Joy-Maria Frederiksen
Joy-Maria Frederiksen (born May 21, 1964) is a Danish actress, educated from Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance. Her television appearances include ''Jeg ville ønske for dig'', ''Taxa (TV series), TAXA'', ''Pas på mor'', ''Hvide løgne'', ''Krøniken, Better Times (Krøniken)'' og ''The Killing (Danish TV series), The Killing (Forbrydelsen)''. Private life Since 1992, she has been married to her colleague Niels Olsen. Together, they have the daughter Rosa. Filmography * ''De nøgne træer'' – (1991) * ''Roser & persille'' – (1993) * ''Royal blues'' – (1997) * ''Baby Doom'' – (1998) * ''Prime Suspect, Mistænkt'' – (2001) * ''Kuren'' – (2001) * ''Shake It All About (film), En kort en lang'' – (2001) * ''Min søsters børn i sneen'' – (2002) * ''En som Hodder'' – (2003) * ''Helligtrekongersaften – (2004)'' * ''Drømmen'' – (2006) * ''The Substitute (2007 film), Vikaren'' - (2007) * ''Speed Walking, Kapgang'' - (2014) TV appearances ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Danish National School Of Theatre And Contemporary Dance
The Danish National School of Performing Arts (Danish: Den Danske Scenekunstskole) is an artistic educational institution governed by the Danish Ministry of Culture. The school offers higher education and continuing education within performing arts. Based in Denmark, the school has campuses in Aarhus, Fredericia, Copenhagen and Odense. History The Danish National School of Performing Arts (DASPA) was established in 2015 when all the Danish performing arts educations were unified in one school. Former performance institutions included Aarhus Theatre School, Odense Teater school, Aarhus Theater Playwright School, The Danish Musical Academy in Fredericia, Odsherred Theater School and the National Performing Arts School. The School offers educational programmes at BA, MFA, and diploma level. Programmes Programmes at Bachelor Level * Acting * Dance and Choreography * Musical Theatre * Theatre and Performance Making (Lighting, Playwriting, Scenography, Sound, Stage Directing) * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Taxa (TV Series)
''Taxa'' is a Danish television drama in 56 episodes, written by Stig Thorsboe and produced by Rumle Hammerich for the Danish Broadcasting Corporation. The series started on 14 September 1997 on DR1. It was broadcast during the period 1997-1999 for a total of five seasons. ''Taxa'' was also screened in Sweden on SVT1 SVT1 (SVT Ett; commonly referred to as Ettan) is the primary television station of the Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Television in Sweden. History Television in Sweden officially launched on 4 September 1956 with the launch of '' .... Plot The series revolves around a small taxi central, CrownTaxi, in Copenhagen. CrownTaxi has its ups and downs and in the course of the series, following the various drivers, radio operator Lizzie and boss Verner Boye-Larsen. They all have their problems both with clients and family life and constantly threaten the show's villain Hermann from the competing taxi firm, City Car, who wants to take over CrownTaxi. C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Krøniken
''Krøniken'' (English: ''Better Times'') is a Danish television drama which aired on Sunday evenings between January 2004 and January 2007. The 22-episode series relates the lives of two fictional families during the historical development of the Danmarks Radio television network from the 1950s to the 1970s. Created by Stig Thorsbøe for the DR broadcast-television network, the series debuted on 4 January 2004. The program's first season set popularity records. Five of the episodes were listed among the ten most watched television programs since records began in Denmark in 1992. The first-season finale topped the list with 2,717,000 viewers. In 2004, the program was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Drama but lost to Waking the Dead. The series concluded with the 22nd episode airing on 1 January 2007 and watched by 2.4 million viewers. Plot In 1949, the young Ida Nørregaard travels from Jutland to Copenhagen to enroll in a home-economics school and an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Killing (Danish TV Series)
''The Killing'' ( da, Forbrydelsen, lit=The Crime) is a Danish police procedural Drama (film and television), drama television series created by :da:Søren Sveistrup, Søren Sveistrup and produced by DR (broadcaster), DR in co-production with ZDF, ZDF Enterprises. It premiered on the Danish national television channel DR1 on 7 January 2007, and has since been broadcast in several other countries. The series is set in Copenhagen and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund (Sofie Gråbøl). Each series follows a murder case day-by-day. Each fifty-minute episode covers twenty-four hours of the investigation. The series is noted for its plot twists, story arc, season-long storylines, dark tone and for giving equal emphasis to the stories of the murdered victim's family and the effect in political circles alongside the police investigation. It has also been singled out for the photography of its Danish setting, and for the acting ability of its cast. ''The Killing'' has proved ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prime Suspect
''Prime Suspect'' is a British police procedural television drama series devised by Lynda La Plante. It stars Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison, one of the first female Detective Chief Inspectors in Greater London's Metropolitan Police Service, who rises to the rank of Detective Superintendent while confronting institutionalised sexism within the police force. Plot ''Prime Suspect'' focuses on a no-nonsense female Detective Chief Inspector (DCI), Jane Tennison (played by Helen Mirren), who is an officer in the Metropolitan Police, initially at the fictional Southampton Row police station. The series follows her constant battles to prove herself within a male-dominated profession in which many of her colleagues are determined to see her fail, though she has the support of her boss, Detective Chief Superintendent Mike Kernan ( John Benfield), and the loyalty of Detective Sergeant Richard Haskons ( Richard Hawley). In later series, Tennison is reassigned to rotating duties, in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shake It All About (film)
''Shake It All About'' (Danish: ''En kort en lang'', literally "A Short ne a Long ne) is a 2001 Danish comedy-drama directed by Hella Joof. It was entered into the 24th Moscow International Film Festival. Plot The film is about gay couple Jørgen and Jacob, who live in a happy partnership. Jacob asks Jørgen to marry him, and he happily accepts. However, Jacob falls in love with the woman Caroline, who happens to be married to Tom, Jørgens brother. Jacob is torn because he wants both Jørgen and Caroline. Jacob gets Caroline pregnant and wants to do the right thing by marrying her. Jacob can stay secret for only so long. Cast *Mads Mikkelsen as Jacob * Troels Lyby as Jørgen * Charlotte Munck as Caroline *Jesper Lohmann as Tom * Oskar Walsøe as Oskar *Peter Frödin as Frederik *Nikolaj Steen as Mads * Ditte Gråbøl as Inge *Morten Kirkskov as Adrian *Henning Jensen as Palle * Pernille Højmark as Ellen *Ellen Hillingsø as Anne *Ghita Nørby as Bine *Thomas Winding as Hans He ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Drømmen
''Drømmen'' (Danish "The Dream", English: ''We Shall Overcome'') is a 2006 Danish film based on a true story about a young boy's crusade against a dictatorial headmaster of the "old school", in 1969 Denmark. The film is directed by Danish screenwriter and film director Niels Arden Oplev and stars Bent Mejding and Anders W. Berthelsen. It won sixteen awards in 2006 and 2007. Synopsis The story opens in the Danish countryside of 1969. Denmark and the rest of the world are changing rapidly but Lindum-Svendsen, the headmaster of the rural school, hasn't noticed. Frits is a young boy who spends his summer holidays watching the family's first television, and is influenced by the American civil rights movement. The sermons and speeches of Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated in 1968, coupled with his own dreams of a better life, have given Frits courage and a desire for rebellion. The dictatorial Lindum-Svendsen steps over the line while punishing Frits, drawing the ire o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Substitute (2007 Film)
''The Substitute'' ( da, Vikaren) is a 2007 Danish science fiction horror film directed by Ole Bornedal, and starring Paprika Steen. Plot The story takes place in a small village in Denmark where an alien comes to Earth to learn about human emotions, but instead is thwarted by a young boy and his friends, who find out that she is part of an intergalactic expedition to collect specimens across the universe. It's up to Carl and his friends to save their town and the world. They try to tell their parents, but all of them scoff at the idea that their children would make up lies about their teacher. Cast * Paprika Steen – Ulla Harms * Ulrich Thomsen Ulrich Thomsen (born 6 December 1963) is a Danish actor and filmmaker, known for his role of Kai Proctor in the Cinemax original series ''Banshee'' (2013-2016). Biography Ulrich Thomsen was born in (Næsby) Odense, Denmark and graduated from th ... – Jesper Osböll * – Carl * Nikolaj Falkenberg-Klok – Phillip * Emma Juel ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Speed Walking
Power walking or speed walking is the act of walking with a speed at the upper end of the natural range for the walking gait, typically 7 to 9 km/h (4.5 to 5.5 mph). To qualify as power walking as opposed to jogging or running, at least one foot must be in contact with the ground at all times (see ''walking'' for a formal definition). History and technique In 1999, the Berlin Marathon included a Power Walking division. Power walking is often confused with racewalking. Power walking techniques involve the following: * The walker must walk straight * The walker must walk doing an alternating movement of feet and arms * The walker must walk with one foot in permanent contact with the ground * The leading leg must be bent * Each advancing foot strike must be heel to toe at all times * The walker must walk not doing an exaggerated swivel to the hip * The arms spread completely from the elbows and these move back Competitions and world records Competitions are held for pow ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vita Lögner
''Vita lögner'' is a Swedish soap opera that aired on TV3, from 1997 to 2002. The plot focused on the social life of the hospital staff and families in the fictional town of Strömsvik. Vita lögner was TV3's first big soap opera hit after Kanal5 bought ''Vänner och fiender'' from them in 1997. Many big stars in Sweden have performed roles on the show, among them Alexander Skarsgård, Petra Hultgren, Anna Järphammar, Maud Adams, and Per Morberg. Charlotte Perrelli (then Nilsson) had a bigger role as Milla Svensson, during 1997–1998. Cast and characters * Rune Sandlund as Göran Fridell (1997–2001) * Pia Green as Ingrid Fridell (1997–2001) * Petra Hultgren as Annika Fridell (1997–1999) * Eric Rydman as Patrik Fridell (1997–1999) * Måns Nathanaelson as Jan Stipanek (1999–2001) * Johan Gry as Anders Ståhlberg (1997–1998) * Christina Hagman as Linda Åkesson (1997–1998) * Jeanette Holmgren as Gunilla Persson (1997–2000) * Per Morberg as Roger Rönn (1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Borgen (TV Series)
''Borgen'' () is a Danish political drama television series. Adam Price is the co-writer and developer of the series, together with Jeppe Gjervig Gram and Tobias Lindholm. ''Borgen'' is produced by DR, the Danish public broadcaster, which previously produced '' The Killing''. In Denmark, Borgen, , is the informal name of Christiansborg Palace where all three branches of Danish government reside: the Parliament, the Prime Minister's Office, and the Supreme Court, and is often used as a stand in term for the Danish Parliament (Folketinget). The programme tells how, against all the odds, Birgitte Nyborg Christensen ( Sidse Babett Knudsen)—a minor centrist politician—becomes the first female prime minister of Denmark. Other main characters are Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Katrine Fønsmark, a TV1 news anchor; Pilou Asbæk as Kasper Juul, a spin doctor; Søren Malling as Torben Friis, news editor for TV1; Mikael Birkkjær as Birgitte's husband, Phillip; and Benedikte Hans ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |