 Jan 2015 12:37:00 +0100 danish-actor-gets-major-house-of-cards-role When HBO’s wildly popular series True Detective returns, it will not only have new actors in the main roles, it will also have a very Danish touch. For one episode, anyway. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150107/danish-filmmaker-to-direct-true-detective-episode Wed, 07 Jan 2015 12:40:00 +0100 danish-filmmaker-to-direct-true-detective-episode Long before the first episode even aired, DR's 1864 attracted controversy with its interpretation of Denmark's most crushing historical defeat, but columnist Michael Booth argues that very loss is what made the Danes what they are today. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141014/historical-drama-1864-explains-modern-day-danes Tue, 14 Oct 2014 10:08:00 +0200 historical-drama-1864-explains-modern-day-danes Asked if Denmark has its next international success on its hands, Sidse Babett Knudsen, one of the stars of the new TV drama 1864, tells The Local: “I just want the Danes to like it.” https://www.thelocal.dk/20141012/tv-drama-1864-fights-to-win-over-the-danes Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:15:00 +0200 tv-drama-1864-fights-to-win-over-the-danes One of the stars of the fantasy TV drama Games of Thrones, Danish heart-throb Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, has won new Spanish fans after he coughed up the entrance fee at Seville's Alcázar Palace — even though scenes from the show are being filmed there. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141011/danish-star-barred-from-game-of-thrones-set Sat, 11 Oct 2014 14:31:33 +0200 danish-star-barred-from-game-of-thrones-set The Copenhagen Film Fund has announced that the third season of the wildly popular Danish-Swedish programme will soon begin filming in Copenhagen, as will episodes of the BBC's Wallander. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141009/third-season-of-broen-will-be-more-danish Thu, 09 Oct 2014 16:53:00 +0200 third-season-of-broen-will-be-more-danish