When “Borgen” first hit the U.S. airwaves in 2011, American audiences were smitten by Birgitte Nyborg (played by Sidse Babett Knudsen), a relatable but politically savvy party leader who ...

When it comes to peak political dramas, Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing has long set the standard. It remains, after all these ...

When Borgen opens, Birgitte is the leader of the Moderate Party (one of four centrist parties—yes, Denmark’s most thrilling political action is in the middle) hoping to re-secure her seat in ...

Late in “Borgen: Power & Glory,” the standalone fourth season of the Danish political drama and cult hit “Borgen,” two women step out of a government building, ready to formalize an alliance.

In Danish political drama Borgen, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen plays a fearless journalist holding power to account.In real life, she’s been calling out government plans to tax streamers and ...

Borgen is a Danish drama focusing on the life of Birgitte Nyborg (Sidse Babett Knudsen), a politician trying to do it all — power, politics and family. Many of its preoccupations are local to ...

“I am a mother of young kids but, boy, I hope I’m a very different kind of mother than Eva,” says Danish star Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (“Borgen,” “Pitch Perfect 2”) about her ...

Borgen’ is the term used in daily parlance for Christiansborg, a large building with façades of grey granite in central Copenhagen. The Danish word ‘borg’ means ‘castle’ or ‘fortress’, and the ...

When "Borgen" first hit the U.S. airwaves in 2011, American audiences were smitten by Birgitte Nyborg (played by Sidse Babett Knudsen), a relatable but politically savvy party leader who becomes ...

Borgen is a Danish drama focusing on the life of Birgitte Nyborg (Sidse Babett Knudsen), a politician trying to do it all — power, politics and family. Many of its preoccupations are local to ...