Nordic Portraits

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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.

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Emily Gernild

Apr 30 2024 52 mins  
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 work has been exhibited in widely in Europe and acquired by several prestigious institutions in Scandinavia, including Trapholt Museum of Modern Ar

Mikkel Bjergsø

Mar 21 2024 47 mins  
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 countries and boasts 40 bars and restaurants globally - spanning from Tokyo to Torshavn. Beyond masterminding new recipes, Mikkel continues to launch n

Charlotte Bruus Christensen

Dec 26 2023 59 mins  
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 Award at the Cannes Film Festival. In recent years, Charlotte has turned her attention to Hollywood, having helmed such high profile features as A Quiet Pl

Anders Morgenthaler

Nov 30 2023 58 mins  
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 commercially successful tv series, feature films as well as a comic strip that has featured daily in over 150 newspapers in the United States alone. M

Anna Bjerger

Nov 20 2023 34 mins  
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 training at the Royal College of Art London, Anna spent the last two decades building a strong international profile and her work has been subseq

Adam Jeppesen

Nov 06 2023 57 mins  
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 for a string of prestigious awards. Noted for his bold experimentation with form and materiality and exploring universal themes relating to the scie

Lærke Bagger

Sep 29 2023 55 mins  
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 sought after within the world of women’s fashion. At the same time, she continues to introduce new patterns to her rapidly growing army of follow

Mikael Bertelsen (Part Two)

Aug 30 2023 39 mins  
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 string of successful DR comedy series such as Drengene Fra Angora, Dolph and Wulff and Jul på Vesterbro, Mikael was also host of the iconic Den 11.

Mikael Bertelsen (Part One)

Aug 17 2023 51 mins  
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 string of successful DR comedy series such as Drengene Fra Angora, Dolph and Wulff and Jul på Vesterbro, Mikael was also host of the iconic Den 11.

SØS Gunver Ryberg

Jul 24 2023 54 mins  
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 games, films and international theatre & philharmonics as well as dance productions and installations. She is the recipient of the prestigio