The Danish Woman (2025)

Original title

Danska Konan

Genre

comedy, drama

Country

Iceland, France

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rated

12

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A retired Danish intelligence officer moves to Reykjavík and starts getting involved in her neighbors' problems. Her past skills and strong moral compass make it hard to tell if she is helping or overstepping.

suspensefulmoodyintricateslow-burnmorally ambiguousintrospectivecoldgritty

What happens

The Danish Woman (Icelandic: Danska konan) is an Icelandic-French television miniseries created by Benedikt Erlingsson. Co-written by Benedikt and Ólafur Egill Egilsson. The six-episode series premiered at the Series Mania festival in March 2025 and received critical acclaim from international media including Variety, Le Monde, and Le Figaro. It follows Ditte Jensen, a retired Danish intelligence officer who relocates to Reykjavík, where her instincts as an elite operative and her strong sense of justice lead her to intervene in the lives of her neighbors, blurring the line between heroism and intrusion. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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