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The best Danish TV series of all time

The top 3 according to 11 votes from people: Unit One (2000) · Matador (1978) · Huset på Christianshavn (1970). (Updated Nov 3, 2020.)

From Matador and Huset på Christianshavn to The Killing, Borgen and Seaside Hotel: the Danish series at the top of the YouGov poll reported by Filmz and W3blog's list of the millennium's best.

moviejunkie_grumpy · · 16 items · 11 votes · 1 comment

Automatically translated (original in Dansk). See the original

Top 15

  1. 1

    Unit One (2000)

    A mobile police unit solves murders around the country.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  2. 2

    Matador (1978)

    Lise Nørgaard and Erik Balling: a provincial town from 1929 until after the war.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  3. 3

    Huset på Christianshavn (1970)

    The residents of an old house in Christianshavn.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  4. 4

    The Legacy (2014)

    Siblings who inherit an artist's estate on Funen.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  5. 5

    The Eagle (2004)

    An investigator with Icelandic roots fights international crime.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  6. 6

    Better Times (2004)

    A family chronicle from 1949 to the 1970s.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  7. 7

    Borgen (2010)

    Birgitte Nyborg becomes Denmark's first female prime minister.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  8. 8

    Klown (2005)

    Frank Hvam and Casper Christensen in excruciating situations.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  9. 9

    Seaside Hotel (2013)

    Summer guests at a North Sea beach hotel in the 1920s and 30s.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  10. 10

    Follow the Money (2016)

    Financial crime at a large energy company.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  11. 11

    The Protectors (2009)

    Bodyguards of the Danish security service.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  12. 12

    Rita (2012)

    A headstrong schoolteacher who does things her own way.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  13. 13

    The Spider (2000)

    A journalist and the post-war black market in Copenhagen.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  14. 14

    The Killing (2007)

    Sarah Lund and her jumper; world-class Nordic noir.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1
  15. 15

    The Bridge (2011)

    A body on the Øresund Bridge and a Danish-Swedish pair of detectives.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1

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  1. 16

    The Kingdom (1994)

    Lars von Trier: ghosts and doctors at Copenhagen's main hospital.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1

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Michael A. · Dansk

Matador kan man se igen og igen, Maude og Hans Christian er bare det bedste

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