Nordic Portraits
Nordic Portraits is a series of one-on-one conversations with Scandinavian artists, exploring topics ranging from how they approach their craft through to their personal experiences with success, failure, collaborations, triumphs, disappointments, blowups and everything in between. Series One looks to explore Danish culture through the eyes of the nation's leading artists. Music by Nina Liv. Visuals by Frame CPH.
Episodes
64 episodes
Petra Kleis
Petra Kleis is a photographer, best known for her striking portraits of Denmark’s biggest names from the world of art, music, film and politics. Having ascended to the country’s most sought-after fashion and portrait photographer, Petra a...
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Nina Persson
Nina Persson is a musician and songwriter best known as the frontwoman for Swedish rock band The Cardigans. Following their breakthrough global megahit ‘Lovefool’ the band released a string of commercial and critically successful albums, having...
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51:07
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Nikolaj Lies Kaas is an actor, writer and director who rose to prominence as a fresh-faced 17-year old with his award-winning performance in the 1991 Danish classic Drengene fra Sankt Petri. Since then, Nikolaj has become a household name...
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38:45
Bjørnstjerne Christiansen
Bjørnstjerne Christiansen is a founding member of Superflex, a Danish art collective formed in 1993 together with Jakob Fenger and Rasmus Nielsen. Superflex’s diverse body of work has taken on the form of sculptures, energy systems, beve...
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1:02:37
Mamma Andersson
Karin ‘Mamma’ Andersson or simply Mamma Andersson as she’s more commonly known, is one of Sweden's most internationally-recognised visual artists. With a career spanning over thirty years, Mamma is renowned for her technical prowess and n...
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51:23
Kjetil Trædal Thorsen
Kjetil Trædal Thorsen is an architect and co-founder of the world-renowned firm Snøhetta. Responsible for such high-profile projects as the Oslo Opera House, Alexandra Library, September 11 Memorial Museum Pavillion and San Francisco Muse...
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46:22
Jesper "Yebo" Reginal
Jesper Reginal Petersen or Yebo as he’s most commonly known, is a musician, entrepreneur and co-founder of Crunchy Frog Records. Having been at the forefront of the Danish indie music scene for more than three decades, Yebo has played a p...
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57:44
Sara-Vide Ericson
Sara-Vide Ericson is a visual artist, whose work is often characterised by large figurative oil paintings inspired by her immediate environment and the vast landscape of her native region of northern Sweden. Noted for her innovative use o...
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48:04
Casper Christensen
Casper Christensen is an actor, comedian, filmmaker and writer as well as the creative mind behind such Danish comedy mega hits as Tæskeholdet, Langt Fra Las Vegas, Mandrillen and Klovn. The latter of which ran for 9 seasons and spawned t...
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59:57
Mads Nørgaard
Mads Nørgaard is an award-winning fashion designer and author who has spent the last 40 years establishing an international name within the world of clothing. Building on the legacy of two generations, Mads continues to push new boundarie...
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42:20
Trentemøller
Anders Trentemøller is a composer, producer and musician who rose to international fame with his 2006 debut album ‘The Last Resort’. Since then, Anders has continued to push sonic boundaries with his genre-defying blend of indie, synthwav...
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55:49
Emily Gernild
Emily Gernild is a visual artist, best known for her paintings that combine abstract dreamlike elements with classical still life subjects and composition. Noted for her bold colour palette and autobiographical subject matter, Emily’s wor...
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52:49
Mikkel Bjergsø
Mikkel Bjergsø is the founder of world-renowned craft brewery Mikkeller. Since its inception in 2006, Mikkeller has experienced a rapid growth both in terms of scale and reputation, where today its products are available in over 50 countr...
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47:50
Charlotte Bruus Christensen
Charlotte Bruus Christensen is an award-winning cinematographer and director who made a name for herself internationally for her work on Thomas Vinterberg’s 2012 film Jagten (The Hunt) for which she received the coveted Vulcan...
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59:31
Anders Morgenthaler
Anders Morgenthaler is a film director, author, illustrator and climate activist. Perhaps best known to many for his long-term collaboration with Mikael Wulff, Wulffmorgenthaler (WuMo) has yielded a number of critically acclaimed and comm...
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58:51
Anna Bjerger
Anna Bjerger is a Swedish visual artist working primarily with figurative painting. Her work draws its inspiration largely from found images, namely photographs featured in out-of-print books, vintage magazines and travel brochures. Since...
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34:38
Adam Jeppesen
Adam Jeppesen is an art photographer and visual artist who first rose to international prominence with his groundbreaking 2008 series Wake, which resulted in a book of the same title being published by Steidl and subsequently nominated...
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57:06
Lærke Bagger
Lærke Bagger is an internationally renowned knitwear designer and best-selling author. Known for challenging the traditional approach with her bold use of yarn offcuts, beads and array of colours, Lærke’s pieces are some of the most sough...
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55:06
Mikael Bertelsen (Part Two)
Mikael Bertelsen is a TV and Radio personality, former commissioning editor and media entrepreneur who has played a significant role in shaping the Danish media and entertainment landscape over the past two decades. As the man behind a st...
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39:38
Mikael Bertelsen (Part One)
Mikael Bertelsen is a TV and Radio personality, former commissioning editor and media entrepreneur who has played a significant role in shaping the Danish media and entertainment landscape over the past two decades. As the man behind a st...
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51:04
SØS Gunver Ryberg
SØS Gunver Ryberg is a multi award-winning composer, producer, sound artist and live performer. Known for her intense and genre-defying electronic recorded works and concerts SØS is involved in compositional and soundtrack work for video ...
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54:19
Lone Frank
Lone Frank is an award-winning author, scientist and journalist, who has over the past 30 years, established herself as a leading voice within the field of neurobiology, scientific technology and ethics. Her very personal relationship to ...
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1:03:01
José González
José González is a Swedish singer-songwriter who rose to international prominence in 2003 with his debut album Veneer. Known traditionally for his stripped down blend of classical and folk guitar with poetic lyrics and distinctive melodie...
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