Borgen: Season 1
Season 1 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Borgen Season 1.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
Decency in the Middle
Sep 26, 2010 · 60 min
Three days before an election, party leader Birgitte Nyborg shakes up her campaign by denouncing her closest ally, sensitive information about the prime minister's shopping expense
Count to 90
Oct 3, 2010 · 60 min
After a successful election, Birgitte Nyborg looks set to become Denmark's first female prime minister, but allies and opponents do their best to block her way.
The Art of the Possible
Oct 10, 2010 · 60 min
A few months into her term the new prime minister faces her first political crisis, and journalist Katrine Fønsmark considers how to deal with her unexpected pregnancy.
100 Days
Oct 17, 2010 · 60 min
The revelation of an American prisoner transport in Greenland causes scandal upon the new government's first one hundred days in office.
Men Who Love Women
Oct 23, 2010 · 60 min
The government's agenda on equal opportunities in corporate business brings pressure from the media as well as the country's most powerful businessman.
State Visit
Oct 31, 2010 · 60 min
An official visit by the president of a former Soviet republic makes headlines when the president demands the arrest of a prominent political activist visiting Denmark at the same
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
Nov 7, 2010 · 60 min
The discovery of illegal surveillance of a left-wing party brings into question the prime minister's friendship with the party's spokeswoman as well as her faith in her own ministe
The Silly Season
Nov 14, 2010 · 60 min
While the prime minister tries to take a family vacation, the publication of a tell-all by a former politician puts spin doctor Kasper Juul on the edge.
Divide and Rule
Nov 21, 2010 · 60 min
Allegations of corruption in connection with military spending has consequences even for the prime minister's husband, who has accepted a new job.
The First Tuesday in October
Nov 28, 2010 · 60 min
A year after taking office, the prime minister's approval ratings are low, her government is in internal conflict, and her marriage is hanging by a thread. As she prepares for anot