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, setbacks and everything in between. Discover nordic culture through the eyes of its leading artists. Music by Nina Liv. Visuals by Frame CPH.
Latest episodes
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1 h 01
Bård Ylvisåker
Bård Ylvisåker is a comedian and musician as well as one half ‘Ylvis’ who reached global stardom with their 2013 hit ‘The Fox (What does the Fox Say?)'. In addition to a string of…
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56 min
Leonora Christina Skov
Leonora Christina Skov is an acclaimed author, whose 2018 autobiography ‘Den, Der Lever Stille’ (The One Who Lives Quietly) catapulted her to critical and mainstream recognition an…
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1 h 27
Anthony Dod Mantle
Anthony Dod Mantle is an Academy Award-winning cinematographer, responsible for such films as Slumdog Millionaire, 28 Days Later, Dogville, Rush, and The Last King of Scotland. In…
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59 min
Tori Wrånes
Tori Wrånes is a multi-disciplinary, or as she herself likes to call it ‘trans-disciplinary’ artist working largely with performance, sound, sculpture and installation. Her immersi…
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51 min
Caspar Eric
Caspar Eric is a poet and activist, whose 2014 debut ‘7/11’ was lauded for its searingly honest depiction of heartbreak, desire, sex, drugs and boredom as a 20-something navigating…
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59 min
Pilou Asbæk
Pilou Asbæk is a critically-acclaimed actor, who first made a name for himself in the Danish political drama Borgen, with his breakthrough performance as spin doctor Kasper Juul. S…
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1 h 11
Alexander Tovborg
Alexander Tovborg is an internationally-acclaimed visual artist whose work largely deals with themes of faith, doubt, organised religion and personal ideology. His expansive world-…
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45 min
Bjarke Ingels
Bjarke Ingels is a world-renowned architect who has spent the past two decades building a reputation as one of the leading forces in the design and construction of buildings global…
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43 min
Kim Munk
Kim Munk is a songwriter and musician best known as the frontman for Danish power pop band The Broken Beats. As the creative force behind such hit songs such as ‘Essentials’ and ‘T…
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49 min
A K Dolven
A K Dolven is a multi-disciplinary artist working with painting, film, sculpture, sound and performance. Primarily operating out of her atelier in Kvalnes, located above the Arctic…
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46 min
Kaspar Bonnén
Kaspar Bonnén is a multi-disciplinary artist working with painting, ceramics, installation and poetry. His work often explores themes of memory, identity and sense of place - with…
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1 h 02
Ida Ekblad
Ida Ekblad is an artist whose practice incorporates painting, sculpture, performance filmmaking as well as poetry. Her expressive paintings are noted for their bold application of…
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35 min
Bonus Ep - Jussi Adler-Olsen Returns
Jussi Adler-Olsen is a Danish author who rose to international prominence in 2007 with his thriller ‘Kvinden i buret’ or The Keeper of Lost Causes’ - the first instalment in the su…
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51 min
Jussi Adler-Olsen
Jussi Adler-Olsen is a Danish author who rose to international prominence in 2007 with his thriller ‘Kvinden i buret’ or The Keeper of Lost Causes’ - the first instalment in the su…
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56 min
Apolonia Sokol
Apolonia Sokol is a French-Polish visual artist who grew up in Denmark before returning to Paris to establish herself as one of the leading voices of her generation in art today. A…
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55 min
Iben Hjejle
Iben Hjejle is an actor of both screen and stage, who burst onto the international scene with her critically-acclaimed performance in Søren Kragh Jacobsen’s Dogme 95 classic Mifune…
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51 min
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 mo…
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51 min
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…
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39 min
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 Sa…
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1 h 02
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…