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Stories Set in Denmark
Something rotten and something wonderful — Elsinore's prince, Andersen's mermaids, Dogme birthdays and ministers in knitwear. Denmark practically invented Nordic noir. Start here, then open the country on StoryTerra's map.
Open Denmark on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Denmark
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Browse 112 books, 341 movies, 9 TV shows and 27 games set in Denmark.
The Hunt
A teacher lives a lonely life all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an…
Vikings
The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a…
The Danish Girl
When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and…
Another Round
Four high school teachers launch a drinking experiment: upholding a constant low level of intoxication.
Land of Mine
In the days following the surrender of Germany in May 1945 a group of young German prisoners of war is handed over to the Danish authorities and subsequently sent to the West Coast where they are ordered to remove the…
The Guilty
Police officer Asger Holm demoted to desk work as an alarm dispatcher answers a call from a panicked woman who claims to have been kidnapped. Confined to the police station and with the phone as his only tool Asger…
The Last Client
Renowned psychologist Susanne (Signe Egholm Olsen) is caught in a living nightmare when her new client (Anton Hjejle) turns out to be a wanted serial killer.
Vinland Saga
For a thousand years, the Vikings have made quite a name and reputation for themselves as the strongest families with a thirst for violence. Thorfinn, the son of one of the Vikings' greatest warriors, spends his boyhood…
The Celebration
A grandiose party to celebrate a sixtieth birthday unleashes a family drama with all the lies that conceal horrendous secrets. The eldest son Christian stages a showdown with the popular pater familias; his provocative…
The Shadow in My Eye
On March 21st 1945 the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo's headquarters in Copenhagen. The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers accidentally targeted a school and more than 120…
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